This week, millions of people made New Year’s resolutions - that is, they resolved to make a change in their life this year.
Here are a few of my resolutions for 2014:
~ I will use a lower heat setting on my curling iron to avoid damaging my hair. (15 instead of 25)
~ I will drink fewer carbonated beverages.
~ I will take the stairs instead of the elevator to class or to my dorm room at least once a day.
~ I will be kind to everyone, regardless of how I feel about them.
We make these resolutions on December 31 or January 1, and promise ourselves that we will keep them for an entire year. This will be the year, we think, that we will not slip once.
But then, sometime in January or a few months later, that resolution to go to the gym three times a week doesn't seem like such a good idea anymore. Someone who resolved to quit smoking has a rough day and gives in to the urge to have a cigarette. And once we break our resolutions, often we just give up until the next year. According to Forbes.com, only about 8% of people keep their New Year's resolutions.
In this (adorable!) commercial, the little boy does something that you’ve probably observed yourself: he refers to resolutions as “revolutions.” We laugh, but have you ever considered that maybe he has something right?
We resolve to change something in the New Year. But often we fail to consider that a change is really a 180-degree revolution. It can take time to turn completely around from an old habit.
So yes, we should determine to keep our resolutions without fail. But if we fail, for many of us will, we must remember that a complete revolution is not often made in a day. As Henry Wadsworth Longfellow said, "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
If you haven't made any resolutions for this year, it's not too late! If you have already fallen off the bandwagon in some area, don't give up. May 2014 be a year in which you learn much. Comment with your New Year's resolutions!
Happy new year!
(http://www.forbes.com/sites/dandiamond/2013/01/01/just-8-of-people-achieve-their-new-years-resolutions-heres-how-they-did-it/)
