Okay, I know I'm a little late but Happy New Year and welcome to a new you! Some scorn New Year's resolutions believing them to be a set up for failure. Others are just too pessimistic to believe for change. Still, others prefer to call them "goals." Whichever terminology you use, I am always in favor of folks taking any opportunity to improve themselves, self included.
Every New Year is a time for us to reflect upon last year's mistakes and successes. Someone once said, "If you aren't making mistakes, you aren't trying." I concur. Think about the goals you made for 2010. Were you successful in completing them? I used to beat myself up about not finishing what I had started. It's one of my own pet peves. Then, I had an ephiphany: whatever progress I made was indeed progress! I hadn't "failed" at completing something, I had succeeded in beginning it in the first place.
So many times it's easy for us to be down on ourselves, always striving, without taking a look at what we actually have accomplished. So what if you didn't lose all 20 pounds you set out to lose. What did you do? You lost 5? Great! You joined a gym? Fantastic. Keep up the good work. The Bible says, "Steady plodding brings prosperity," Proverbs 21 :5a TLB. Little by little, day by day, moment by moment and before you know it, those dreams and goals have materialized in their entirety. Sure, there may be times when we need to refocus, recharge or recommit ourselves, but keep the long term goal in mind. You will make it if you continue to try.
Allow 2011 to introduce you to an all new you. Let this be your year to see those resolutions flourish.
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Love it! You are so right about celebrating our successes rather than lamenting over our failures. We spend too much time and energy on things we can't change and all that negative self talk prevents us from doing what we can do! It's a New Year and a new opportunity to do great things. It starts, though, with a renewed mind. Love it! You are so right about celebrating our successes rather than lamenting over our failures. We spend too much time and energy on things we can't change and all that negative self talk prevents us from doing what we can do! It's a New Year and a new opportunity to do great things. It starts, though, with a renewed mind.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely, Paula. Your comment,"...all that negative self talk prevents us from doing what we can do!" is something I am learning myself. Thanks for sharing.
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