What
does it mean to end a year committing an unwise decision? What does it mean to
start a new year in a not so good physical health? For many, these are not good
signs for either a better year ahead or proclaiming a brighter future. With all
their good intentions on this I declare no opposition. However, I would like to
interpret them from a different angle.
Last
December 31, 2012 I had failed to meet a very important appointment - important
because I had spent a hundred euro for that. It was unwise of me to have chosen
the last day of the year to set an appointment because little did I know that half
of the population of Rome plus the multitude of tourists were out in the
street, business establishments and public transportation on that day. Also, the
roads were blocked in lieu of the evening event thus it was very inconvenient
to get a ride. I know I was exaggerating but it was really bad timing to set up
an appointment which requires promptness on that day. As expected I ended up withdrawing
from the said appointment, helpless and disappointed. I should have made a big
fuss over it but instead I admitted that I made a mistake and charged
everything that took place in my bucket list of experiences. I realized one thing though, that ‘it is not a
bad thing to end a year with a mistake even if it is a careless one.’ Not that
I was consenting to do evil or promoting complacency, I was just stating the
fact that it doesn't need the last day of the year to find out that to a commit
mistake is to be human. The bottom line is the way you deal with it. Is it with
such diplomacy but also plainly keeping in mind that those are still mistakes
to get over with and those shouldn't be committed again or pretend that they
had never occurred? I believe that’s the wisdom behind the dim curtain, the
price of a hundred euro.
I
went to celebrate the New Year with my couple-friends in Tuscany. The couple
works for affluent and kindhearted employers who permitted them to invite us to
spend the New Year at their summer residence in a 13 hectare land. There, I got
to know their other friends whom they have invited to celebrate as well. The food
was great and the house really looked elegant set in a relaxing and festive
ambiance. Stories after stories, delicious food over the plate, gift-giving,
laughter, endless picture taking and of course the welcoming of the New Year by
lighting fireworks and fire crackers outside the house by the pool were the
things that made us all busy the whole night. It was an experience. The not so
good side though was that I went to bed with a bad cough and headache after the
party. I thought I overly reacted. I have no excuse to believe that I did take
advantage of the celebration a bit over-the-top. Two weeks ago I nursed a very
bad cold. I thought I had recovered from it but unfortunately that night I was
mistaken. I realized that although I usually get sick during this season of the
year, that night I had felt that my coughing was a bit serious. I knew I had
failed to communicate properly with my body. It took me another year and the
first day of the New Year at that, to understand how important it is to establish
a good rapport with oneself i.e. to be healthy. We usually take our health
issues for granted only to realize that one can’t go on in realizing his/her
full potentials while at the same time neglecting his/her health. Surely,
no one would ever wish to kick off the New Year and be in such condition.
Unfortunately, I was. 
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