Young Roots
New year, new love?
By Johanne R. Macob
HAPPY New Year, everyone! I just felt like having that greeting start this article, for a change. (I usually to put my greetings on the last part of my articles).
The ingress of the New Year is significance for me and a number of things for many people. I have four reasons (since four is now a personal favorite). First, year 2016 is a leap year so for those born on February 29th, cheers! Finally, after four years it’s your birthday, again! Second, we will be electing new set of leaders this year. Third, on a personal note, for my fellow ‘92s kiddos, 2016 or a year of the Monkey is our year. I don’t exactly know what that means but it’s still quite exciting! Fourth, on a more personal note, year 2016, hopefully, will mark a great year for me to take on another challenge, particularly in regard my academic path. I’m crossing my fingers now.
I’m sure, just like me, everyone else is, somehow, looking forward to something great to happen this 2016. This is the very reason why I always love the idea of New Year. It is not about merely celebrating to welcome the month of January, but New Year signifies a deeper meaning among people, which is why it is being kicked off with a bang. I think New Year gives people a sense of new hope- may that be in regard their careers, their relationships, their other goals. It denotes a ‘new’ or a “fresh beginning” or a renewed confidence in different aspects of people’s lives. No wonder we have New Year’s Resolutions, as there’s that conventional belief that a New Year designates the best time to reassess ourselves, in order to know which parts of us we need to hold on to and which we need to let go of and change. Though, of course, we can always choose to move forward anytime, but perhaps the unfolding of a new year is like closing a chapter and opening a new one.
A while back, I was talking with a good ol’ friend who’s more like a sister to me. I asked her what plans she hopes to accomplish this year. “I’ll be a good daughter by focusing more on my studies, no more parties” said this freshman law student. But being the 22-year old woman that she is and having been single, also known as “being in a relationship with thy self,” for more than three years now, she is also very open and positive about the thought of having a new love after having her heart shattered by her first love. (Incidentally, I have a number of social media friends who have publicly declared their hope of finding “new love” this year). I then remembered that over two years ago, I was that same person wishing for days to move faster for another year to enter, for me to leave that year when I had my heart broken real bad. Quietly, I wished that a new year would give me new hopes, or better, the restoration of my belief in love. And it did.
As I’ve said before the idea of New Year goes beyond having 2016. It is more about new hope, about so many things including the prospect of a new love life. So to those who are hoping and praying to find their significant other this year, just keep on. Not that I’m also looking for a new love, but I am praying with you. This New Year brings with it a lot of possibilities in your love life and beyond. Let’s be more excited with our life this year. Let’s do more and better. Let’s pray and work along all these possibilities this New Year is offering!
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