As the new year approaches, many of us are thinking about the goals and aspirations we want to pursue in the coming year. New Year’s resolutions are a chance to reflect on the past year and make positive changes in our lives moving forward.
Some 4000 years ago, the Babylons celebrated a massive 12-day harvest festival called Akitu. One of the rituals during the festival was to make promises to the (pagans) gods to pay their debts and return any objects they had borrowed.