and if the turning of a clock, and the subsequent anticlimax that undoubtedly follows incites people to do better with themselves and their lives, then that is good in its own sense. however if one can't see the need for this kind of action or movement in any other time of the year, and one must sheepishly follow the standards of time and gimmick, standards that were created by humans of course, then this is what's "lame". and it's this, this lack of genuine and very personal motivation, that often leads these resolutions to remain unpacked suitcases sitting in the corner of the room.
so today i'm finally giving the new year some attention. i will say my new year's wasn't the greatest, and it is almost never is, but it did cause for a lot of personal reflection. and i guess recently i have come up with some sort of resolution, a motto of the year if you will. i mean the standards of time are good for many things, such as goal settings, and there are goals that i have laid before myself this year. and therefore some year motivation, some motto is worthy of noting. it was a voice of simplicity that came through and i honestly feel will be continually referenced, and it came from mother teresa.
i'm sure everybody, at least anybody with an internet connection and a social networking account or feed of some sort, has swam through the muddy sea of inspirational quotes and images. like anything in excess, they lose their "inspirational" value in this way, but i also find that none of them offer many solutions or answers on how. they just tell. tell you to feel inspired, to go somewhere, to stop crying, to see things this way. and yes so does this quote. but for me this was the one and only one that made sense, at least for me - me in this year. so let's be a bit trite 2013: i'm going to do it anyway.
