The Best Resolutions

Happy New Year

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Lifestyles are the formation of habits that enable the individual to function without sudden abrupt dramatic changes no matter how good they may sound at first.

Resolutions linked to calendar dates like New Years or one’s birthday generally fizzle out.

But still there are good resolutions to make and perhaps they should be made every morning when we discover we are miraculously still alive.

Here are some possible suggestions.

I resolve today

To read something uplifting at the start of my day.

To share my life with others and avoid the mental emotional harm that isolation brings.

To focus on what I am thankful for first, before dealing with any problems that are within my power to address.

To see others as worthy of my respect, not for what they can do for me and others but because they have been created in God’s image.

To not attempt to usurp the ability of others to make decisions, even if I don’t like the decisions they make.

To do what I can to make the world a better place by striving to improve the lives of those around me, starting with myself and those in my own family first.

To use my voice in defense of the weak and disenfranchised.

To be honest and authentic today. To say what I mean and mean what I say without raising my voice or demanding others agree with me.

What do you think? Is there something you would add to these suggestions?

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