Well, it's official... the new year has arrived and is before all of us. What to do with it??? What to change about ourselves, what to make better about our lives, what to make better about the world??? All the questions, and it's like having a blank slate in front of us to which we can do whatever we choose.
My number one resolution for this new year is going to be changing my eating habits and the level of physical activity in my life so that I can get my body back to a healthier place.
My second resolution is to put a little more effort and positive reinforcement into the relationship I have with my son. After all, I only get one shot at this! I feel a very strong urge to be more attentive to him and focus our time together on more positive/healthier things.
The third thing in my mind that I really want to do something about or change is simply to have the best attitude and perspective I can every morning going to work. I am so blessed to work in a place where I get to see miracles everyday, but sometimes the stress of the paperwork and keeping everything in order takes my mind off those positive things and puts it on the negative and before I catch myself I'm waking up with the attitude of "I don't wanna go to work todayyyyyyy!" I am blessed to have a job, especially the one that I have, and I intend to keep that in my focus this next year.
Finally, the last resolution I have for this next year is to do more in my community. I guess this is my way of giving back to the world, but I feel like the most I can do is volunteer some of my free time to the needs of my community. I had the awesome experience this Christmas season of making a little delivery for the doctor I work for to our local children's home. My boss decided that he wanted to give presents to the foster kids in the school system because of stories he heard from a teacher that we see as a patient. Well, when it was all said and done we had way more donated to us than needed so this expanded to the children's home as well. Dealing with the lady that runs the home and then making the delivery was very inspiring. The ages of the children ranged from infants to teenagers but they were all kids without parents or a home. They were all kids who were not going to get Christmas presents from their families on Christmas morning. It pulled on my heart and so I'm going to spend some time there throughout this next year doing whatever might be needed or appreciated. I want to help and simply give some happiness to kids who aren't quite as fortunate as I am.
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