The Mennobrarian

Leaping into the new year (pun intended)

12:44, Tuesday, January 1, 2008 .. Posted in Just Thinking .. 1 comments .. Link

Did you ever hear the old wives' tale that what you do on New Year's day will be what you will be doing for the rest of the year?

I'm ashamed to feel so superstitious, and truly, I am not. There are so many superstitions that I can easily dismiss, and indeed, express surprise when people believe them, so this one should just as easily be dispelled. But there is always a little voice lurking in my head throughout the first day of the year repeating this nonsense that fills me with neuroses and worry. If Scrappy has an accident on the carpet today, does that mean we won't be able to solve her training issues this year? And if I clean up the mess, does that mean I'll be cleaning up after the dogs everyday for the next twelve months? Should I clean anything at all? Or will that mean this year will be filled with the drudgery of housework, and little else?

How ridiculous! We know too well that our destinies aren't tied to a set of tasks we choose to accomplish on a particular day.

And here it comes again. The fear that if I don't sew anything today, then nothing will get sewn for the next twelve months. And yet, the Bible has so much to say about about fear, as we are consistently told that we needn't. Still, fear cannot always be ignored as we need it to both challenge and protect us. Fear is often the warning light on the dashboard of life, or it is merely an apparition we conjure in our own minds, giving us something to rise against. In this regard, fear moves us forward. We feel the fear, and then take the risks. How many wonderful things have happened because you confronted your fear, and did what was necessary?

Today, I will rid my heart and mind of the fear of this silly superstition. Even as we go out to dinner tonight, which was my suggestion, so I won't spend the rest of the year in the kitchen.

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