A New Year

We had a wonderful conversation this morning during carpool that I wanted to preserve for all of you. We discussed the upcoming new year and what it means when people say "Have a good and sweet new year." I asked - what does that mean - isn't it enough to say "have a good year" - why ask for sweet also. Aside from my candy craver (who undoubtedly was thinking it meant a year full of sweets) I got some good answers. One in particular hit on the point I wanted to make - she said "good is good, sweet is sweet - they are not the same." Elaborating on that, I asked if shots were good and we all agreed they were. I then asked if they felt good - or sweet - and the unanimous answer was "NO!" We saw that things which can be good don't always seem good. What we hope for the new year (for ourselves and others) is that things should be good but also seem good and sweet to us. Happy New Year!