Resolution

Interesting word, that.

Re- solution.  To find the solution, again. 

Appropo, then, that we try again and again to solve everything, every year, with plans and dreams and promises and resolutions.

It is December 31st, 10:17 pm, and it's time for my annual trip down that road of resolve.

I've learned this year from my Thirty Days experience that small steps are powerful, that positives are easier than negatives, and that I can only add do much to my life at any one time.

And so with that in mind, I will greet 2012:

1. Be Mindful.   Of what I put in my body, of what I do with time, of what I say to my children.

2. Be Patient.  With my children, with the pace of life, with myself.  Know that change starts small and change takes time.

3.  Be Grateful.  See and feel and know the blessings in my life every moment of every day.  The blessing of life itself.

4.  Be present.  Focus on the now, this moment.  Let the past rest, let the future unfold.  Plan for it, prepare for it, wonder at it, and let it be. Be. 

I think that's it.

Happy New Year, all. May it unfold beautifully and with joy.