Have you ever come across a famous picture that has two people arguing about the number in between them? One argued six, the other argued nine. As we are looking at the picture itself, in that instant, we have come to the middle ground as an observer. It dawned upon us that it is all about perspectives. Therefore, both will conclude they are right because that is what they see and experience. 

Do we really need a new year? And if we could delay or escape it, would we? Of course, no one of sound mind would seriously entertain such questions; they seem absurd because they address something beyond our control. The year is larger than us, something we all inevitably “enter” as it approaches. It comes, unyielding and inescapable.