I'm not one to make New Year's Resolutions...mostly because I never keep them. I always have the best of intentions at the start of the year -- but they fizzle out like fireworks on the fourth of july.
Losing weight always sounds like a good idea, until I discover somewhere around February that I still really like french fries, and that I'm a much happier person with them in my life (and a few extra pounds around the mid-section), than without them. And then it's all downhill from there.
That's pretty much how they all go. At the end of the day I decide "comfortable" and "complacent" are far easier than resolving to change my life.
So this year, I decided to change something far easier than my waist-line. I'm going to change my outlook. It's free, it's easy and it's inspiring. And I'm doing it on facebook, so that, come February, I can't back out of it. I'm doing it in a huge public forum, because...I figure...I have nearly 900 friends...and if at least one of them holds me accountable, this will be a New Year's Resolution I can't back my way out of.
Ok...so how exactly do I change my outlook?
Allow me to explain.
A few weeks ago, when I was having a rough night, and was down on my luck...I posted a status update about how I wasn't going to let my circumstances get the best of me. How I was determined to stand back up after getting knocked down, and I was going to change my outlook and perspective on the situation (and my "bad luck") by counting my blessings until I fell asleep.
I did just that...and once I did, I realized my "bad day" wasn't so bad at all. Because somewhere in the world, there was someone who didn't have a warm bed to sleep in (like I did), who didn't have a roof over their head (like I did), and didn't have a belly full of food (like I did). There were people across town who couldn't afford their heating bills that night. People who didn't have warm pajamas (or any pajamas). People who didn't have internet access at home, or a computer to use to even access a facebook account to complain about their day. Or people...who didn't have supportive friends to help them through said "bad day". When I started thinking that way, and really realizing all the things that we so often take for granted, I felt more blessed than I ever have.
Which is exactly why I'm going to continue counting my blessings...every day...for the next year.
Once a day, I'm going to post something (or someone) that I'm thankful for. Which is no easy task. But when all is said and done, I hope it brings me to a place of enlightenment. I hope I'm happier, and more appreciative and in a better place than I am now.
That's the hope anyway.
The question?
Whether or not all of you will hold me to it.
Losing weight always sounds like a good idea, until I discover somewhere around February that I still really like french fries, and that I'm a much happier person with them in my life (and a few extra pounds around the mid-section), than without them. And then it's all downhill from there.
That's pretty much how they all go. At the end of the day I decide "comfortable" and "complacent" are far easier than resolving to change my life.
So this year, I decided to change something far easier than my waist-line. I'm going to change my outlook. It's free, it's easy and it's inspiring. And I'm doing it on facebook, so that, come February, I can't back out of it. I'm doing it in a huge public forum, because...I figure...I have nearly 900 friends...and if at least one of them holds me accountable, this will be a New Year's Resolution I can't back my way out of.
Ok...so how exactly do I change my outlook?
Allow me to explain.
A few weeks ago, when I was having a rough night, and was down on my luck...I posted a status update about how I wasn't going to let my circumstances get the best of me. How I was determined to stand back up after getting knocked down, and I was going to change my outlook and perspective on the situation (and my "bad luck") by counting my blessings until I fell asleep.
I did just that...and once I did, I realized my "bad day" wasn't so bad at all. Because somewhere in the world, there was someone who didn't have a warm bed to sleep in (like I did), who didn't have a roof over their head (like I did), and didn't have a belly full of food (like I did). There were people across town who couldn't afford their heating bills that night. People who didn't have warm pajamas (or any pajamas). People who didn't have internet access at home, or a computer to use to even access a facebook account to complain about their day. Or people...who didn't have supportive friends to help them through said "bad day". When I started thinking that way, and really realizing all the things that we so often take for granted, I felt more blessed than I ever have.
Which is exactly why I'm going to continue counting my blessings...every day...for the next year.
Once a day, I'm going to post something (or someone) that I'm thankful for. Which is no easy task. But when all is said and done, I hope it brings me to a place of enlightenment. I hope I'm happier, and more appreciative and in a better place than I am now.
That's the hope anyway.
The question?
Whether or not all of you will hold me to it.
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