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i don't do the whole new years resolution...i usually have so much on my mind and so much to do that adding that loaded pressure to lose that ten pounds, stop obsessing over that guy, get that better job....its more weight than i can handle. and i realized something last night...the pressure of resolutions is on me. i am the one who incites this resolve to accomplish something harder and get rid of something so negative.
instead i decided this year to resolve to be happy. no matter what it takes i am going to find my place of content and peace...very zen if you will, and just flow with it. i have so many things to be thankful for and appreciate if i'd just spend more time staring at them instead of everything that i don't have.
if i resolve to lose ten pounds then all i see is that extra weight...and the same with all those emotional goals i set up for myself...it just highlights on the hurtful thoughts and self deprecating attitudes until its all i can see.
this year i resolve to be happy without the man, to learn to get over what he does to me and be as in control of myself as he is of himself. if he doesn't need me to be happy then what the hell am i doing putting him up on that pedestal? i am a mother, a writer, a friend, an artist...i love to sing and dance and read my favorite Harry Potter book until i have it memorized....i like Jack and Coke and i don't care if it bothers someone to see my drinking a beer after my baby is well along on the sleep train. i am beautiful and unique and i am allowed to laugh like a dork and go outside the house without my makeup on! who am i trying so hard to impress by being so wrapped up in wonderful opinions people have of me? my daughter adores me, my life works out for the best, and i can get up off my feet without anyones hand to hold me steady.
so to all you out there who are resolving with steel nerves and renewed determination...ask yourself this....when you accomplish that goal are you going to be content?.....
or are you just going to be looking ahead at the next thing you want to change?
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Posted by kmalbro on 2008-01-01 13:41:00 | Rating: | Views: 92
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I love it! That blog should replace the Auld Lang Syne song as the anthem for New Years. Be happy, be content...you accomplish those resolutions, everything else will fall into place.
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Posted by HungryHeart
on 2008-01-01 14:37:21
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Some good points. A lot of time we cause ourselves problems by looking ahead to the future all the time, to the way we want things to be. Not that planning ahead is bad but if you spend too much time looking ahead you forget to live in the moment and enjoy what there is to be enjoyed right now. Have a happy New Year.
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Posted by hairytoad2005
on 2008-01-02 07:44:26
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What a great post!
True so true, we always tend to look forward to 'WHEN'...it is wise to be happy 'NOW!'
I like a jack and coke now and then as well.
Going outside without my makeup?
Now, that is a hard one.
I like your outlook on life.
It is energetic, and full of life.
Peace.
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Posted by DifficultSoul
on 2008-01-02 10:48:19
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