So it is has been a while since I’ve been able to write a post. The busyness of the season got me, like it probably got most of you. Today was my first day fully back to work, and I feel refreshed after a little break.
This time of year is one of resolutions, the new year always inspires attempts to change. I am guilty of this impulse and I put it into action today. It was a balmy 45 degrees outside according to my phone, and I bundled up and went for a bike ride. I often lament the fact that one of my bicycles has been sitting in my office for literally months without moving. So long in fact that the tires were nearly flat. But I have made a resolution to resume having exercise as part of my routine, every day life.
So why does the beginning of a new year always push us to be introspective and searching about our lives? Why does the calendar changing make us think about the places we feel our lives fall short? I think we all feel that we don’t measure up in some respects, it may be small things or it may be in some serious part of your life, but we all feel the pressure of perfection.
This is also why so many resolutions fail, they say that resolutions are usually broken by the end of January, and soon after comes the most depressing days of the year. I think there is nothing wrong with resolutions, I think that we all need to examine our lives and make sure that we are living as God calls us to. But I think that often resolutions are unrealistic in their scope, and when we fail to meet our pie-in-the-sky expectations we feel the sting of failure.
So I challenge you, as I have challenged myself to return to a bit of balance with exercise and being concerned with my health, to make a resolution. Don’t necessarily relegate resolutions to the change of the calendar year. I think we can all be more successful if we make small achievable resolutions throughout the year. Let’s see what big changes we can make when me make small incremental changes in our lives.
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