Well, we鈥檝e arrived. It鈥檚 2015, we鈥檙e all a year older and our world has changed. If you鈥檙e like me I鈥檓 already looking ahead for new opportunities for growth, change聽 and for service but always with the understanding that there are new challenges awaiting me. As I often do, I turned to Google to articulate my thoughts. Here鈥檚 a quote by some anonymous scribe: 鈥淎 New Year鈥檚 resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽 I like that one because it describes exactly the effectiveness of New Year resolutions in my life. What I do believe in, though, is a commitment to keep on learning and growing for as long as I live. Next step? Where do I begin and how do I keep going?
聽聽聽聽聽 Several first things, at least according to articles I鈥檝e read, include setting realistic goals and taking vital first steps. This year I am determined to do more recreational reading and I鈥檓 delighted to say that I鈥檝e already started by devouring, for first time ever, E.B. White鈥檚 brilliant story, 鈥淐harlotte鈥檚 Web鈥�. What proof that it鈥檚 never too late to discover treasures!
聽聽聽聽聽 Next, I鈥檓 told, it鈥檚 important to confirm the decision by writing it down, then telling someone else. In other words, becoming accountable. When life gets difficult, when emotions are battered or when the body begins to slow down, knowing that someone else is cheering for you makes the journey easier. It also makes it harder to quit.
While some folks are encouragers, there are always those people and situations that drain one鈥檚 energy and resolve. Thankfully, it鈥檚 absolutely necessary and perfectly okay to remove them from our circle of life influencers.
聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淚n all these things we are more than conquerors鈥hrough Him鈥�.鈥� Romans 8:37
I invite you to join me in proving that Christ is the Great Enabler.
