Happy New Year?

Sometimes the beginning of a year doesn't look as much of a blank slate to start over as it should.  Bright and happy people usually have mixed feelings of hope and fear, which can make people do strange things.  I truly believe that even people who seem to be very confident are mired in distrust of their happiness.  As Jim Morrison sang,

People Are Strange:

People are strange when you're a stranger
Faces look ugly when you're alone
Women seem wicked when you're unwanted
Streets are uneven when you're down

When you're strange
Faces come out of the rain
When you're strange
No one remembers your name
When you're strange
When you're strange
When you're strange