#14. My New Year's Resolution!
OK gang, another year is upon us. Its name is 2007. What you gonna do with it? Got a New Year's Resolution? What's your goal for 07? Could be small, could be huge. How important is your desire for change? Do you have the discipline to see it through?
I've heard that it takes 21 consecutive days to form a new habit. If you miss a day, you have to start over. That should be an incentive to hang in there. Don't dread putting forth the effort. Keep a positive attitude and make it an adventure. See it in your mind's eye each day the way you want it to be at the end of 21 days.
Share your New Year's Resolution with us. Be persistent for 21 days. Remember -- we're all here routing for you. We want you to make it.
- Visualize the prize, you guys! Don't give up! Don't give in!
- See it done! Make it fun! Stick to it! You can do it!
posted by Virgil at 10:29 PM
23 Comments:
As I see it Reverend Brewer, most New Years Resolutions are the same: stop smoking, lose weight, stop spending money foolishly,stop going to bars, stop shooting the neighborhoods tryant kids with a BBgun. The list goes on and on.
By Febuary most people are back on the couch stuffing their faces and watching Stinefeld, or back to hiding behind a bush shooting at the kids again.
As I see it, if you're not going to carry out with your resolution anyway, why not fail at something huge!
I'M not perfect, so I'll make room for failure. I'm bound to make mistakes in judgment, most likely behave inappropriatly, even make a fool of myself.
So I will lighten up and make room for mistakes.Then I will remind myself that God is a God of second chances, and when I come up short at the end of the year, not having kept the good resolutions, God will give me a second chance to get it right, to forget my failures, and mistakes.
God didn't make me perfect, although I'D wished he did, so I will try to improve as days go by, and if I shall fail, and I acknowledge my mistakes, God will be there, and he will say to me..."You can do better my child".
SAVVY
I don't have to make a new year resolution Reverend, I do no wrong. I'M thin, don't smoke, have an occasional beer, I go to church every Sunday, I eat good foods,very opened minded, careing, loving, work every day. There is nothing that I desire. I enjoy my life and I'M glad to be alive. There is nothing bad that I do to make changes. Sounds to good to be true? Not really, I worked hard to maintain a good healthy, honest life. So there are no goals for me to achieve.You might say I'M blessed.
Well, to put it mildley, I have o try hard to keep my new year resolutions, for I have many. I drink too much, smoke 2 packs of cigarrettes a day, I yell and scream a lot at the kids,I have no patshents, and I don't attend church like I should.
So as you can see, this will not be easy. But I will succeed at my goals cause I need to change and I want to change and live a healthy peaceful life style. So, I ill also need a lot of prayers along the way.
It is almost midnight and I need to profess my New Year’s resolutions…
This year I want to focus more completely on closing the doors of the past; forgive those who have hurt me by forgiving myself; be kinder, more compassionate, calmer; think more positive thoughts; judge others less severely; live more fully in the present; look at the whole picture more; love without reservation; give more thanks for what I have; support others more fully; return to the inner peace when things get too crazy; think more carefully before reacting….be a better person this year than I have been for the last 46; find someone who shares those same ideals.
Savvy
That's very clever -- "God of the Second Chances". I like that! Let this be your year for transforming an important part of your life. I am supporting you in not needing another second chance.
Cathy
Thanks for sharing your wonderful results from creating healthy resolutions for change and seeing them through. Keep up the good work!
C.A.Z.
I want you to know that I support you in choosing to live a healthy, peaceful life style. You are in my prayers. May you achieve lots of good results -- not so much by trying hard to do it yourself, but by gently allowing God to heal a wounded heart.
Marie
I am pleased that you have expressed (in writing) every one of these resolutions to the entire Universe. Now I invite you to carry each of them deep within your heart. Blessings
Wow! Reverend...Who needs a second chance when they have you to encourage them,support them, guide them, and believe in them? I will prosper in all my endeavor's, how can I not? your inspiration speaks to my heart. You give me strength and wisdom to overcome any challenge in my life. My spirits are lifted in your presence my friend.I'm ready to let go of any need to control,I will not falter, I want to enjoy the journey. And you know what... I thank God, everyday for bringing such an angelic person into my life, (You). Thank You God, SAVVY
I would like to share my resolutions with you. I will try very hard to be more loving, understanding, and patent. I will take control of my anger,I will hug more. They claim I don't hug enough that I need to express more kindness and compassion. This won't be easy mind you, but, my goal is to achieve all in those 21 days. God help me!
I just want to trust and believe in God, and I want to forgive myself and the people I thought were my friends that hurt me. This will be a challenge for me, but I feel in my heart that I will accomplish this.
Well, I hate making a new year resolution. I have a difficult time seeing it through the end, but once more I will try to stop using bad language, stop being so critacle of others, be more understanding of other peoples feelings. I think thats enough for now. I will let you know if I do ok in 3 weeks or so.
Hello
my biggest wish is to try to dissolve all of my emotional pain.
I feel a lot of resentment and anger, I get angry and then I find myself depressed. At times I feel guilty about to why I can't resolve these issues. So my resolution is to try and forgive myself for this emotional rollercoster that I'm on and take responsibity for this behavior. I will remind myself that I can overcome and resolve this negative pattern. And I will release this emotional energy. That seems like a lot right now for me, but I will try my level best to follow through with my goals.
My resolution for 2007 will be to stop being judgemental. I have a hard time seeing the good in people. I am negative always in my judgements of others because I feel they are a threat and I am competeing. So I need to come to grips with this emotion and to understand why I feel this way and to start loving myself and others and to see and accept their good, and be possitive.
