Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

Let us begin anew. Why not?

By some arbitrary counting of days, a.k.a., a calendar, today is the first day of the new year 2026. I suppose that is a good thing for us. Hence, some of us have the new year’s resolutions wherein we resolve to do something.

I resolve to breathe as long as my heart keeps pumping and I can breathe.

I resolve to think as long as my brain continues to function and I can think.

I resolve to write as I am the type of person that if the above two resolutions hold, I must write as I have no idea what else to do.

I thank God for my family—every person in my “family” (yet another arbitrary concept).

Today is called Thursday. It is in the latter half of this week. Hmm. A new year beginning in some random part of a week. Why can’t we align the new year with a new month with a new week? I wander off topic.

Anyways, I wish you and yours a happy new year and a happy day and a happy moment. I hope I wrote something that helps you have some happiness. I try.