New Year’s Eve Thoughts
We’re just hours away from slamming the door on 2006. Personally, I’m all for it. Aside from a few great highs (Like my beloved St. Louis Cardinals winning the World Series), 2006 was pretty nasty and I’ll be glad to see 2007 butt it out of the way.
New Year’s Day is a pretty special holiday. There’s a feeling of hope in the air - hope of better days and hope of dreams coming true. On New Year’s Day, everything seems possible - all we have to do is RESOLVE to make everything the way we envision it, right? Okay, maybe not quite right.
Resolutions, alone, don’t make our dreams come true. No more than making a wish before blowing out candles makes the wish come true. In order to be anything beyond pretty words written on a paper, resolutions have to be followed up with:
- A strong belief in ourselves
- Conviction and hard-headed determination.
- A willingness to give up certain things and to make compromises
- Hard work
- More hard work
Whether our resolution is to read more books (yes!), get in better shape (Lord, yes!), save more money (sorry, hubby, but no), or stop a particular habit - the approach has to be the same. We have to believe we can make it happen, we have to be willing to give up certain things that we probably don’t want to (fried mozarella sticks come to mind), and we have to work hard every single day of the year….and that means beyond January 14th!
If, like me, you have a list of things you want to work on - good for you! To be content with oneself invites complacency and stifles growth. (Stagnant ponds are never as beautiful as flowing rivers!) I hope you’ll keep chasing after your goals and dreams and never slow down.
Don’t give up and don’t look back. Who you were doesn’t matter. What you did matters even less. All that counts is who you are, what you’re doing, where you’re going, and who you’ll be.
Yesterday wants us to close the door on it and walk away. With the attitude 2006 had with me, I’m more than willing to oblige!
Have a very safe and very happy New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.
Joi
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New Year’s resolutions often focus on how people wish to improve their lives; get into better physical and mental shape, to make more money, to develop better relationships, to stop bad habits, become more committed to people, dreams and causes, and to stop procrastinating from things often put off. I think its useful to resolve to be grateful for reasons to be happy as you are, where you are and what you have already accomplished. You’ve known challenges, faced them and survived. You’re already in a position to mentor and advise others who could learn from your experiences. You could also step back and learn more about yourself from your own life choices. Consider your strengths and weaknesses, how you have taken advantage of opportunities and how you could nurture more positive feelings inside. Rather than dwell on what you don’t have or haven’t yet done, decide to explore passions within and be more true to yourself. You are forever connected to yesterday and can grow as each day passes. Take each day by storm!
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