Happy New Year’s Eve Day!
We have finally, nearly, reached the end of this very horrid year.
Just a few more hours to go and POOF!, it is gone, thank goodness.
And we are really going out on a bang this year, with so many people supposedly “sick,” and no supposeds on this, people are waiting on line like cattle being led to slaughter to get tested.
One day, we will look back on all of this for the ridiculousness it was, but right now, we are living in the present tense, and it really is an incredible thing to behold that we have nearly completely, and needlessly, destroyed our civilization in just two short years.
Anyway, even with these major distractions, we are looking forward to the ball drop so we can get out of this year, and that mindset, at least, hasn’t changed and hopefully never will.
Here is what I wrote about New Year’s Eve, in edited form, from Rant #1,581, on December 31, 2015:
“It is New Year’s Eve morning now, and the current year is down to just a few hours.
I am hoping that the new year is a great year, as I always do for the new year coming up.
The new year is shaping up to be a great year for my family, and I hope that it is for you and your loved ones, too.
I guess that the past year was a decent year, not one of the most memorable ones in my life, but I have had worse years.
For the new year, I am simply wishing the best for all of us.
Finally, the time will come, the ball will drop, and we will move on to a new year.
Again, I wish everyone the best year possible.”
Well, things have not changed much from six years ago to now, at least in my wishes for a great new year for all.
But who could have thought six years ago that we would be the mess that we are in now?
Everyone—and I do mean everyone—has been greatly impacted by the presence of this lousy virus, some more than others, but it has affected everything we say, do and believe in.
It has put us against others due to beliefs and the way we act, and it has done more harm than just infecting our bodies with sickness.
It has poisoned many of our minds, made many of us unreasonable, and has stifled our growth, personally as human beings and in total as a civilization.
“The land of the free and the hone of the brave” still exists, but that axiom has been dented, perhaps not beyond repair, but it certainly needs to go into the shop for a look over.
So as we go into the new year, stop with those idiotic resolutions that you are going to lose weight during the new 365 days.
It is better to resolve that we will be better people, better to ourselves and better to others around us.
I know that that will be difficult to do, in particular when our leaders will continue their stupidity about how to handle what we are going through, and constantly sending us mixed messages in the process.
But we have brains in our heads for a reason, so let’s start using what God gave us the right way.
Become a critical thinker, just don’t take things at face value, and think out your game plan rather than follow what you are told in a robotic fashion.
Do what you believe you need to do for the benefit of yourself and yoiur family, not to the benefit of those talking out of two sides of their mouths on a constant basis.
That is the only way that “The land of the free and the how of the brave” will continue to have any meaning whatsoever.
So as the new year dawns, it brings to us a lot of hope, but we all have a lot of work to do to make it a year that is different from 2020 and 2021.
2022 can be a great year, but we all have a lot on our plate to make it the great year that it can be.
We have finally, nearly, reached the end of this very horrid year.
Just a few more hours to go and POOF!, it is gone, thank goodness.
And we are really going out on a bang this year, with so many people supposedly “sick,” and no supposeds on this, people are waiting on line like cattle being led to slaughter to get tested.
One day, we will look back on all of this for the ridiculousness it was, but right now, we are living in the present tense, and it really is an incredible thing to behold that we have nearly completely, and needlessly, destroyed our civilization in just two short years.
Anyway, even with these major distractions, we are looking forward to the ball drop so we can get out of this year, and that mindset, at least, hasn’t changed and hopefully never will.
Here is what I wrote about New Year’s Eve, in edited form, from Rant #1,581, on December 31, 2015:
“It is New Year’s Eve morning now, and the current year is down to just a few hours.
I am hoping that the new year is a great year, as I always do for the new year coming up.
The new year is shaping up to be a great year for my family, and I hope that it is for you and your loved ones, too.
I guess that the past year was a decent year, not one of the most memorable ones in my life, but I have had worse years.
For the new year, I am simply wishing the best for all of us.
Finally, the time will come, the ball will drop, and we will move on to a new year.
Again, I wish everyone the best year possible.”
Well, things have not changed much from six years ago to now, at least in my wishes for a great new year for all.
But who could have thought six years ago that we would be the mess that we are in now?
Everyone—and I do mean everyone—has been greatly impacted by the presence of this lousy virus, some more than others, but it has affected everything we say, do and believe in.
It has put us against others due to beliefs and the way we act, and it has done more harm than just infecting our bodies with sickness.
It has poisoned many of our minds, made many of us unreasonable, and has stifled our growth, personally as human beings and in total as a civilization.
“The land of the free and the hone of the brave” still exists, but that axiom has been dented, perhaps not beyond repair, but it certainly needs to go into the shop for a look over.
So as we go into the new year, stop with those idiotic resolutions that you are going to lose weight during the new 365 days.
It is better to resolve that we will be better people, better to ourselves and better to others around us.
I know that that will be difficult to do, in particular when our leaders will continue their stupidity about how to handle what we are going through, and constantly sending us mixed messages in the process.
But we have brains in our heads for a reason, so let’s start using what God gave us the right way.
Become a critical thinker, just don’t take things at face value, and think out your game plan rather than follow what you are told in a robotic fashion.
Do what you believe you need to do for the benefit of yourself and yoiur family, not to the benefit of those talking out of two sides of their mouths on a constant basis.
That is the only way that “The land of the free and the how of the brave” will continue to have any meaning whatsoever.
So as the new year dawns, it brings to us a lot of hope, but we all have a lot of work to do to make it a year that is different from 2020 and 2021.
2022 can be a great year, but we all have a lot on our plate to make it the great year that it can be.
As for me, barring anything unforeseen, 2022 is shaping up as an interesting year, if nothing beyond that.
I will turn 65 years of age on April 28, so I will finally be on Medicare and be able to reap all the benefits of being "an older American," whatever that means.
My wife and son will continue with their lives, as will my mom, who will turn the ripe young age of 91 in March.
As for the blog, we have three anniversaries coming up in 2022: its bar mitzvah 13th year of existence in early May; its 2,900the post in the June-July time frame; and its 3,000th post around this time next year.
All pretty neat, wouldn't you say?
I wish for everyone the best New Year possible, and I will speak to you again on Monday for the first Ranting and Raving Blog post of the new year.
Have a great one, and have a great weekend.
I wish for everyone the best New Year possible, and I will speak to you again on Monday for the first Ranting and Raving Blog post of the new year.
Have a great one, and have a great weekend.
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