As An Ending
The start of a new year may also be regarded as the ending of the old, and January, for all of its impotencies and harsh realities as lived in the Northern Hemisphere, might also be a final lap out of December 31 and the waving of the checkered flag. Another year has come to an end even as the new one begins.
In the endings we see most clearly our successes and our failures, and it is, as they say, in retrospect that we grasp most easily the yin and yang of our life's labors and leisures and discover, at last, the energy to fight the good fight and journey forward.
That, and as any reader will tell, many a great book contains an epilogue that ties up the loose ends of the novel and brings the saga to a tightly-laced denouement, pretty as a bow. January can serve the same function in the well-lived life, and it is in the looking back that we glimpse the ending of the silent movie and celebrate its pristine messages.
What we have learned is, on the other hand, quite the question. And for many lessons, we need yet another year to find the answers.
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