New Years Resolutions

January 1 is a day celebrated by all of us – old or young, boy or girl, married or not, burdened or less consumed. When the clock strike 0H00 we all make sure we have a glass of bubbly in our hands and we kiss and wish our loved ones. We are even civil with a perfect stranger. We hug and sing songs like AULD LANG SYNE and others. Then we go home to nurse our hang over from the old year. First thing we think is NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS. Is there really a point in torturing yourself like that? We all do it, yet we don’t all stick to them resolutions. I stopped making them a few years ago, but this time of year one always feel tempted to make a list of things we wish to either kiss good bye or improve on.
Here’s what my list looked like year in and year out:
10. Reduce debt
9. Eat healthily
8. Exercise/ (make actual) Use gym (of my) membership
7. Stop smoking
6. Lose weight
5. Spend more time with the family
4. Become more organised
3. Learn something new everyday
2. Be more charitable
1. Love me more

How many on that list did I actually commit to the times when I made that list? If I remembered I had the list past end Jan it would be incredulous.

Although many of us deny such we would make up these lists because we feel we failed in certain aspects of our lives in the past year/s. Or we feel we need to improve as people in some desperate way or the other. Don’t get me wrong I’m all for improving and development of self as long as it’s constructive and consistent with the needs of others in our lives too. Too often we are absorbed in our own selfish wants and building up our egos we forget that we are a minimum of a whole yet significant enough to make or break that whole.

I wish you a Glorious 2009 and may your year ahead be filled with joy and laughter. Remember to do good onto others as you too would want others to do good unto you. Lets all be responsible for our actions, be a part of what arouse harmony in your home and in your place of work or study. May the grace of the Almighty God carry you to hights you can only dream of. Let your light shine and may love and peace be what drives your successes in the year ahead. May your winter not be too cold and the summer sun not withhold you from shade. Good luck with the NEW YEARS RESOLUTION. I’ve replaced mine with goals.
God Bless.