Resolutions

I never make resolutions at new years. I've always thought of it as a futile practice. How many people make resolutions and never keep them? All of us have, if we are being honest. It just seams that to make a resolution at new years is just a fad, a thing to do because everyone does it. And I think that is the reason why may of us fail in keeping those resolutions, we don't really put a lot of thought into them. Everyone is doing it so we pick something we would like to do, just so we can say we have a resolution, but we never think it through, we don't count the cost.

But this year I am making one. It is not because I'm following the fad, but rather because I have thought this out, an am prepared to make sacrifices to make it happen. The will is there, and I will put forth the effort.

I decided this a few weeks ago and have been mulling it over since then. Last year wasn't exactly a banner year for me. It wasn't the worst, but it was nowhere near the best. All in all, 2006 has been a disappointing year. I have lost so much, but there is one thing I have gained, focus.

So here is my resolution: I hearby resolve to find a new direction in life, and follow it no matter where it leads me. For too long I have been going around in circles, now it is time to break free. Robert Frost once wrote: "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." Well my new outlook is to not follow any premade paths, but to blaze my own trail, and maybe I will emerge a better man.