So, OK, it's time to resolve something. Trouble is, most of us are creativity deficient when it comes to making our resolution list. I mean, we're practically genius savants when it comes to making our Christmas list, or deciding the options for spending our Christmas loot. But, we usually have amnesia when we start the annual life evaluation process and try to pen one or two personal adjustments for the New Year. It's usually the same old, same old, a rehashing of the bad habits and personal hair balls we owned up to last year, and the year before, and the year before, ad infinitum. So, get out your pen and resolve to lose a few pounds, exercise more, spend more time with the family, eat less spinach, and get our gums scraped fewer times in 2010. What a laugh! Wouldn't it be great to see men resolve to watch less football, women to shop less, kids to study more, and some other cherished pleasures we'd never in this world put on the list.
So, if you're having problems, let's suggest some help. You can actually go to eHow.com to learn how to do just about anything. They have a system for writing New Years resolutions too. If you'd like to take note of their recommendations, go here for a good time, maybe a good laugh. They offer some very good pointers on life evaluation, ways to honestly review your lifestyle and note some of the fine-tuning that may make 2010 better for you and the people around you.
Now, for the two Democrats who visit my site every day, there's another hot site for people who really want to go deep in the New Year's resolution department. Of course, it's the government site over at USA.gov, subtitled Government Made Easy, like in the new, revised, simpler, IRS codes. Just to make it easier, go here for the current list of popular resolutions. Now, as you might expect, these suggestions aren't very deep, really just a compilation of what you might expect. Then again, it is the government, and they're never wrong, and they always know what the people are thinking, and what the people need. So, if you're a drone, just underline them, copy and paste. Your list is complete.
Or, you could go deep and check out the Bible. There's some good resolution material here, on just about every page. I mean, start with the Ten Commandments and resolve not to do any of them. You're off to a good start. Then again, you could do a word search on "resolved". This is a good, Spiritual source of new direction.
1 Chronicle 20:3
Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the Lord...
Psalm 17:3
I have resolved that my mouth will not sin.
Daniel 1:8
Daniel resolved not to defile himself with royal food and wine...
1 Corinthians 2:2
For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified---
Now, here are some resolutions with depth, and meat. The eHow.com can advise you and you'll be real and politically correct. USA.gov can give you their list and you can join the chorus of zombies singing the I Am Resolved song according to the government line. Or, check out God's Word for some guidance in making substantive life assessment and promises that result in more Kingdom living in 2010.
I'd still like to lose a few pounds too. And, I am not going to stop drinking...coffee.