Happy 2010.

I can't believe it's a new decade. When did that happen? I still remember the whole Y2K business and the (almost) pandemonium that caused.

While I love the thought of a "New Year," I've never understood all the excitement in it. It's just another day isn't it? I don't get it. The day is not much of importance to me other than to signify another year/number coming and going. But even that seems so mundane as I try not to focus so much on "time." I mean who cares if it's 2004 or 2010? All it does it date and age me and who cares as long as I'm alive and living. And what does a New Year really do? Does it wipe your slate clean of all past sins and transgressions? No. Does it make all those illnesses, failures, etc, go away? No. Does all your good luck from the previous year fly out the window because the clock struck midnight? Of course not. So I don't understand why, as the year comes to an end, everyone feels the need to say, "I can't wait for this year to be over" or "Next year will be better." Because isn't today linked to yesterday and tomorrow linked to today? And just because a day/year changes doesn't mean that the next day/year is automatically doing to be better. Maybe idealistically it would, but let's face it, these people who are saying "Next year will be better" were more than likely, saying the same thing at the start of 2009.

So let's make today. This day. This moment, the best it can be. Honestly, that's all we can do. Because life happens and some things will inevitably go wrong. And some things will fall into place. But whether these moments are good or bad, we honestly will never get them back.

So, that being said, Happy 2010. May life treat you well.