2007

Happy New Year! Today is January 6, 2007! The New Year is finally here! To most people the new year means Goals and New Year's Resolutions. Everybody has at least one thing they want to do in the upcoming year. Whether it be to excercise or try a new diet, or get a 4.0 in school or climb Mt. Everest everyone wants to accomplish something. Why is it that we all want to make these sometimes impossible goals? The mind loves a challenge and the thrill of accomplishment. So, I guess the big question is if we are going to actually accomplish our goals. The problem with goal-making is that sometimes we want to do things we are not capable of. Our goals are sometimes unrealistic. So, how can we accomplish something that is impossible for us. For example, I could never be a professional skiier. Although I love to ski and swooshing down a mountain brings me great pleasure, my health would never allow me to work as hard as they do. Somethings we just can't do. I have always wanted to sing in Carnegie Hall. This most likley will not happen, and yet I make this goal and TRY becasue I have the DESIRE. If we can't do these impossible tasks then why try??? I think the main reason that human beings make these elaborate goals is to try to go somewhere in life. These huge goals are better than not making any goals at all. Each person has a potential and the mind wants to reach that potenial faster than the body can keep up. That is why when Jan. 1 comes along we make goals like Climb Mount Everest and Run a Marathon. Even though we might not climb Everest, the fact that we worked hard enough to try will still bring pleasure to our minds. Mortality is about living life to the fullest and reaching for the stars.