Resolutions?
I don’t know what good it will do, but ever hopeful, I will keep trying to do better in all things, starting by thinking positively about New Year’s Resolutions in spite of my dismal record of keeping them in the past. OK – that’s number one ( No.1)
No. 2 - Keep writing for Gather, but let my articles age a day or two before publishing – well, let them age longer than 15 minutes, and then go back and reread with a fresh outlook for the value and arrangement of the content, then look again at grammar and punctuation, before clicking the Publish button.
No. 3. - Work harder at my chores so that I have accomplished all the little ones by 11 AM, and finished one major task by sundown, every day.
No. 4. - Don’t let TV interfere with being efficient in my real life.
No. 5. - Because I know how much I appreciate encouragement, I don’t want to miss an opportunity to give other people encouragement. For instance, think how much Teah’s guy, David, glowed when you told him his tattoos were pretty, and you had never seen such bright colors in a tattoo. They say he is really a rather shy and conservative guy who also happens to like tattoos. Personally, I don’t like any kind of permanent body adornment for myself. It is like perfume; I like on other people, but I stick to things I can walk away from for myself.
I could go on for pages, but instead I will declare the resolution I really think is the most important and commendable. That one is:
No. 6 – Emulate those tragic and wonderful Amish people in Lancaster, Pennsylvania who forgave the terrorist who entered their one-room school last fall, and shot and killed six of their daughters before turning the gun on himself. I am not a religious person, but from what I feel inside my heart, and what I know of Jesus, and the plain goodness in human beings, the best and most Christian thing you can do is to forgive people. To forgive a person who has just destroyed your beautiful daughter is goodness almost beyond understanding. But if everyone had such a generous spirit, there would be no war.
And that is all I have to say, except that my first five resolutions are as nothing compared to No. 6. I can only try.
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Comments: 15
I like your resolutions. They speak of real life and they are achievable. I hope this time next year you are telling us you've made each one come true!
Since I don't smoke, drink, or even eat too much, and other excesses of the flesh seem to have been abandoned in an absent-minded way long ago, I had to think and be practical in considering resolutions. But all attempts at humor aside, the last one is the key to peace in the world.
Thank You Ruth and Lynn (Gone Fishing)
Oh Good! We are having right now a wonderful coyote concert and all ten dogs are chiming inwith their best howls. I feel like chiming in sometimes, too, but would probably get committed for it. All that joyous howling is infectious.
Love to you too, Karen!
I need a coffee Ive been up all night writing ,I have been so engrosed in a story I thought I had only been writing for a few hours,when the sun came up. Im glad you came on this morning too, we have been wondering what you have been up to.
darcey