New things can be exciting and stressful, but one thing for sure, newness does not last and novelty disappears soon after it's started. Take this blog for example, I was going to be ambitious and committed and write in advance. It’s now the night before publishing time. Late. And here I am Racking my brain for something to say. Now it also doesn’t seem to help that I am talking into random cyberspace, but that is another blog all together.
This is a new year, but already the novelty has worn away
and we are getting about our daily business and trying to desperately remember
to write 2014 instead of 2013, which in our repeated attempts to adapt, is
already getting old.
And so 2014 is starting with quite a few ‘new’s’ for us; a
new office environment, a new school for my daughter, and so new people and new
goals... new expectations and new decisions that need to be made, new
schedules... etc.
And while it can be exciting, there is a desire for a little
more of the mundane as we scramble to adapt.
And by mundane I simply mean things in life that are expected. All cannot be new forever. Thankfully.
Constant newness would
be exhausting.
As with most things even a new car loses its lustre. Slowly the ‘new’ experience of driving it,
after a few months, becomes standard. And a
new baby loses his or her novelty even faster. Two
nights of no sleep and a few poopy diapers will do it.
And so he or she remains novel to those who have not yet met
or seldom care for him / her. Trust me,
there is nothing like losing your status in your mother’s eyes than by giving birth to
a grandchild. “Ohhh, look at her. She is soooo
cute. Come to Oma”. “It’s nice to see you too Mom, I’m well,
thanks for asking”. You call at her
retreating back after she’s taken her grandchild out of your arms. Its a serious change (downgrade) in status. From 'daughter' to 'mother of my grandchild.' A serious indication that your novelty has worn off.
I am by no means measuring their value against one
another. If the new car smelt bad after
a few hours and kept you from much needed sleep, it would lose its novelty much
quicker too.
I suppose the joy of newness is that it serves as a reminder that you are still
alive and growing; still on the path to somewhere, even if the somewhere itself is
somewhat obscure.
I am grateful for the ‘new’s’ thus far. Thankful that anything ‘new’ keeps me away
from the ‘same old’, ‘same old.’
Too much ‘same old,’ ‘same old’, cannot be healthy either.
So hopefully the ‘newnesses’ still awaiting us in 2014 will
indeed be those of blessing and serve as a reminder that life is a journey, not a destination.
And I suppose that that is really what is meant by 'Happy New Year.' And so Happy New Year to you all.
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