New Year Resolutions
The
New Year is at the gate, the clock is ticking loud and clear
I’ll need to hurry if I’m to keep the resolutions I made
last year! Anonymous
Of course, there’s nothing wrong
with wanting to improve oneself; I’ve tried it many times. In fact, the top
three resolutions in America fit well into my list for the New Year as they
have for several new years in the past – to spend more time with family and
friends, to lose weight and to get fit. I’ve observed, however, that most of
the time spent with family and friends is centered around food. Thus, the most
exercise I get is the walk to the table and the elbow bend to the mouth. A
little counter-productive to be sure—while striving to fulfill the first
resolution, I jeopardize the other two!
Some slackers might say “you can’t
break what you don’t make”. But for those who regard this earth as a garden in
which we live, turning over a new leaf couldn’t hurt. The problem is that producing new leaves
takes time, and in a culture that has grown to accept and expect instant
gratification, resolutions requiring patience and commitment are thrown aside.
Texting and Facetime have replaced the one-on-one contacts and we are barraged
with offers for quick weight-loss programs. We want resolutions and we want
them now!
Perhaps the wisest approach to making any changes in
our lives is to consider resolutions we might be able to keep for a “New Day”
or even a “New Hour”, rather than taking on a whole year to try to achieve them.
Success comes in small steps even for making the long run.
So, what about making some resolutions this New
Year’s? I plan to carefully consider what I decide about them, so that my they
will not go in one year and out the other.
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