A new year enters the scene with its share of promises and mysteries. A new moment to mechanically unpack the wishes for success, health and happiness. But it takes more than just nice words to be on top all year long.
It’s a tradition, we start the New Year by sending a myriad of wishes to all those who are dear to us. We color the first days of the year with sweet words: wishes for success, prosperity, health, happiness, etc. The base. Alas, for several years, the spirit of the New Year has seemed futile to me. But I refuse to be marginal and I respond to all these wishes that flood into my inbox on the big day with a “Thank you the same”.
A year of success!
Glory. The success. After all, that’s what everyone longs for deep down, including me. The year 2023 revealed to us young people who have valiantly climbed the path of entrepreneurship, art, etc. They needed courage and determination to achieve their goals. And maybe a little luck too.
Certainly, the kind words or wishes that abound serve to sweeten life and instill in us this desire to hope for better days, but only work ennobles man. New Year’s wishes risk setting a trap for us, that of falling asleep on illusory laurels. People tend to believe that all it takes is these messages of encouragement and a little nudge from destiny to find themselves on the path to success. No, we must not ignore and botch all efforts. I would happily exchange “a year of success” for a “year of work and sweat”.
A year of happiness!
Monks would tell us that happiness depends on ourselves. They would recommend that we turn to our inner peace. I know more than one person who would be upset not to receive warm messages on New Year’s Eve. I know several who have become depressed because of the socio-economic condition of the country.
Besides, the last days of 2023 have been quite trying. No fuel, no sugar, no coal. Some opted for resilience and used the means at their disposal to counter these problems, that is to say walking to get around, easily accessible food, etc. The others spent their nights and days complaining, despairing and envying all these diasporas, dreaming of one day leaving this country of poverty. For them, a year of happiness is equivalent to taking flight to other lands. They are not interested in reaching nirvana through deep meditation by detaching themselves from all these evils that sneak into their daily lives.
A year of health!
On the one hand, physical health, that of the body which fights everything that tries to destroy our immune system. On the other hand, mental health, that which keeps us away from psychological damage. Impaired health does not always depend on our lifestyle, it also depends on external factors, predisposition, etc.
I pay tribute to all these beautiful souls who left us during the year 2023. To these people who took flight early into the afterlife. To these unique people that we still had a thousand things to say and celebrate together. They never left as they continue to beat in our hearts. The love we have for them will never fade and will forever beautify our existence.
Why are I or you still in the world of the living? Some will say that we still have a mission to accomplish. I would say that I don’t know anything about it. For my part, this new year, I will continue to apply advice that a wise old man once gave me: “What matters in life is to do as much good as possible and as little harm as possible. possible harm. »
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