It occurred to me tonight while I was catching up on a friends blog that I haven't written on mine in awhile so here goes...
It's a new year and with that are so many changes. People have these grandiose plans to loose weight, clean and organize every nook and cranny in their house and make this year better than last year. Not that doing those are not lofty goals and good for you, but what happens by February 15th is people get depressed. They can't do it. They have failed. What makes us want to set these "resolutions" every year only to fail at them so soon.
This year I vow not to have any resolutions. I have ideas of what I want my year to look like and how I want my body to look, my house to look, my children to act. But no! No resolutions. I'm going to set small goals for myself and not worry about the other things that will get done later. I have 365 days to get those done.
Now that being said, I can focus on my real desire. To transform my mind. I was told once that in a job interview, they send someone out to your car to see what it looks like on the inside and outside. If you car is clean and picked up that shows something about you. If it's dirty and you have chicken nuggets left over from last month laying on the floor with a change of clothes wadded up in the back seat, that says something about you. Does that mean if you have a messy house, you have a messy head. A messy relationship with others, with yourself, with God. If you have an immaculate house and not a spec of dust or dirt to be found, you have a great relationship with others, yourself and God. I believe the opposite. If your house is messy, maybe that is because you are focusing on the relationships in your life and not on how well your house looks. Not that I don't want a clean house but if my house is clean and I have no one to share it with because I've spent too much time working on my house and not my relationships then I have nothing. If I'm too busy making sure the Christmas decorations are in a perfect row of bins with typed labels on them but have no relationship with my children, friends, or God I have nothing.
This will be the year of taking care of people, not things. Yes I do have to take care of things but not at the expense of people. The most important people are myself, my family and my friends in that order.
Goals for 2011:
1) Turn off the static in my brain and listen to what God wants me to do and where to go and who to be with!
2) Appreciate the people in my life who bring me joy, love and peace. Say good-bye to the people in my life who bring me down, make me cry and that I can't be myself with.
3) Bring new activities into my family life that we can enjoy together
4) Make my house peaceful, calm and happy
5) Be honest with friends in a loving way, give more than I receive and be there!
Even though there are only 5, I know they are biggies and I hope to reach them all. We'll reminisce in January 2012!
