AS THE HOLIDAYS COME TO AN END, WE LOOK FORWARD TO RINGING IN THE NEW YEAR. CELEBRATING THE NEW YEAR IS THE OLDEST OF ALL HOLIDAYS AND WAS FIRST OBSERVED IN ANCIENT BABYLON APPROXIMATELY 4000 YEARS AGO AND INCLUDED SPECIFIC RITUALS TO HONOR THE GODS, HUMAN SACRIFICE & DRINKING BOUTS, TO NAME A FEW. THANKFULLY, OUR CELEBRATIONS TODAY HAVE EVOLVED (ALTHOUGH MANY PEOPLE DO CONTINUE WITH BOUTS OF DRINKING).
ALONG WITH CELEBRATING THE NEW YEAR IS THE MAKING OF NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS. THIS IS A TRADITION THAT DATES BACK THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO, ORIGINATING WITH THE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS OF DIFFERENT CIVILIZATIONS. THE ROMANS MADE PROMISES TO THE GOD JANUS, WHOM THE MONTH OF JANUARY IS NAMED AFTER. THE BABYLONIANS MADE PROMISES TO THEIR GODS AT THE START OF EACH NEW YEAR. DURING MEDIEVAL TIMES, KNIGHTS TOOK THE "PEACOCK VOW" TO REAFFIRM COMMITMENT TO CHIVALRY.
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS THAT ARE MADE IN OUR MODERN WORLD ARE USUALLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF BETTERING ONE'S SELF, WHETHER MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY OR SPIRITUALLY. WHEN MAKING OUR RESOLUTIONS FOR 2013, LET'S TRY TO KEEP IN MIND OUR PLANET EARTH AND ALL ITS INHABITANTS (HUMAN, ANIMAL & VEGETATION). LET'S WORK TOWARDS REDUCING OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT BY USING PRODUCTS THAT ARE SUSTAINABLE, CRUELTY-FREE, NATURAL AND ORGANIC, AND BECOMING A MORE HUMANE SOCIETY BY TREATING THE EARTH'S INHABITANTS WITH RESPECT & COMPASSION.
MAY 2013 BE A HAPPY AND HEALTHY ONE FOR YOU AND YOURS!
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