The Story of New Year

Every year on 31st December, I would remain awake steadfastly till 12 midnight, and at the stroke of the hour when 'Old Year Changeth, Yielding Place To New' I would raise myself up and solemnly make a heap of promises to myself, only to realise later on that they are the repetitions of last years one's. But reaffirming my faith to turn those resolutions into reality, I would seamlessly pass into another year's opened arms. Then a perked up soul and Happy Greetings to all and sundry.

This year though,it was a sleeping soul, into the arms of pillows, only to be woken at the midnight hour by the creatures bursting crackers to felicitate another year. I put the pillows on my ears, mouthing them names, and cursing their insanity of being overjoyous on yet another day.Only till yesterday, I was one of them. But now having changed, I had the right to admonish them.

Yaa, this year I slept at 11 o clock with the biggest resolution in my life that from this year on, no more promises and no more repentances. Why on earth, there should be an earmarked day, where in one out of every two person on this earth makes false pretences to himself, only to look like a buffoon at the end of it. More resonably, it takes the sheen out of New Year by marking it an 'Asseveration Day' to fight battles ahead in life. Which battles, nobody knows but they sharpen their weapons, only to fight their own demons in the end. Why to tense yourself that this year too, it is going to be a helluva sort of ride and you have to gird your loins for it. Beneath all those celebrations and greetings, lies those simmering disquieting thoughts of struggles lying ahead. Give me a break.

So I slept on, again murmuring the unmentionables to those blockheads, into the abyss of time, and woke up next morning refreshed and with a hitherto energy bereft of any more lurking singeing feelings. I had a good day, passing it like yet another holiday and at the end of it, I had the wherewithal to declare before you and everyone my this year's resolution, 'Not to have any more Resolution'. Oxymoronic !!! Oh, but the bottomline remains, this way, at least this year, I will turn my resolution into reality. The long awaited cherished desire. Over to you 2007.