As a personal rule, I do not subscribe to the whole idea of making New Year’s resolutions. I mean, if I recognize that I need to improve or enhance some aspect of myself, does setting a date to start the improvements mean that I am simply content with being mediocre, or even irresponsible until the magical date of January 1st? “Oh sorry Dave, I can’t help out with community kitchen initiative right now. Call me in January though when I will believe feeding the impoverished of our community is important. I hope the soup turns out well. Merry Christmas to you and yours.”
Though I recognize that self-improvement is important and fundamental to the evolution of both ourselves and society as a whole, I really wish the framing of it would not be under the guise of a resolution especially because the propensity to dismiss the life transformations, after only a short while, certainly outweighs the likelihood that with the magical bonging of the 12th bell at midnight on December 31st, you will simply want to call your mother more often, give up Tim Horton’s coffee and put that $2/day away to start sponsoring a child in Africa, sign up to deliver meals on wheels to shut-ins, stop smoking, give up Cheetos and lose 50 pounds.
Can’t we just all agree that if we can do one thing better each day than we did yesterday we should be proud of ourselves? There are people in our world who strive each day to eat green vegetables, to not allow their vehicles to idle for more than 10 seconds, to be accepting and tolerant of those who are discriminated against, find ways of helping the seemingly helpless and to give a voice to the disenfranchised. These people do not wait until January 1st to make their health a priority or support global social justice. If I may be so bold as to sum it up with a quote from one of the most awe inspiring and motivational people that I am aware of in our modern day:
“I might as well be gay. And not just because I love rhinestones and Barbara Streisand. But because I'm a sensitive person who is supportive of gay people the same way I'm sensitive to grossly obese people and ugly people.” – Richard Simmons
Now if that gem doesn’t jazzersize your inner guru into action, regardless of the date on the calendar… I don’t know what will! Happy New Year !
OMG!! Firstly - you are friggin hillarious and Secondly - I am so glad that we have alike blood running through our veins. But you know I am a little disappointed because I want to read how you really feel about things LOL - love love love you and your blogging!
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