“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps
you going.” Jim Ryub
It is at the beginning of each year that folks reflect on
the year previous and ask themselves, “What do I need to improve on? What can I
resolve to improve about myself?” It is when local gym memberships see their
biggest increase, when diet aides fly off the shelves and when tanning bed
bulbs get replaced in preparation for the busy season.
I am no different than my fellow “New Year’s Resolutionists”
. I desire to be leaner and resolve to continue that fight (and the older I get
the more of a fight it is). I resolve to spend more time in the Word – it greaves
me that I have not spent enough time reading my Bible daily. My daughter gently
reprimanded me on not posting more on my blog last year, so I am resolved to be
more consistent in my posting for 2014. To do that I must develop a method to
my madness…or a plan of action, if you will…. My main focus in starting this
blog to begin with was to encourage others and share God’s Word. I realize that
is too broad an objective, so I am going to give myself a theme each week and
post accordingly. I love quotes from famous people, and some not so famous –
and I want to share some of the quotes that resonate with me, serving to
inspire, affirm, give peace, delight and challenge. Each post will contain at
least one Bible verse as I believe that the Bible is the living word of God, God
breathed and unfailing in the power of its message to humanity. Each post will
also contain an image, either one of the photographs I’ve taken, or a piece of
graphic art that I created to serve as a visual. I also have an idea if posting
a blue tie image next to any “blue tie” statements or observations that I make….
Well, here we go! The first week is January 1st,
2nd, 3rd and 4th, the theme for this week is “Resolve
to Improve”.
“Sow a Thought, Reap an Act, Sow an Act, Reap a Habit, Sow a
Habit, Reap a Character, Sow a Character,
Reap a Destiny.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
Above all that I can do within myself, I recognize that I am
nothing without Christ.
“ Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine
own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct
thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6
I have the "New Year's Resolutions" jitters as well. I feel very excited about this new year for many reasons. One, I have opened an Etsy shop called "RocknKPproducts" and thereby accomplishing a dream I've had for a long time of owning my own business (sort of anyway). Two, I graduate from MSU in May with my bachelor's degree. Three, I'll be getting my first real job after graduation. New Year's Resolutions can become more of a burden than a strive for improvement sometimes, so I decided a couple years ago that I was going to make New Years Resolutions fun. For example, a New Year's resolution I've had is learning the names of constellations, camping outside, fly a kite in the spring or summer, etc.... Some New Year's Resolution for 2014 is to keep my Etsy shop going and sell some of my products, to be more disciplined about feeding my tree frogs, memorize at least 5 more violin songs, and read my astronomy textbook just for the fun of it.
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