Happy New Year! The start of the year always presents itself as a chance to begin again, to make something ( most likely yourself ) The history of New Year's resolutions is interesting indeed. According to ABC local:''According to legend, the history of New Year's Resolutions goes back a couple thousand years.
Historians indicate the roots stem from the mythical Roman King Janus (We still use his name for the first month of the year -- January).
Janus was known as the god of beginnings and became the ancient Roman symbol for resolutions.
He was also said to be two-faced. No, he wasn't a hypocrite, but was believed to have a face in the back of his head as well as the front. This unique feature enabled the king to look back into the past and ahead toward the future. Janus also became known as the guardian of entry ways (and doors as well).
The New Year was celebrated by Romans who used Janus as a symbol of the occasion while seeking forgiveness from their enemies. It was also a time to exchange gifts with one another.
During the Middle Ages, Christians moved New Year's Day to December 25 -- hence the blurry division of New Year's celebrations and the Christmas holiday. The official New Year's Day was then moved to March 25 and called "Annunciation."
Pope Gregory XIII sorted everything out in the 16th century when he revised the Julian calendar and returned the New Year's celebration to January 1.''
So What ARE your Resolutions? REVOLUTIONS? Mine are:
Historians indicate the roots stem from the mythical Roman King Janus (We still use his name for the first month of the year -- January).
Janus was known as the god of beginnings and became the ancient Roman symbol for resolutions.
He was also said to be two-faced. No, he wasn't a hypocrite, but was believed to have a face in the back of his head as well as the front. This unique feature enabled the king to look back into the past and ahead toward the future. Janus also became known as the guardian of entry ways (and doors as well).
The New Year was celebrated by Romans who used Janus as a symbol of the occasion while seeking forgiveness from their enemies. It was also a time to exchange gifts with one another.
During the Middle Ages, Christians moved New Year's Day to December 25 -- hence the blurry division of New Year's celebrations and the Christmas holiday. The official New Year's Day was then moved to March 25 and called "Annunciation."
Pope Gregory XIII sorted everything out in the 16th century when he revised the Julian calendar and returned the New Year's celebration to January 1.''
So What ARE your Resolutions? REVOLUTIONS? Mine are:
1. UPDATE this blog regularly ( I have been a bad 'putty tat'. )
2. MORE school. ( for work and play )
3. GET a job. ( one is in the pipe line I am praying...)
4. SAVE money. ( STOP buying. Especially Clothes which I DO NOT NEED )
5. MAKE Art. ( making it, seeing it, reading about it...)
6. PLAY more guitar ( and learn at least 10 songs WELL. )
7. KEEP a Journal. ( both Prayer and Art )
8. READ my bible. ( and other books one a month at least )
9. EAT better. ( more RAW less processed foods. )
10. WORK harder. ( at everything. Stop being lazy )
12. EXERCISE. ( 5 times a week again, I am LAZY! )
13. LOVE ( show it to people who DO NOT deserve it, like ME. )
14. HELP ( those who need it, when I CAN and when I can't. )
15. STAY ( away from EBAY and DAFFYS. Period! )
Those are MINE. What are yours? Let me know. Till next time!
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