If Every Day Were New Years

What would the world look like? Would we be smarter, more fit, more kind? Why wait for New Years to make half-hearted resolutions to yourself? Every day is a gift. If every day were New Years, how many more projects would you start, how many friends would you call? Despite white noise and advertisements, why do we need a holidays to decide to be better?

Every day is a new year, even if the calendar doesn't change the numbers at the end of the date; the numbers in the middle change daily. I'm not waiting for a calendar to learn something new, make new friends, etc. Every day is a gift. Every day is a New Year. Now that's something to celebrate.

Digging Deep

The boy raised his hand as high as he possibly could, just as he was told. Then without hesitation the teacher said, now raise your hand even higher. The boy stretched his arm, sat up tall, and raised his hand just a little higher. It's not that the boy wasn't trying the first time, he was. Yet, all he needed was an extra challenge to exceed his performance expectation.

The boy needed to dig deep, to perform beyond what he thought he was capable of. Dig deep.