Blue Monday

Today is suppose to be Blue Monday, here I would say that its more grey & wet then blue. It was raining when I left for work this morning and it was raining when I got home, and guess what, yup its raining.

So according to psychologists, a combination of horrid weather, financial strains and shattered new year's resolutions makes today the most depressing day of the year. An interesting theory but is it true? I love the promise of January, a new start to the year and the evenings are staying light for longer. I will miss seeing the sunrise as I walk into work though.

Speaking of new year's resolutions, I've been a bit slack on the posting front this past week. So what have we missed. The Makar Sankranti was celebrated on the 15th January 2011. This is a festival in India marking the start of the Harvest. The day preceding Makara Sankranti is called Bhogi, when people discard the old & concentrate on the new, a very fitting new start.

Today is Martin Luther King Day. In the States, Martin Luther King Day is always observed on the third Monday of January. This is to be close to his birthday. A civil rights activist, in 1964, Martin Luther King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work. His "I Have a Dream" Speech on August 28, 1963, was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement. We talk of the new year as being a chance for change, Martin Luther King changed America.