Resolutions

Beware of them! In the same way that we may be tempted to finish the food on our plates, or to stay somewhere until an "even" hour, (3pm, 4.30pm), it is tempting to say, "This year will be totally different." January 2008 is a mere minute away from December 2007 (or a second, really). We are indeed free at any moment to make different choices and the act differently. But please, let's not be guided by the misconception that newness alone will give us the strength to maintain our new selves. In the same way that we must eat every day (and that is a struggle to do so well, for many of us), we must struggle daily to achieve our small and our large goals.

A large and sudden goal sets up the new year with great likelihood that we will fail ourselves. Let's set smaller and achievable goals.

This year, I resolve to continue, in small portions, the work I began last year.

Good luck!