Sing a New Song

Which particular day is the first day of the year depends on which calendar we are consulting. But any day at all can be the first day of a new life for an individual. Truth was never a question of time, nor human potential a matter of age. Principle is not bound by precedent, and the "possibilitiy factor" is constant: No matter how often one has failed, if success is a possibility, then it can happen on any new day.

The "song we sing" can make all the difference. "Sing unto the Lord a new song," cries the prophet Isaiah. The song we sing consists of the thoughts we think, the emotioins we feel, the deeds we do. So if these parts of our lives have not yet embodied success, it is probably because they did not embody the elements of success. Let us, then, reshape them into new wordings, new forms, new patterns of hope and courage and faith. Let us resolve to begin our new calendar year with a renewed awareness that today is the first day of new life, new health, new happiness, and new achievement.