Thinking about New Year's Resolutions a Little Early

Maybe it is a little early to start thinking about New Year's Resolutions... then again, why do I have to wait until the New Year to implement them into my life? If someone really feels compelled to do something, they should find a way or make one. Life is too short not to do what we were truly meant to do.

Yet, why do so many people (myself included) stink at keeping resolutions? Change is never easy, and willpower is rarely ever enough to make positive change happen. Change hurts. It messes up what we already love. When we try to change, we are setting ourselves up for repeated failure.

Over the past year, I have come to accept myself, failures and all. I know I will make mistakes, but that is not going to keep me from trying. I hope that one day I can look back on many fulfilled dreams, all built on blood, sweat, tears, and a whole lot of getting up and trying again.

With that said, I want to welcome you to my blog. I hope you will visit me often so that we can Learn, Live, and Love together! This is my resolution! (Surprise!) To publish my writing on a consistent basis for others to read!

So, why am I blogging? Quite plain and simple, really. I love to write, but for the most part, my writing has been exclusively private. I have kept a prayer journal everyday since I was 11 years old. With a few exceptions, however, I have not written anything to be published.

Recently, to my surprise, God has been convicting me that I need to share this gift. I have to be honest, writing stuff for other people to read is very intimidating to me. But I have been learning about how I was not meant to keep my gifts to myself; they were meant to be shared with others to build them up. So, for this purpose, I believe that this blog will be my starting place to share. I want to be stretched so that I can develop my gifts, and I want to write in such a way that others can benefit and be blessed by reading it, and they can also share in a genuine way.

So, if you are reading this, let me say, THANK YOU!!! Also, I welcome your comments. Please feel free to contact me if you would like.

William Durant said, "Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you are going to do now and do it." This is my resolution as I move into tomorrow. What are your resolutions? Don't put them off, and don't quit, even when you tell yourself you're just yo-yo-ing. You and I are worth making some positive changes in our lives! So let's do it!