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| Blink and it's over London, ON July 2012 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
While I appreciate the importance of milestones, this particular one gets a little tired when it plays out almost identically each and every year.
I find the notion of resolutions especially laughable. As if we can wipe the slate clean and magically turn ourselves into better, kinder people as soon as the year turns.
Planet Earth witnessed enough unkindness from January 2nd onward this past year that I’m reasonably sure most folks stopped caring soon after the cheap champagne hangover wore off.
I’m hopeful 2024 will see some kind of change, but we’ve seen this scene play out so many times previously that it’s difficult to believe in the New Year Fairy.
So here’s my plan: no New Year’s resolutions.
Because seeking kindness and light should be a basic human condition not subject to one-time empty promises that ultimately go unfulfilled.
*Don’t worry, though, I’ll still take photos of fireworks. And drones. And anything else that’s cool-looking. That’s not a resolution. It’s simply who I am.
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