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New Year’s Resolutions
By
Pamela Perry Blaine
It’s the beginning of a New Year and time to make those resolutions. Many
people say they don’t make resolutions because they will just break them but
as the old saying goes, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, again.”
However, there is another version of that old saying that says, “If at first
you don’t succeed, skydiving is not for you!” I don’t think I’ll take up
skydiving but making resolutions can be a good thing. After all, it’s a
brand new year and a good time to begin again. Sometimes my resolutions
come about through past experiences:
In 2007, I
resolve:
1. To put the ice cream in the freezer and not on the cabinet
shelf.
2. To be sure the freezer door is shut after I put the ice cream in
it. (What a mess!)
3. To
get the clothes out of the dryer the first time it stops instead of turning
it back on and using more electricity to try to shake out the wrinkles after
it’s too late.
4. Not to take the cat to the vet without her being in a carrier.
5. To
find something that will take cat barf stains out of the car’s carpet.
6. Not to get my perfume stick and my lipstick mixed up. (Yuck!)
7. To
eat less chocolate, just as soon as I finish eating this Goo Goo cluster.
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You could probably add some of
your own humorous resolutions but all joking aside, there are many serious
resolutions that we could all benefit from if we would really give them a
try.
Here are a
few good ideas and some are even fun and not nearly as difficult as you
might think:
In 2007, I
resolve:
1. To
spend more time with family and friends. (One resolution that I once read
said, “I resolve to spend more time with neglected
children. . . Mine!”)
2. To
give up a bad habit. Whether it’s smoking, drinking, overeating, or biting
your fingernails, overcoming something that is bad for your health or
well-being will not only better your health but also give you a great
feeling of accomplishment.
3. To
get out of debt. Make a budget or take a course to learn how to gain
financial freedom.
4. To
resolve to mend fences with those strained relationships. Life is too short
to hold grudges. Remember that bitterness is an acid that destroys it’s own
container. Put aside thoughts of blame. As Voltaire said, “No snowflake in
an avalanche ever feels responsible”, so go ahead and bury the hatchet once
and for all but don’t mark it’s grave so you won’t be tempted to dig up that
hatchet again!
5. To
resolve to help others. Volunteer your time to do something for someone
else. Hospitals, nursing homes, libraries, and schools always need
volunteers or simply help out a neighbor with some needed task.
6. To
learn something new. This can be an easy resolution to keep. Take a class
in something you’ve always wanted to learn to do. Read a “how to” book or
learn a new language.
7. To get
organized. Organizing your home, workshop, or office takes away stress of
unexpected company or finding that wrench or stapler that you need on the
spur of the moment.
8. To
read the Bible through in a year. We often make resolutions concerning our
physical and emotional health but our spiritual health is most important of
all. If you read only four chapters a day, you will be finished before the
year is up.
Whether you
choose one of these resolutions or some of your own, it is important to keep
trying because if we never made resolutions of any kind, we would never
progress or solve any problems. Resolution and resolve have helped us
improve our lives as well as having won wars. As Winston Churchill once
said during WWII, “Never give in.”*
If at first
you don’t succeed, skydiving may not be for you but keep trying the things
that are beneficial to you, your family, and to your health.
Happy New
Year!
By
Pamela Perry Blaine
© January
2007
*“Never
give in. Never give in.
Never,
never, never, never--in nothing, great or small,
large or
petty--never give in, except to
convictions of honor and good sense.
Never
yield to force. Never yield to the apparently
overwhelming might of the enemy.”
-Winston
Churchill
Pamela lives in
Missouri with her husband, Michael. She enjoys writing, music, and country
living. She writes "Pam's Corner" for her local newspaper and many stories
have been published on the internet as well as in several books such as
The Miracle Of Sons, 2The Heart/People Who Make A Difference, and
A Tribute To Moms. Her goal is to write to encourage others and to
write stories for her children and grandchildren so that stories and family
history will be preserved.
Pam and Mike have made a CD of several songs she has written called,
"I'll Walk You Home". It is available by freewill donation. More
information as well as a clip from the CD is on the website at:
http://www.blaines.us/PamyPlace.htm
e-mail: pamyblaine@blaines.us
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"Security is not the
absence of danger,
but the presence of God"
My Website:
http://www.blaines.us/PamyPlace.htm
e-mail:
pamyblaine@blaines.us
"NO ONE IS USELESS IN THIS
WORLD
WHO LIGHTENS THE BURDEN OF
ANYONE ELSE"
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