I asked a group of people (about 60 0f them) yesterday to lift their hands if they made New Year’s resolutions.
Not a hand was lifted!
Is this a case of cynicism? Or a recognism of reality? Is one year too long to hold onto a discipline? Or are we all in a world where promises have been so misused and abused — we don’t want to get caught up in the hypocrisy around us?
Don’t have the answers — not even sure I have the questions!
But there is something here that may bring back the question of sabbath. We have turned the one day of reflection that our society allows itself each year into a non-day! Unless we are constantly, week by week, reflecting on our lives, it’s no wonder a year end reflection and resolution time falls so flat.