At the start of every year, whether you've said it yourself or whether you've heard someone else say it, the words "New Year, New Me" have been uttered by people all over the United States and even the world. So what's the problem with those words? The problem is, those words are completely ridiculous! There's really no point in saying those words, unless someone really believes they won't change without a verbal declaration of that change.

Saying "New Year, New Me" won't guarantee change in a person, actually trying to change will.

It's about as pointless as someone saying "Everything Happens for a Reason", and I'll be publishing an article on saying that next week. It's also as ridiculous as making a New Year's Resolution to change something about yourself, it's just not necessary. Especially since people give up on their New Year's Resolutions, so why bother making them?

I'm not trying to criticize anyone's traditions for the New Year at all, I'm really not. But what I am saying is the words "New Year, New Me" aren't really that necessary. Just change without the verbal gesture.

I think Jesus explained it in "The Parable of the Two Sons", recorded in Matthew 21: 28-32. In the parable, Jesus tells of two sons, and a father asked them both to work in the field. The first son he asks says he won't do it, but then he turns around and does it anyway. The second son on the other hand says he will work in the field, but then he does it.

Applying this parable to the idea of "New Year, New Me" and making a New Year's Resolution, the lesson is this: it's better to not say you're going to change and then you do change as opposed to saying you will change and then you don't change.

Instead of saying "New Year, New Me", be like the first son in the parable.