In case you've blown your New Year's resolutions, or the year has just gotten off to a bad start, you need not worry. You can start afresh with the Chinese New Year. Yes, that's right. And if the next few weeks don't pan out, then there is always the Persian New Year coming up. In fact, who needs a calendar. Create your own New Year starting any day you choose.

According to the Chinese New Year tradition, your behavior and actions today will reflect your behavior for the rest of the year. Just for today, I can say "yes" to opportunities that send me outside of my little hovel box of a life. I can not worry about the big picture or money or how I will raise my children as a single parent in a one bedroom apartment (seeing as that would be the product of the Immaculate Conception...which would surely make me rich and famous).

Just for today, I can be happy, open, honest, and expectant of the great things life will bring!