{"id":45625,"date":"2019-12-31T09:44:59","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T14:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=45625"},"modified":"2019-12-31T09:45:17","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T14:45:17","slug":"new-years-day-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2019\/12\/new-years-day-resolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year\u2019s Day resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Paul Waldmiller<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you know that the idea of a New Year\u2019s Day resolution originally\nwas founded by the ancient Babylonians? Some four-thousand years ago, the\nBabylonians began their new calendar year during the time of when we have our\nmonth of March. They used a new year\u2019s observation to celebrate a traditional\ntime of a newly appointed king, return items that they had borrowed from others\nthroughout that previous year, and also pay off their debts that they still\nowed unto others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/New-Years-Resolution-Motivation-600x900-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45626\" width=\"321\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/New-Years-Resolution-Motivation-600x900-1.png 600w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/New-Years-Resolution-Motivation-600x900-1-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the centuries new year\u2019s celebrations and\ntraditions have changed. At the time of the Roman Empire, Julius Cesar in 46 BC\nchanged the calendar and reflects much closer to the colander that we use\ntoday. At the time of the Roman celebration of New Year\u2019s Day, they celebrated\ntheir god, \u201cJanus\u201d, where Julius Cesar commanded that sacrifices to be made\nevery January 1st to janus and also every Roman Citizen to make promises of\n\u201cgood conduct\u201d during the up-coming and new year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bringing the history of New Year\u2019s celebration and\nspecifically New Year\u2019s resolutions, it was John Wesely, the Christian\ntheologian who in 1740 began his first \u201cCovenant Renewal Service\u201d where\nChristians who followed Wesley\u2019s brand of Christianity called \u201cmethodism\u201d,\ncelebrated New year\u2019s evening with singing of Christian hymns, praise songs to\nGod, and reading of Bible Scriptures, all in effort to show a renewed effort of\nserving God and fellow Christians. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, throughout Florida and most of the United States, new\nyear\u2019s evening and day are secular celebrations. Often times, New year\u2019s\nevening is filled with fireworks, parties, consumption of alcoholic drinks, and\nor going out to restaurants or bars. There are some throughout America who will\nmake a New Year\u2019s \u201cresolution\u201d, with a half-hearted attempt to do something to\nimprove their personal lives during the upcoming year. Often, we see Americans\nquickly give up on the New Year\u2019s resolution to improve their lives as they had\noriginally resolved to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps 2020 will be different for most? One resolving to\nbecome a better person always finds fruit when there is follow-through. Happy\nNew Year! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Paul Waldmiller Did you know that the idea of a New Year\u2019s Day resolution originally was founded by the ancient Babylonians? 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