Where to Now?

Well a new week has begun.  In the coming week the calendar turns over from 2025 to 2026.
I have never been one to place much significance on the change of date to a new year.  In the past we celebrated the new year and saw it in. Really just because it was a cultural thing done.  Oh and we were younger.  There came a time though when we would celebrate the arrival of the new year earlier and earlier.  Because we are close to the international date line we could only celebrate 2 hours earlier.  Our thinking was it is new year somewhere, so we used to celebrate new year New Zealand time.  It was a couple of hours earlier than our time, and meant we could go to bed.
I have been particularly suspicious of New Years resolutions.  I have seen those sort of things fail too often.  It seems to me that if will power was not enough at other times it generally is not enough at any time.  For change to happen I have found the best way is to want it and trust.  Change does not always occur in my time, frame but with help it does occur.
This year I feel a little differently though.  I have never felt as strongly that I want a year to count.  More and more it seems to me old norms are inadequate.  The peace, security and climate I once took for granted no longer perform in the same manner.
Even this week the climate has seemed like a bouncing ball.  There has been heat as I would expect but it has been a burning heat that to me is almost unbearable.  Then it has been cool – almost to the extent of my needing a jumper in the morning.
  I reckon mankind is reaping what has been sown.  Excess, the relentless pursuit of the dollar, the putting of personal gain over moral clarity and the caring for others has led to what I see more and more of. 
So for me more stability seems less and less likely.  To that end I am asking myself what stands no matter what the conditions.  I do well I think to remember that the lifestyle I enjoy is representative of only a couple of percent in the world.  That does not mean this is not similar to what all mankind strives for, but it does show to me that it is hard won ground that can be lost easily.
So I ask myself what do I want?  Basically what I want for me is what I want for all.  That is peace with God and man.  I will do my part like never before.  A step up requires stepping up.