There was a particular comic in the Sunday paper. Funnily enough, they were all new year-themed. Not sure whether you're familiar or not, but this one is called Snake Tales.
Basically, the main character wakes up looking excited that it's the new year. Goes and looks around at a few places. The desert, the beach, the road. Then he goes back to his bed, saying "Looks just like last year."
I think a few people can be like this with a lot of different things. New Year, birthdays, Christmas, Easter, etc etc. People say, it looks the same, it feels the same. There's nothing different about it.
And yes, it often does look and feel the same. But there is a difference. But it has to be internal, not external. In your own attitude to the occasion. Only then can the external really be changed. It doesn't really go the other way around quite so well.
I totally agree with you. Things change when we start believing in them.
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