New Beginnings:

A new month. A new year. A new Decade. What is my new years resolution?:

With Awareness: stay connected to my sense of Rightness
With Courage: act swiftly on what it says
With Love: make every act a gift to God (who resides in everyone, everything)

A quote that's been coming up for me in various forms, from various sources. I didn't make it up, but I like it:

Start the day with love
Spend the day with love
Fill the day with love
End the day with love
That is the way to God



Peter Drucker said something like: "there's nothing so useless as doing well what never should be done in the first place." in reference to time management. An analogy he gives is placing a ladder somewhere and climbing up it only to find it wasn't at the location you wanted to go to. I feel like this is part of the benefit of clearly defining goals, and being careful to choose goals that really matter to you. If you're working really hard on a goal that's not important, that's gonna be sad when you get to the top of the ladder and realize you didn't actually want to be there. That's the main purpose for me of new years resolutions. It's a time to take stock, and think about where I'd like to end up. to make sure my ladder is placed on the shelf I want to climb. That's what my new years resolution is about. If I can get to that way of functioning, my life will be unbelievably good, and I will be heading towards my even bigger goals.