New year, new me … or not

Lose weight, gain weight, change of attitude, control temper, budget money, spend more time with family, focus on school, raise grades, set goals and reach them …

I think I’ll stop there.

This is just an everyday goal for some, a starting point for things that certain individuals wish to accomplish in life. For others, it’s a new year’s resolution.

Wikipedia defines a New Year’s Resolution as a commitment that an individual makes to a project or the reforming of a habit, often a lifestyle change (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year’s_resolution).

So, it is safe to say that a lot of people take the new year as a time to reflect on things that they want or need to change in their life. In my opinion, we should reflect daily not only on things that we want or need to change in our life, but we should also reflect daily on the many blessings that we have.

Each year, people have these resolutions, in which some have the same ones every year just to never fulfill them. Each year as a country we find ourselves entering into another year grieving and mourning losses and tragedies …

I say all this to say that you have one life, and in some cases one chance. Quit waiting on the new year and EMBARK on it NOW.

Humble we should be, no matter how successful we are

Appreciative of goal-reaching, no matter how near or far

Patient of things that we diligently strive for

Pleasured that we are able, breathing and alive

Young in spirit despite of our age

Never giving up, no matter how bad the rage

Enlightened by the good as well as the bad

Willing to keep pushing whether happy or sad

Yes, we should answer when we know that we can

Especially when it’s for the good of lending a hand

Aware of our strengths as well as our flaws

Ready to conquer even after we fall

Yes it’s a new year, but it is just another day, the same opportunities maybe just a different way. No need for a resolution to a problem that you wish to solve, because as humans we constantly grow and continue to evolve. So let’s be real, there is no need for a New Year’s Resolution, when 365 days ago you could’ve come up with the same solution.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!

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