Some people want to experience new life but they want to do it on their terms. They want to do it without making any real changes in their lives.

"Next year I'm going to be a changed person!" Charlie Brown tells Lucy.

"That's a laugh, Charlie Brown!" she says.

"I mean it!" he replies. "I'm going to be strong and firm!"

"Forget it," she says as she walks off. "You'll always be wishy-washy!"

"Why can't I change just a little bit?"

Charlie Brown asks himself. "I'll be wishy one day," he shouts, "and washy the next!"