The well-tempered person Celebrating the New Year is one of the
most universal holidays. All cultures have some sort of New Year
celebration. The year may start at different times for different
people, but the point of the holiday is the same. Celebrating
the New Year puts our lives in perspective. It's easy to get
caught up in the mundane aspects of everyday life, and even
easier to forget there is anything else. The New Year forces us
to look back to where we have come from, and reminds us that we
won't always be in the same place we are now. The New Year makes
us think about the future, which makes it a time of opportunity.
Who knows what success and fortune might come along in the next
365 days? However, the funny thing about opportunity is that
while it can lead to achievement, it can also result in terrible
disappointment. When facing these types of risk/reward
situations it is popular for a person to say they are "steeling
themselves" for the coming trials. Of course, this phrase refers
to the solidity