Friday, December 26, 2008

New Year’s Resolutions: A Suggestion or Three

The occasion of a New Year is a natural point to review what’s gone and what’s coming. Some people don’t believe in New Year’s Resolutions but even if they only come of age a tenth of the time, surely they’re worth it regarding our commitment to ongoing self-improvement.

These are some suggestions to make as New Year’s Resolutions:

Courage – Be more courageous. Stand firm at times, and also have the courage to remain silent in the midst of pressure and turmoil, bearing up patiently.

Agility – Express agility. Commit to being more flexible and responsive, and thereby create enlarged, more varied levels of personal capability.

Presence – Work on presence. Being more diligent and prudent creates a sense of charisma and winsomeness that facilitates (makes easy) life for both self and others. Commit to being ‘a joy to be around.’

Fun – Have more fun. Simply cavort with our humour in simple, fun-loving ways. Life is for enjoyment. Commit to putting the “joy” back in on a daily basis.

Stamina – Resilience and endurance. Having the stamina to not only last the distance, but thrive.

Rest – Finding rest is best. Rest is both a biblical and a wisdom construct. Commit to rest so performance in whatever roles we play can be at our true peak.

Balance – Achieving it, finally. And we can achieve it. This takes us back in a big loop to courage. Commit to courageously making the decisions required to obtain and sustain balance.

Relationships – The key and elixir to life. Commit to less email, more phone and face to face communication. More listening and less speaking. Commit to truth and receive criticism graciously.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Lots of changes.Pretty interesting menu of resolutions.Thanks there.
My new year resolution is to make self Happy n all others Happy,Enjoy living in present,stop procrastinating and take complete responsibility where ever I'm.Pray for all the people all around for their absolute Happiness,peace,prosperity blossom in all aspects of Life.

Thank you.

Cheers&LOL:)

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Steve Wickham said...

Hello Avagdro,
These are a sample. The key is to choose something achievable.

I wish you well and success in 2009!

Epitome.