Happy New Year!!

So here we stand in the beginning of 2008. Am I the only one that really expected cars to be flying by now?

People kill me with all of their "out with the old in with the new" cliché phrases. "We are leaving ________, _________, and /or ____________ (fill in the blanks) in 2007 ...." BLAH!

I don't mean to rain on anyone's parade, I really don't, but people, people, people you have got to stop fooling yourselves!! If you wanted to leave your drama/ no good boyfriend or girlfriend/ bad job, etc in 2006, you would have left it in last week. Or last month. Or whenever it was that you realized that the situation wasn't for you.

But, thats just my opinion. All I am saying is stop lying to yourself and those around you (and those that don't care) about the new wonderful person that you are going to be in 2008. And better yet -- if you really plan on making a change, don't announce it. Just do it, and let people notice the changes that you have made for themselves. Don't have them waiting for something that may or may not happen.

As you can tell, I am really not one for the whole "resolution" thing. It falls in line with promises to me, which I don't believe in making because they are destined to be broken. So what makes January 1st so special that we have decided to make it the day of all life changes???

I think that it is more or less an excuse for some people. "My New Year's Resolution is to stop smoking." Dude, it's April! If you're going to stop, just stop now! This reminds me of this joke that I heard years ago- "What day do all diets start on? TOMORROW!" <<insert giggles here>>

All I am saying is that becoming a better person is a daily process, not something that you can resolve to do at the beginning of each new year. You know what it is going to take for you to be the person that you want to be ... so do it! I know that this is all easier said than done; but again, please remember that, Diva though I am, I am also changing and striving to be a better person myself. And this journey to the greater person that I want to be is not an easy one. I get frustrated. I get discouraged. I even fall off the wagon, (What? Not the Diva!! YES, even the Diva!) but what I won't do is allow myself to lie to one of the most important people in my life - myself. All things come in due time, and change, which takes time, is one of those things.

There's nothing wrong with new year's resolutions. But there's also nothing wrong with Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Columbus Day or President's Day resolutions either. If you want to change, you can resolve to do it, no matter what day of what year it is.