WOULDN'T IT BE NEAT

A Happy New Year to you all.

In usual style, whilst at a friend's on New Years Eve, a round of "what's your new years resolutions" started up, or, as one friend put a spin on it, "what are you most looking forward to in 2014".

There were the usual losing weight; getting fit; earn more money; have a dream holiday adventure; meet someone, type of declarations, with one friend saying get married. But there were no surprises really. Nothing out of the ordinary. Reasonable goals that seemed simple enough on the surface.

As midnight came and went, and the enormous fireworks display from the picturesque Edinburgh Castle flew into the air, heralding in the start of the year, the countdown to all these promises and goals began.

But life is rarely that neat.

Wouldn't it be neat if you could diet for just a day and hit your target weight.

Wouldn't it be neat if that dream job you've always wanted landed in your lap without an interview.

And wouldn't it be neat if they finished building the tram system in Edinburgh (in joke).

But life is rarely that neat.

Wouldn't it be neat if everyone rode a bicycle and there were no cars on the road.

Wouldn't it be neat if global warming turned out to be a good thing

And wouldn't it be neat if famine was a thing of the past.

But life is rarely that neat.

Wouldn't it be neat to release the past and move forward into the future with no regrets.

Wouldn't it be neat if you were never lonely again.

And wouldn't it be neat for the love you gave out to come back to you in equal measure.

But life is never that neat.

I wish you the best of luck with your resolutions and goals for the year ahead. A little commitment just might make them happen. Wouldn't that be neat?

For me I need to do a little tidying!