It is the day before the year 2013 and I am sitting in the car dealership. I am here to have my Mini Cooper serviced-a boring but necessary part of life that in many ways I am grateful to be able to experience. On the drive here this morning the radio conversation ran along the lines of New Year’s Resolutions-what they mean, can they be fulfilled, which are the most commonly made and broken, etc… That is the rub, isn’t it? Why make these promises for an entire year when this task, on the whole, is unrealistic? Why say to oneself, “I will be more (insert your adjective here) this year…” when you now that it will never work out 100%? Too much pressure…
My solution is to not have any resolutions at all for the 12 month period ahead. Instead, I will try my best, daily, to be a little more compassionate, a little more patient than the day before. I can accomplish a whole list of “resolutions” in this fashion. I can work harder, shrink my emotional footprint, be a better brother, son, mentor, friend and employer. All I have to do is take care of today and then when I put my head on my pillow at night I can let the results go and sleep in good conscience. This best case scenario allows for errors and I can forgive myself along the way because, after all, I am only human. And so are you.
That’s it for the update today. Not much to say, really. Just checking in.
JDCM
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