Another Beginning

Ugadi and Gudi Parva are Hindu new year celebrations that fall on the first day of the month of Chaitra according to the lunar calendar. It signals the end of the winter harvesting season and the start of the upcoming one. Thanksgiving to God is celebrated by rejoicing through dancing and singing on the occasion. Hindubooks.org Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. Buddha Another fresh new year is here.../ Another year to live!/ To banish worry, doubt, and fear,/ to love and laugh and give!/ This bright New Year is given me/ to live each day with zest.../ To daily grow and try to be/ my highest and my best! I have the opportunity/ once more to right some wrongs,/ to pray for peace, to plant a tree,/ and sing more joyful songs William A Ward Age after age, Millennium after millennium, Yugadi returns. Bringing with it new joy of the New Year and of a new life. D R Bendre Nothing is worth more than this day. Goethe