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Resolutions Are For Those Who Aren't Already Awesome


Here we are. It's 2020! Of course you know what that means, right?

It's time for YMCA's, gyms, and other workout facilities to offer deals for everyone who resolved to get in better shape. This is the Black Friday for those places because we've all spent the last month over-indulging and telling ourselves we'd get back to a disciplined lifestyle after the holidays. 

The holidays are over and do you want to know how many official resolutions I have made? 

None. Zero. Zilch. Just like the amount of cookies I am going to let you smack out of my hand, I am not making any new resolutions.

Why? Because resolutions are for those who aren't already awesome. Listen, I'm not saying I don't have things to work on, like humility. 

Really, no resolutions?

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I told my kids that instead of making resolutions for myself this year, I would be making resolutions for them. They were super excited to hear that. 

I should confess this idea of making resolutions for other people is not original with me. My wife has been doing this for years. She just doesn't tell us she's doing it. It comes in the form of honey-do lists and other assorted to-do's that she lays at my feet. Twenty-some years ago she probably didn't tell anyone she had met the man of her dreams. I was probably described as a work in progress, something her friends might have even assumed was a lost cause. 

Looking back, now I don't know if the changes I've made were of my own volition or part of her master plan. Either way, here I am.

No Resolutions Means No Expectations, Right?

Just because I have no formal resolutions does not mean I am taking a year off from doing anything. I'll still be here, sharing my random ridiculous thoughts. I'd apologize, but you're choosing to be here. 

Hopefully I'll be more regular in offering posts, like where I let you see the questions I ask while spending time reading the Bible. I'll work on being even more authentic and open with my thoughts. I know...scary. 

One last thought for today. My oldest child may have inherited some tendencies because when I suggested New Year's resolutions, she repeated the title of this post almost verbatim. I reminded her that resolutions are biblical.

They just don't have to be limited to one time a year. 
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