Welcome 2019

The new year 2019 has arrived. Vacation is over and it is back to work. But is it
business as usual?

The coming of a new year is always the best time to hope for better things to come. For many people, it is RESOLUTION time again. It is this time that they would promise (again?) to do this or achieve that. "I will really have to look after my figure this year", said one person. "I will save money and travel this year", said another. Indeed, most people look forward to something better. To me, it means they are hopeful. They still dream for change. Nothing is wrong here except that they may have  forgotten that they can always do the things they wanted at any time of the year.

Yet, I was amused to see some facebook posts saying that the coming of the new year is just a change of calendar and nothing more. Maybe they are pessimistic. Maybe not. But they have a point, too. There may not be nothing to look forward to in the coming new year. It would be the same as usual. Life is just the way it is. Why look for change?

Whatever your point of view is, life goes on and as it moves forward in time or in cycle, something happens for better or for worse. Whether or not we believe that this is due to our decisions or  to Karma, accepting what happen is what truly makes us happy. So let us be happy that a NEW YEAR has come.

I would like to wish everyone a better year. To those who have been blessed the past year (2018), may you have more blessings this new year 2019. To those who were not very happy with their lives the past year, may you find better oppportunities to be happy this year. And for those who suffered injustices and extreme poverty, may you never lose hope that somehow this new year will bring you reliefs and comforts.