Resolute

It's now that day of the year when people across the world, or at least America, will make their New Year's Resolutions, a promise to do something to better themselves. The first three commercials after the ball dropped in Times Square all used this as a selling point, the first being Weight Watchers, of course. This is good, I suppose, it's at least one time when people stop think about the state their life is in, but as with celebrating Christ's birth, I think it's something that shouldn't happen just once a year. From what I've seen these "New Year's Resolutions" don't last much beyond January, if that. If you really want to change you need to commit yourself to it daily. Find someone who will keep on your back about it and go to whatever lengths to eliminate temptation (for example, if you're gong to lose weight, don't buy potato chips). I would love nothing more than to see people be come better this year because of their resolutions, but if we aren't willing to be resolute about them, nothing is going to happen. So, take a look at your life, decide what needs to change and then make it happen. You can do it.