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resolution

early 15c., "a breaking into parts," from L. resolutionem (nom. resolutio) "process of reducing things into simpler forms," from pp. stem of resolvere "loosen" (see resolve). Originally sense of "solving" (as of mathematical problems) first recorded 1540s, that of "holding firmly" (in resolute) 1530s, and that of "decision or expression of a meeting" is from c.1600.

-Online Etymology Dictionary

I'm all for breaking things into parts and reducing them into simpler forms. Everything is connected anyway. And I like the flow of the loosening -> solving -> holding firmly -> expressing in the above definition: maybe it's a cycle. We let go, we discover the new, we grasp it, we live to talk about it ... and we let it go again. Sometimes this process takes years; other times it lasts for hundredths of a second.

I don't know why we celebrate holidays the way we we do, and no one else seems to know either. I don't understand why the birth of Jesus is celebrated when it isn't his birthday or why we have a "new year" when it is really just an arbitrary number. Every day is sacred; every moment is a divine celebration. Calendar holidays only make me think:



I do like the idea of resolutions. They're just thoughts, though. We can't stop thinking them. Every thought ends up being a resolution, if you believe that thoughts create reality. I think it's a good idea every now and then to intentionally think some pleasant thoughts, if only to cover yourself when the nasty ones show up. If I only did that once a year, I bet my resolutions would fail. So I "think happy thoughts" with intention every day.

Happy New Year, Happy New Day, Happy New Moment! I love you.