Where does the time go? I remember being young and carefree. Running and playing in the neighborhood. Barbies and Easy Bake Ovens and pedal cares and bike rides. Girl Scouts and GAs. It really does seem like yesterday.
But here I am with the reality that 60 is looming just over the horizon. How in the world did I get to be almost 60?!?!
This rapid passing of time only serves to remind me how precious life is. How important it is that I not let any adventure pass me by.
So, as 2017 approached and dawned I thought about my resolutions. I'm really no good at resolutions. Unlike my friend who reviews hers at the end of the year to see what she accomplished, mine are quickly either failed or forgotten. That's why I didn't make any resolutions this year.
Since I'm trying to stay young, I decided to do what I've seen the young folks doing and choose a word for my year. I did not take this decision lightly. It was much harder than I thought it would be. I wanted to have the right word. Not just a word I saw someone else use. Not a word that would be too easy to live up to. I wanted a word to push me forward. A word that would help me welcome a better me.
What word did I choose? Deliberate. In my humble opinion it is the best word for the new year. I will deliberately live my life. I won't spend my time tossed about aimlessly by circumstances and other people's opinions. I won't waste my time doing things that have no matter or lasting impact on this world. I won't find myself suddenly thinking, "Why am I doing this?"
At least that's the plan. The plan is to live deliberately. Making choices that are for the best of myself and anyone around me. Opting for healthier choices. Breaking some habits that have wasted my time away and building new habits that will develop into a better me. Reading more. Eating better. Walking. Not to get too crazy, but maybe even some yoga! In all honesty, deliberately choosing to do the things that would have been on my list of resolutions had a made one.
It's day six of this new year, and I have been trying to be deliberate. I, however, much like Paul, find myself saying - oh, that I would do the things I want to do and not do the things I don't want to do!
But tomorrow's another day. And like the twins say, "His mercies are new every Monday!" Being that tomorrow is Saturday, I am thankful His mercies are new every MORNING! How will you live out 2017? I hope that in 359 more days I will be able to look back and see the good result of living deliberately!
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