I NO LONGER MAKE NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS!!

WHY?  Two things!

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• I have come to view the end of one year and the start of another as 
  • a little too artificial.
  • Imagine looking back to the earth
    • from the vantage point of the moon.
    • What is the difference between
      • December 31st and
      • January 1st?

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• • Or Imagine being a bird, or another animal.
    • What is the difference in the experience
    • of December 31st relative to January 1st?
• I have resolutions,
  • but they are no longer bound by an artificial timeline.
  • My resolutions
    • like time itself,
    • are always on a continuum; and they
    • are about
      • ‘always growing’;
      • always becoming a better version of me.

• •  I don’t stop striving to become better version of me
    • just because I broke a resolution after two months.
  • Neither do I wait until the next December 31st
    • to resolve to start again;
    • to become a better version of me;
      • after I fail by February 1st each year.

So what should we do on the 31st of December each year?

• Do celebrate 
  • the end of a block of (man made) ‘time’ and the start of a new one,
    • like everybody else; and
    • it is useful to have time markers along the way, but
• Do, never become obsessive
  • that you must meet all your benchmarks within the year
    • to consider yourself successful!

So here is the ONE AND ONLY RESOLUTION you need to have:

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• Always strive to become a better version of yourself with each passing day:
  • Be better at your faith, you know,
    • trust, pray, love, give, testify, know, and serve more, etc.,
      • about and as a result of your faith!
  • Better in your character
    • (the real you;
    • what’s inside;
    • like toothpaste,
      • what comes out when pressure is applied);
    • Be more dependable, more patient, more truthful,
    • more balanced, less self-centered, more at peace with yourself,
    • more generous with others,
      • with your resources as well as with their faults etc.,
    • more self disciplined with time, words, and actions; wiser.

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•  Better in your relationships: more
  • • serving, self-less, open, forgiving, listening and less talking,
    • considerate, gentle, humble, and more self-control.
  • Better at your Career:  Make it your goal to be 
    • more dependable, knowledgeable, skillful, useful, available, etc.
      • with each passing day.

A wise man once said, long ago:

“…One thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize…” Paul (ca. AD 52-62, Phil 3.13-14)

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