Another year down and another year up. I have a few resolutions for the new year, some of them are just life goals in general, while some are specific to things I want to see turn out different in 2014. But I am not going to share my personal resolutions in this blog, until maybe the end of the year when they all happen, or all fail.
No, today I would like to share some resolutions that I have come across in the wrappers to the Dove chocolate that I have been eating since Christmas. These resolutions are good for each and every one of us. So this year may you...
1) Make Time For Yourself: we all need a little bit of time for only us, no matter our state in life, no matter our personality, no matter our relationship status. Even if you are single with no friends, you may still need to make time for yourself.
2) Take a Moment For Yourself: while this may seem to be the same suggestion, I tend to disagree. Making time is an act of setting aside a chunk of time for yourself. Taking a moment means to just stop what you are doing and be. We often find it so hard to just be when we living. So in this moment, stop reading and just close your eyes, relax, and welcome yourself to be in this moment.
3) Draw Yourself a Bath: for a time in Junior High, High School, and then college we had a big metal tub with clawed feet. It was a tremendous tub for relaxing baths. Nowadays we have a small apartment bath, which covers about 1/3 of your body should you attempt to take a bath. But I just might have to take a bath soon anyway. We find it so hard to just stop, we have become a people who shower, so busy we have to stand up even when we relax. It takes a little longer, but it will give you a few brief moments when you are not rushing to the next whatever you have to do.
4) Believe in Yourself: now I know that I need to do a better job of this, and I am willing to hazard a guess that many of you out there need this as well. Too often I second guess whether I am capable of accomplishing my tasks, in life, in ministry, in parenthood. But I am a child of God, and as someone once said, 'God don't make junk.'
5) Break the Mold: this statement is one that I have been attempting for some time and I'll tell you why. Since I started the ordination process it seems like I have been continuously put in a box based on how I answer a few hundred questions. Well, I'm tired of it. I am more than a four letter personality. I am more than a number. And, frankly this year, I want to blow apart the mold, not just break it.
6) Feel the Sun on Your Face: I am in special need for this at the moment when my facial and nose hair froze yesterday when I cleaned off one car. The sun is one cause for the life on this planet, soak it in [with a little sunscreen or sun bock depending on your skin tone].
7) Create a Happy Place: Have you seen Happy Gilmore? If you have you know where I'm going with this. In the movie Happy is told to find a happy place so that he can keep his emotions in check. For the character it was a place of mini-putt and hot women and dead friends. Hopefully your happy place will be a tad different, but build it and learn to live there occasionally. And if you get really motivated try to make the real world a little more like your happy place, cause if we all do that, then maybe, just maybe, this world will be a happier place.
Peace and Love,
Pastor K
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