Happy 'ordinary' new year!

I do always love the New Year. Given that I’m naturally a glass half full kind of guy I always enjoy the blank-page sense of anticipation that this time of year brings.

For many of us the year ahead will be full of as yet unknown adventures. For others it will be tinged with unexpected sorrows. But here’s another possibility. It may well be full of… well, the same old. Same classmates. Same school run. Same commute to work. Same relational difficulties. Same bills. Same health complications. Same daily routine.

This year may well look remarkably similar to last and each day similar to the next. A chronological game of snap. There’s a good chance that everything about the year ahead will be… well, ordinary.