I know we all (maybe not all of us) have annoying siblings.
I read somewhere where someone asked “Can you love someone and hate them at the
same time?” and another replied, “Do you have Siblings?”
I concur because I love my siblings and they can also be a
pain at times. However, yesterday’s post is not about siblings but about a “New
YOU Resolution.” Yes, you read that right. All the resolution we’ve been
writing is all about the new year, what to do, things to do and all of that but
how about having a resolution on working on yourself?
I saw this story in my notepad; I
must have written it about five or six months back and I wanted to write
something about resolutions for the New Year. Right at beginning of this year,
I wrote down some things I wanted to do in the year and I was able to meet up
with one out of the 12 (I’m laughing at myself right now). Funnily enough, I was
able to do one of the twelve before and during the service year. I’m tempted to
blame service year but that’d be childish of me so I choose to take responsibility
for my lackadaisical behavior. I’m not gonna share the other ones but the one I
was able to achieve is reading a book once a week. By the end of the year, I must
have read 52 books.
Well, I haven’t read 52 but 32
books, and I didn’t read them every month. The last time I read was May, then
November and now, I’m on my 32nd book. I promised myself to read one
last book before the year ends and I’ve gone half-way. The kinds of books I read
were spiritual books, books on marriage, and Christian novels; I read more of
Christian novels though…
Am I sad that I didn’t meet up
with my resolutions? Maybe, but that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t pick up from where
I left it off by next year. “To make resolutions is for man, but to fulfill
them is divine.” Don’t beat yourself up too much that you couldn’t meet up with
your resolutions; the fact that you’re alive and well is enough to prove to you
that you can just pick it up. Nonetheless, make realistic goals. When I shared
with a friend that I wanted to read a book a week, he said it’s not realistic but
that I should make it a month instead. That’d have been 12 books but I have 32
and there was a time I read 10 books in a week.
I love reading though and I can
go the extra mile to satisfy my cravings at times. Mind you, I don’t always
feel like it but the moment I make myself pick up a book, until my brain can no
longer comprehend and my eyes can no longer see or something extremely important
needs my attention, I would stay buried in that book. I even starve myself of
sleep those times. There’s a particular resolution I’ve been making for more
than a year and I’ve still not met up. Well, I’m not backing down until I get
it done.
For the New Year, make realistic
resolutions and follow up with them. Make spiritual, mental, personal,
psychological etc resolutions, and draw a scale of preference to check which is
more important and work on them!
For me, I’m going harder next
year, so help me God, Amen.
Compliments of the season and
Happy New Year in advance!
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