January 2, 2010
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Resolutions vs Resolve: The Smackdown
I can’t speak for anyone else, but in my own life New Year’s Resolutions are generally futile and just another way to disappoint myself. In fact, while am sure a few people manage to make and keep them, I have never been able to. I’m not very good at following reasonless mandates and that’s what those silly resolutions have always felt like to me. However….
I have no problem at all with resolve. Resolve is active and somehow, in my little head, speaks to gifts rather than punishment. It’s like the difference between giving something up for Lent and being altruistic for Lent. One is denial and one is a gift. Resolve is a gift from me to me.
As the beginning of anything seems like a good time for resolve, why not the first of the year. (And don’t get me started on the beginning of the decade thing…it’s like the millennium which didn’t start when social conventions says it did but whatever and who cares?)
So, I hereby resolve…
- to read more
- to write about what I read
- to reflect and to write about those reflections
- A lifepath has been cleared; the snow shoveled away; the boulders moved to the side. I resolve to walk that path with eyes wide open, to see, to live, to be.
And so it begins.
Comments (2)
Love your last comment about life’s path being cleared and how you’re going to travel it.
I admire your resolve!
If you choose to post your reflections, it would be awesome to read your writing again. I get the sense that a TON has happened with you, and I hope that you are well and kicking ass.
Much love to you!