A Manifesto for the New Year

I made some resolutions for the new year, but quite honestly I like this set better. Here's a snippet:

Put your faith in the two inches of humus that will build under the trees every thousand years. Listen to carrion - put your ear close, and hear the faint chattering of the songs that are to come. Expect the end of the world. Laugh. Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful though you have considered all the facts.

-Wendell Berry