Susan McKevitt
Content Editor |
The beginning of a new year is a time for hope and optimism. It represents an opportunity for all of us to take stock and contemplate major changes or minor modifications, as may be appropriate. How successful we ultimately are in adhering to our resolutions is another thing, but it is good for the soul to at least perform this conscious exercise once a year.
I've heard many people say that their new year resolution is 'not to make any new year resolutions', which is okay too, but doesn't this also illustrate how the new year, whether we are a proponent of making
resolutions or not, gives us pause to reflect?
As English essayist, Charles Lamb said, 'No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count upon what is left. It is the nativity of our common Adam.'
A memorable New Year for me was that of 2000. My son and I had travelled to visit family in New Zealand, and, together with other family members and assorted neighbours, we attended a barbeque at my oldest brother's home. Being in a country that had a significant population in the time zone where the day begins, we were aware that the rest of the world was watching to see what would happen when the new century 'kicked off', or, should I say more correctly, when 1999 turned to 2000.
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We were the litmus test as to whether the measures taken in the frenetic Y2K projects being run in the lead up to this momentous date had been the correct path.
Whether these measures were the correct course or not we shall probably never know, but as we stood in the warm air as the countdown commenced, I remember being totally focussed on the physical infrastructure, the twinkling lights of New Zealand's capital, Wellington, and, when the magical hour arrived, experiencing a feeling of elation when we weren't plunged into darkness and our world moved on as usual.
Not every new year is this dramatic, but each one of us can make it special in our own way. The team at Ottawa Natural sends good wishes for the New Year and invites you to revel in our January, 2012 issue.
May you enjoy January's issue in good health and cheer!
Cheers,
Susan McKevitt,
Associate Editor.
This marks Ottawa Natural's thirty-first issue. We have put a lot into it. May you get much from it.
You're welcome to download our, January, 2012 edition.
