The traditional song for New Year’s Eve going into New Year’s Day is “Auld Lang Syne.” The words come from a poem by Robert Burns.
The 18th Century Scottish poet sparks the sentimental question about old relationships and old times. Do we leave things from the old year in the past or do we carry them with us into the new year?
The answer, as usual, is it depends.
As many leaders have warned us, we must learn the lessons of the past to make a better future. We cannot rewrite it, much as some would like to. Take the lessons and move forward.
Although January is the popular time to begin again, the truth is we can choose to do that any time. We’ll probably mess up again, but we can also start over–again and again–at any time.
