Changes...A New Year's Re(v)olution

Many people seem to have one these days

Used as a way to start off the new year

For some its to lose weight and thin their waist

For some its to get over that one fear

To me it is not really quite that clear

I don’t see the rationale or the use

By the next month you no longer adhere

“I’m just so busy” becomes the excuse

And it’s these reasons that get me amused

So forget a new year’s resolution

Such notions upon thee I disabuse

Its nothing more than an illusion

You see, a new year’s goal has its flaws

Because By June it will be a lost cause

I wrote this nearly 2 years ago for a high school assignment. We had to write a poem in iambic pentameter ridiculing something and then had to read it in front of the class. As you can tell I wasn't much of a fan of New Year's Resolutions.... Well I take it back. Now I actually applaud those who make CONCRETE New Year's resolutions. So I changed my mind, sue me.

I've been quite busy again with both school and just thinking in general which is why I'm late on the New Year's post but at any rate HAPPY NEW YEARS y'all. Well anyways, in preparation for Spirit Night (a huge spirit competition here at UCSD) I went to Home Depot to buy supplies I needed for decorations. The Revelle Coordinator of Student Activities (who was going to pay for all the supplies) was running a little late to come pay for all the goods so I got to just sit back and people watch. As I watched people I noticed how different they all were. There were some who looked like average middle class people, some who came decked out in their Armani Exchange outfits, and some who looked just plain down 'n out. It really reminded me how no matter who you are, how much money you make, or even where you're from, all our homes can use a little Home Improvement.

When I say home improvement I don't mean the actual place but ourselves...our mind, body, and souls sometimes need a little fixing up. No matter who you are in this world there are times when you'll find that the pipes in your mind need to be unclogged, that you're heart can use a little glue after being broken for so long, and that sometimes entire wall's in our home that have stood since forever need to be knocked down.

While sometimes change can be thrust upon us and unexpectedly occur (as mentioned in my last post) there are times when we must bring forth our own change. We can't always wait for our faucets to break before we fix the leak and change them just as we shouldn't always wait for our old paint to chip before we give ourselves a new paint job.

 It's your body, your mind, your soul, your life, and therefore it's really up to you whether you start making changes and resolve to improve but like any good homeowner knows the only way to add value to your home is to make improvements. It's the new year, what better time than now?

- La Rhino

"We gotta make a change...
It's time for us as a people to start makin' some changes.
Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live
and let's change the way we treat each other.
You see the old way wasn't working so it's on us to do
what we gotta do, to survive."

-Tupac Shakur