some more thoughts about resolutions

As most of you commented on last weeks WW, new-years-resolutions are not very famous.

I was glad to see that because the only reason I put up the "resolutions-o-matic game" was to show that wether you make your own resolutions or you "get" some it's kind of a senseless venture. Sometimes it is already one week later that you find yourself back in old habits or you give up.

On one hand I think it sometimes is good to draw a balance and why not do it when one year ends and a new one starts? It's like a new chapter of your life and you will have so many new chances. But this works best for me with long-term-goals and does not necessarily start at January 1st.

For me the small things are those that count and I only try to do it one by one and in one-day-terms only, not in a whole year. And since I experienced it many times that the single wish to make something better doesn't help in most cases, I found somebody I can ask for support and guidance.

That's why I usually start my day by reading the bible and pray that Jesus helps me holding on to my resolutions... For example today I actually decided to be more encouraging and at the same time not to talk about others in a bad way any longer. I know I will fail... especially if you are trying something NOT to do it seems it happens more often. But I will continue to pray and I know that over the intervening years it will be fewer. So a short term goal ends up in a long term goal.

One important resolution for some people is to exercise more. I found that when I am in no mood to exercise and I pray for that issue it happens that after a short while I suddenly have a mind to exercise. Then I turn some rocking music on and - have a guess - well, have a lot of fun exercising!

And it also works with cleaning up my appartement ;-)

So isn't it a good news? You don't need to be disappointed if the "resoltions-o-matic" doesn't work... Just pray!