Every year I try to change.
For the better.
Hopefully.

It’s a habit that I learned in childhood, taught to me by my parents first and then the sisters at my grade school. The habit has remained but the resolutions have since become more reflective and less materialistic.

In recent years, I’ve resolved to being more grateful, more patient, tolerant, and probably most life changing, less outraged by the actions of others.

Have I been successful? At all?
Others would be the better judge. I do try, but admittedly often fall short.
Even so, every year I try to set the stage for change.

This year? It’s now the end of August.
I’ve been assessing, reflecting, revising.
Procrastinating should be inserted here as well.
It’s now time.
I’m ready to push ahead.
To change.

I used to want to change the world, now I’m just attempting to change myself.
Too many areas to be addressed.
Yet, I’ll try.
Again.

here’s the list of things I hope to do this year. Things to help get, and keep, me on track for change.

1. To always remember “I am, therefore I owe.” I’m grateful for my life, and I owe everything to someone.
2. To be slower in reacting to negative people.
3. To not judge those who are simply different from me.
4. To be a better person. It’s too easy to judge others who don’t meet my expectations, so..,.
5. I want to meet my own expectations first.
6. To always remember those who lived and went before me, they had a greater impact on me than I
sometimes admit.
7. To see goodness in everyone I meet.
8. To forgive and show mercy to others who have wronged me. Or at the very least stop reacting to
them.
9. To be compassionate in a passionate way. And…
10. To be a better husband, father, son, brother and friend.

It don’t come easy
but I am trying.

(i’m back,too)

JT
check the vid link below

and this one too