ANOTHER YEAR BEGINS

A new year has started once again.  On the last day of the previous year or the first day of a new year, many will make resolutions they hope to keep.  Personally, I make a list of intentions that I hope to see through.  For some reason I do not like the word ‘resolution’; not sure why just my thought.  But when I use the word ‘intention’ it says to me, “I intend to do this or do that.”  No matter if you call them New Year’s Resolutions, Goals for the new year, Intentions or List Plan for the new year, it all comes down to the same thing doesn’t it?  Seeing each goal through and trying hard not to break them.

Last year, I intended to begin a blog, which I did.  Unfortunately my good intention of doing one per week fell by the wayside after my post in September.  I have no excuse as to why this occurred, but it happened.  Going back over my New Year’s Intention list for 2013, I saw a note I made about keeping my aspirations for the year.  I wrote that if I fell from grace in trying to keep one, I should not abandon the goal, but make a note in my journal and begin anew.  A few who confessed they had broken their resolutions were given the advice to just begin again; yet I find I did not follow my own words. 

This year, I intend to do so.  I already made my list of aspirations for 2014; if I do not keep one goal, I will take my advice and start again.  Of course, we all should realize, goals should be realistic so we can see them through.  In short, take things in stride and one day at a time.

I do plan to write a blog each week, and if I do fall from grace and miss a week, I will just begin again.  This year I do not plan to be a failure. On a lighter note, I did complete a few of my intentions for 2013; not all but a few so I should be satisfied with myself.  As you make your goal list for 2014, take a few moments to review your list for 2013 to see how many goals you did keep. 

So until next time….HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A HAPPY, PROSPEROUS, HEALTHY AND WONDERFUL NEW YEAR.

This poem I wrote in the middle of January 2012.  As I re-read this today, I am going to keep it handy so I know if I break a goal, to begin again.

GOALS FOR THE NEW YEAR

(January 2012)

The ball drops in Times Square each year at the stroke of mid-night

  one year ends……another year begins

To ourselves we make New Year’s resolutions

 promises to change….to make our lives better

 or to do something we may have wanted 

   but never took the opportunity

We may decide to loose weight,

  begin an exercise routine

   save more money….spend less

    or take time to stop and smell the flowers

These good intentions we begin on the first day of the year

 hoping each day to see them through

 Unfortunately by February first, many have been broken

Aspirations made on January first seem attainable at the time

The objectives we begin at the start of the New Year

  give us feeling of accomplishment 

We begin to eat healthy, start the exercise regime

  take up the hobby and make life changes

    these objectives are long term

When we break one or two….we become defeated

  failing in our Big Plan

Instead of abandoning our new goals

   we should pick up the broken pieces….

     and begin anew

Each year I make goals that I hope to accomplish

My intention this year will be to re-start those I break

Then again….maybe long terms goals should not be in my plan

 Perhaps I should make a list of intentions….

       then try to conquer only one each month

My first goal for the New Year…. I will write in my journal everyday

Today, the sixth day of January……

    Item one on my list has already been broken