Another Year Ends...
Another Day Along the Way
Friday, December 30, 2005
Another day,
How can we end the year? How can we enter the new one?
I'm not sure how to control circumstances or situations. Nor am I sure how to force emotions into preferred feelings or turn financial needs into sudden miracles. But I do believe in change.
And I do have a few suggestions for bringing good change. Here they are; apply them if you choose:
- Laugh more. Smile more. Give often. Forgive everyone.
- Guide your mind instead of letting it guide you. Through reading and writing, we nurture it. By avoiding dangerous scenes and words, we protect it. If we tell our minds what to think and redirect them when they go into hazardous regions, we better ourselves. Think about what you are thinking about. And do something about it.
- Silence the mouth when it needs to be silenced. Speak WHAT should be spoken only WHEN it should be said, and HOW it should be declared. Rank the words recently voiced. Glance at your grade. Decide ways to improve that score in the 2006.
- Stop complaining and criticizing. Offer applause more often.
- Shed a few tears. Our bodies were created to cry for a reason. Release the hurt so it doesn't bring more pain in the future. Denial doesn't work. Taking pain out on others brings more damage. Take time to cry.
- Eat better. Exercise habitually. Rest well. Pray daily.
- Schedule time for you, for silence, for honest confessions to God, for fun with family and friends, for acts of kindness to strangers and enemies. Let nothing rob you of those plans.
- Do unto others what you wish others would do for you. Give, not to get back. Give, not keeping a record. Just do unto others what you wish others would do for you.
- Take a risk, refusing to let the fear of failure force defeat before even trying.
I could write more. But those few thoughts are enough for me, for now, for today, and for walking through the door of a new year. And I need to work on myself to apply them better.
Along the way,
Chris
Powerful Statement: Each day, in itself, brings with it an eternity.
(Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist)
Friday, December 30, 2005
Another day,
How can we end the year? How can we enter the new one?
I'm not sure how to control circumstances or situations. Nor am I sure how to force emotions into preferred feelings or turn financial needs into sudden miracles. But I do believe in change.
And I do have a few suggestions for bringing good change. Here they are; apply them if you choose:
- Laugh more. Smile more. Give often. Forgive everyone.
- Guide your mind instead of letting it guide you. Through reading and writing, we nurture it. By avoiding dangerous scenes and words, we protect it. If we tell our minds what to think and redirect them when they go into hazardous regions, we better ourselves. Think about what you are thinking about. And do something about it.
- Silence the mouth when it needs to be silenced. Speak WHAT should be spoken only WHEN it should be said, and HOW it should be declared. Rank the words recently voiced. Glance at your grade. Decide ways to improve that score in the 2006.
- Stop complaining and criticizing. Offer applause more often.
- Shed a few tears. Our bodies were created to cry for a reason. Release the hurt so it doesn't bring more pain in the future. Denial doesn't work. Taking pain out on others brings more damage. Take time to cry.
- Eat better. Exercise habitually. Rest well. Pray daily.
- Schedule time for you, for silence, for honest confessions to God, for fun with family and friends, for acts of kindness to strangers and enemies. Let nothing rob you of those plans.
- Do unto others what you wish others would do for you. Give, not to get back. Give, not keeping a record. Just do unto others what you wish others would do for you.
- Take a risk, refusing to let the fear of failure force defeat before even trying.
I could write more. But those few thoughts are enough for me, for now, for today, and for walking through the door of a new year. And I need to work on myself to apply them better.
Along the way,
Chris
Powerful Statement: Each day, in itself, brings with it an eternity.
(Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist)
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