What if there was no New Year’s Eve?

Most people scoff at religion when it intrudes on their personal lifestyle but few malign the bliss of an ensuing new year. New Year’s Eve conjures up a sensitivity to culmination. I mean, people get pretty inspired as the days grow closer to January. Promises are made and resolutions are decreed with noble intent and why not? New implies change doesn’t it? Something as simple as a day on the calendar, two years separated by a mere 24 hours means so much. The notion that a second chance could be eminent evokes hope from many on some level. So, what if there was no New Year’s Eve?

What would be the last straw for you and for me? How would we know that today is that day I change or at least begin altering minor aspects of my life away from destructive practices? How would we know to stop and examine our lives with reflective eyes? Time is an incredible marker for us. Time is reflected in pains you have now that didn’t used to be there. Time also rears its head as seasons in life change. Some began the year married and are now divorced. Some began the year halfway through 8th grade and now they’re well acclimated to high school life. Others have spent this year blaming others for their mistakes or perhaps being childish.

Whatever the reflection on this past year yields, one truth remains. Time is a marker, a litmus test and an opportunity for evaluation. Without time, how would your vision be established? How would you know that your wife is that much closer to delivering your child? We need time and we need time to move us from dormancy to participation. We are time sensitive creatures because our time on Earth is…well…dare I say, LIMITED.  So since I’m always talking about lessons I’ve learned from playing basketball, not playing basketball, growing up, etc then  I reckon this is also one of my greatest tutors. Time itself as orchestrated by God has been a great impetus in my life for change. 2010 begins soon but it is but one number in the perpetual cycle of life reminding you that, “Hey, you’re better than that. Let’s work on being better.” Let’s find the source, the truth, the singular wherewithal to not explain away our responsibility to know ourselves and offer ourselves in right service to the world outside our window. Happy New Year. May it result in something both new and valuable

“Play Your 6ixth Man”