Sunday, April 3, 2011

April Fool's day, New Year's resolutions, and dumb blondes

If you've ever wondered why New Year's resolutions are so hard to keep, it maybe that January is the month of double-mindedness. The word January comes from the word Janus, a mythological (false) god typified as having two faces pointing in opposite directions. This gives the appearance of instability. When people resolve to do begin things on New Year's day, they are participating in a ritual honoring spirits of double-mindedness, which gives rise to instability, confusion, and failure. A link between this and another well known and celebrated day is April Fool's day, a day set aside to honor deceptive practices which plants the seeds of double-mindedness. Interestingly, April 1 is nine months before January 1, the same time period for human gestation, that is pregnancy. The seeds of instability (lying) sown on April 1 gives birth to double-mindedness on January 1, the date most resolutions are made. What people are doing is participating in a ritual designed to destroy men's (and women's) minds. This may also be the origin of the 'dumb blonde' gag.

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