Today is 29th Feb in a leap year. I do think 29th Feb is a good day to make some resolutions. Annual resolutions often fail because one year is really too quick to make things work, isn't it. The same can not be said for a period of four solid years. If you have just given birth, how you bond with the baby before the next leap year will affect his sense of trust and security. If you have a teenager just entering secondary school you have to become his friend or you will lose him by the next leap year. If you are a freshman in college, you probably need to think about your place in the workforce in the next leap year. If you are just into a relationship, you my need to decide on some form of commitment by the next leap year. And if you are approaching 60 you literally have only a handful of leap years left to live out your dreams (hopefully). So I think making some resolutions on the special day of a leap year is practical and probably more effective.
Now for myself I hope (there I go again just "hoping")rather I will try to achieve the following ("try"...sigh):
1. Acquire more skills to work with children as I find this area very uplifting.
2. Learn and practise meditation to develop a sense of calm and quiet. The ultimate goal is to maintain equanimity in the midst of life’s inevitable turbulence.
3. To expose myself beyond the confines of our city state and its siloed structures. The best outcome would be to live part of each year in another country. This should help in broadening perspectives in how we view things.
And of course there is one or two other quiet resolves that can not be made public for their non accomplishment can be embarrassing. The objective of making known the above 3 resolutions is to corner myself to act on them after having made such public declarations brashly. Well, if I don't expire before the next leap year, I have 4 (not 1) years more to act, haven't I?
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