According to the US Bureau of statistics, 45%
of all adults will decide to make 2016 a better year by changing one
habit. They RESOLVE to do ONE THING
differently in the New Year. Only 10%
will keep these resolutions. Most
people, in discouraged frustration, will abandon their resolve by March. More than half of all people in the United
States do not make New Year’s resolutions because they cannot face this
familiar pattern again. They resolve not
to make New Year’s resolutions, citing that they either don’t trust themselves
or they don’t have time to change.
2016 promises to be fresh and new and
filled with promise. On the evening of
December 31st, Mario and I arrived in Kansas City, happy to see David
and Lennae, Joe and Ariel and their families.
As the New Year rang out, I raised a glass of Fanta Zero and said “Cheers”
to 2016. I kissed the love of my life
and thanked God that I had actually fulfilled my New Year’s Resolution for
2015.
I am the most blessed woman I know.
I say this with humility. I am not that girl with a perfect, easy
life. I have only recently decided to
take my life back. I used to be part of that discouraged, frustrated group when
it came to New Year’s resolutions. Mine had
their own private graveyard, hidden in the dark recesses of my soul. I tried not to be disappointed with myself,
but I hated the fact that I couldn’t stick to any fitness, academic, or
personal goals.
Then, two and a half years ago, I got sober
and stopped eating compulsively. My life
changed.
Last
year I made a New Year’s resolution to take a few classes at my local
community college. I took a deep breath,
enrolled in school and started attending classes at 52 years of age. I was swept up in a passion and love for
it. I learned how to write academic
papers, read closely and compete academically.
As I type this, I am four classes shy of an AA degree – one that I plan
to achieve by the end of May.
Bam!
I say all of this to say this next thing: If I can do it, YOU can do it.
You can make a New Year’s Resolution and
fulfill it – especially if you really want to.
All you have to do is want to.
The truth is, I am extremely ordinary and
am living proof that if I can stop my compulsive patterns anyone can. I ran a
marathon just before I turned forty – and my friends started running after they
saw I did. “Shoot, if you can do it, I
figured I could!” They told me – and that made me laugh.
You know what the marathon taught me? All I had to do was keep running. If you can run in pain, you can finish the race. If you can run while others start dropping
out like flies, you can cross that finish line.
Don’t fall for the deception that resolutions are all balderdash. They give us a chance to take stock of our lives and see what needs to change. Give yourself permission to achieve; don't live with an assortment of dead
excuses of why you can’t be the person you always wanted to be. Don’t
let fear, doubt, excuses, distractions and addictions dictate who you are.
Live 2016.
Live it and be victorious.
Yes!!! If you can do it so can I!!
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