Have You Made a New Year Commitment?

As this new year begins it represents new beginnings for many of us. We can all use this auspicious time to make changes in our lives and to renew our existing commitments or make new ones. On New Year's Day many of us become more serious about our own life. We take stock and plan new courses of action to improve our lives. This is best seen in one of the most popular customs and the key to the meaning of New Year's: making resolutions.
New Years Resolution

Every resolution you make on this day implies that you are in control of your self, that you are not a victim fated by circumstance, controlled by stars, or owned by luck, but that you are an individual who can make choices to change your life. On New Year's Day many people accept, often more implicitly than explicitly, that happiness comes from living your values. That is why you resolve to be healthier, to do your banis, to get up in the amrit vela. You want to enjoy that sense of purpose, accomplishment and happiness that one feels when living one's values.

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