The excitement of New Year celebrations are still in the air. While people celebrated the arrival of New Year in their own unique ways, one common thing to be found in almost every house on this occasion could be a long list of resolutions that people prepare to follow the rest of the year.
I will gain weight, I will lose weight, I will quit smoking and eating junk food, I will earn more money, I will excel in academics, I will give more time to my family, I will share happiness with others, I will reconnect with long-lost friends and relatives... the list goes on.
But it is quite common to see people breaking promises they made to themselves. I often wonder why people make resolutions if they are not serious about it. It is unfortunate that New Year resolutions have become those solemn promises which are often left incomplete.
Resolutions play an important part in bringing positive changes in one’s life. Despite this realisation people fail to complete them. It makes me wonder, because the reasons for making them are always very strong.
Die-hard habits and peer pressure could be some of those obstacles. It is difficult to change one’s old habits, especially when a friend or a relative forces to return to those old habits. But the main cause could be the lack of willpower. If there was firm determination, then these obstacles could not falter our firm decisions.
I also fail to understand why people make resolutions only on the first day of New Year. Instead of waiting for a new year to start a good practice or leave a bad habit, we should try to change ourselves from the moment of realisation.
I hope that people would realise this and make sincere efforts to complete their resolutions of this New Year.
I would like to conclude my thoughts by mentioning a stanza penned by Robert Frost: “The woods are lovely, dark and deep / But I have promises to keep / And miles to go before I sleep / And miles to go before I sleep.”
(Published in The Gulf Today on January 2, 2016)
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