I really donot put too much energy into making a new year resolution. I never follow through with it, I lose interest cause I am one of those people that does not want to give up their sugar, drinking, smoking. These are my comforts, even though I know they are not good for me, I'm just not ready to surrender.Got a solution? I know I need to be helped with this. I have no discipline.
Chrystal
Some say you need 12 hugs a day to keep the bugs away -- WOW! Ask God for a hug when the going gets tough -- and give yourself a hug, too. Wrap your arms around yourself. Do it right now!
Stacey
I trust you will accomplish it also. Jesus said, "Forgive them Father for they don't know what they're doing." But you know what you're doing. God is blessing you.
Logan
Good for you! Try to use humor to soften the challenge -- it will help. And don't forget to be sensitive to your own feelings as well as others' feelings. I will anticipate hearing from you.
a.d.
Emotions take place in your body. If I go into my body where the anger is located and just feel that sensation without resisting it, the emotional pain dissolves quite quickly. Good luck.
anonymous #1
Are you aware of your own goodness? Or are you critical of your short-comings as you are of others? You always do the best you can (if you could have done better, you would have). Is it not the same with others, as well? Good luck!
Tracey
Then do not even try to give them up! Keep them! Choose another resolution instead.
Can you muster up the discipline to love youself more? Try comforting yourself from your pain with lots and lots and lots of loving-kindness until you become a love-addict (then maybe you'd have less time for those negative addictions). What do you think?
I really need to be more confident, love more, and give more of myself. I surely will make this my resolution. But it wont be easy for me, how can you do these things when there is no-one that loves you? I feel alone. I ask God every day to help me, maybe this time he will.
I want to spend more time with God, I want to read more of the bible, and I want to meditate everyday at least for 15 minutes.
I want peace in my heart.
Tatyana
That is a good resolution -- "to love more, and give more of myself". Yet, it's not easy to give something you don't have. Try loving yourself more and more so you can give more love to others. If you can't love yourself, why would you expect someone else to love you. Ouch!
Love is not in your mind or in your thoughts or in your beliefs. Love is in your heart. I hope you will go to your heart center and love yourself ... just because you are, just the way you are. Do it every day. And then I bet there will be others loving you back. Good Luck.
Hey there, I DID IT!!!!!
I recieved more hugs than you would ever imagine, I also gave them as well. I now take the time and I'M not so quike to lose my temper. I am being more understanding too. And you know what? It feels darn good! I did it! I stuck to my resolution and will continue to do so. Thank You Father.
My friends and family are happy for me Reverend, I have stuck it out so far with my resolutions.I have forgiven myself for my selfishness, I have come to gripes with God, we are friends, I trust him with my heart.I let go of the hurts. It hasn't been easy, but I feel good about all that I have been accomplishing. I'm still working with it all, it is not over yet Reverend. But it is all good. I'm so glad I came upon this site, it has givin me a lot to think about. I finally grew up!
Hello, this is A.D. and I want to tell you that so far I think I have been doing ok, I still have a ways to go, but for me it is worth the effort. I see things in a more possitive way, The pain I felt seems to be getting less.My anger has subsided to a great degree. So as you can see, there is hope for me, and I will continue on this journey till I feel good about everything includeing myself. I haven't surrendered, so I don't have to start all over again, I'm hangin in there. O THERE IS A GOD!
Chrystal, Stacey, and A.D.
Congratulations!!! I am so proud of you for your various achievements! Thank you so much for appreciating yourself enough to choose the higher road. And thanks for sharing with us all.
I also look forward to others of you sharing your successes (or difficulties). Blessings
Just to let you know I fudged, and will start over again. See, I told you this will not be easy for me. I need more confidence as well, but I will try to hang in there cause I feel the need to Reverend.
"A man planted a rose and watered it faithfully and before it blossomed, he examined it.
He saw the bud that would soon blossom, but noticed thorns upon the stem and he thought, "How can any beautiful flower come from a plant burdened with so many sharp thorns? Saddened by this thought, he neglected to water the rose, and just before it was ready to bloom... it died.
So it is with many people. Within every soul there is a rose. The God-like qualities planted in us at birth, grow amid the thorns of our faults. Many of us look at ourselves and see only the thorns, the defects.
We despair, thinking that nothing good can possibly come from us. We neglect to water the good within us, and eventually it dies. We never realize our potential.
Some people do not see the rose within themselves; someone else must show it to them. One of the greatest gifts a person can possess is to be able to reach past the thorns of another, and find the rose within them."
Dearest Friend, You have made it possible for me to see the Rose in myself, you have accepted me as I am. You have given me life back in my heart, you have shown me love, and trust that I never knew could exsist. I am learning to trust in God and in myself. This was and still is my New Years Resolution. I had to start over again, but I'll get there.God created this beautiful "Rose", and I am that beautiful creation, I am that "Rose."
My name is Halley, I came across this web-site and found it to be very satisfying. Even though I have problems with commiting myself to making new years resolutions, I find it to be a daunting experience. How does one look forward to the day when they feel so inadequate, and that your made to feel as if you know nothing, your not in their league, not up to their expectations. You are made to feel as if you don't fit in.I feel as if I have to constantly prove who I am, I'm not stupid by no means sir. I have been through a very ruff and unsatisfying life. Most of the time I find myself struggling just liking me. I have tried these resolutions time and time again, and it doesn't work for me. So I wont get into that at all. However, I enjoy reading your think pieces. And most of all I enjoy "Give It A Funnie Twist" Wow! so much humor! it sure made my day! Oh, before I forget sir,the responce from "with gratitude" I really liked the comment,it was nicely expressed. I'm from the Downriver area, and will continue looking into your web-site, it makes me feel good.
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