New Year's Resolutions are like traveling in a strange city with or without a map. With the map, I usually find where I am supposed to be in the least amount of time and hassle. Without a map, that is, relying on stopping for directions or just "feeling my way" until I happen on the location is a poor use of my time and usually creates a hassle. The real-deal focus for the best New Year's resolutions has to do with best use of time. Since time is a non-renewable resource, I value it highly. The following perfect resolutions are swifter-higher-stronger because they are about time, that is, the entire progression of a lifetime renewed each year:
Vote in every election and not as a Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Conservative, etc. but as an American who cherishes freedom and is grateful to those who sacrificed and are always sacrificing that I might continue to live in a free country that allows each of us to choose to live in the plan for our lives that will not harm us, that will prosper us and give us hope and a future.
Keep constantly aware of others around me, never consider any acquaintance an accident or a chance meeting. Everything has a reason. (This resolution keeps me particularly sane.)
Make progress in making tomorrow's dream today's direction. The size of the steps toward tomorrow's dream are not the issue; the issue is that I don't lose sight of the purpose I was uniquely designed to live out on earth.
Perfect resolutions are not events but ongoing processes, that is of living life to its full, not in time spent regretting things that did not get done or dreams that did not come to fruition. Resolutions that have a finite end, that is, end in a particular achievement or event are like dead-end streets - "Now, What?" Perfect, swifter-higher-stronger resolutions keep the ultimate “prize" in view - a life lived to its fullest manifestation of the dream we've all known was ours from the time we were born: the plan for each life that will not harm, that will prosper, and give hope and a future. We call it StrengthBank®.
New Year's Resolutions are refreshed expressions of a continuing progression regardless of current circumstances. I consider each year and its events all joy as I look forward to moving ever forward, swifter-higher-stronger in the coming year.
Sandra Shelton, BA, MEd., CTACC, Fort Worth, Texas, is an engaging international speaker, author, workplace relationship consultant, and nonprofit CEO. StrengthBank® - Communication WorkOuts™ are brilliant in their simplicity and powerful in their effectiveness. They are now being applied to business people who mentor in local high schools during advisory periods. To learn more about StrengthBank® and its author www.strengthbank.com or www.talkgroups-mentors.org
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