New Year's Resolution
I'd like to wish everyone a very
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
Pardon my lack of posts, in the past weeks, my friends. The Holidays take up time, and immediately after Christmas, I came down with a major cold, or flu, or virus, or some such nasty little bug, and have been absolutely miserable. Nothing like toasting in the New Year with a hot mug of Thera-Flu! Eyeeew! I'm now on the mend, and lacking the wad of cotton bunting that seemed to be muffling my brain, during the worst of my sick spell, I am now able to think, and post.
I began thinking about the gift of this New Year, and of course, thought about what my resolutions for it will be. As I've matured, my yearly resolutions have become fewer. I find most of them are concerned with 'To be', in other words, they all seem to be prefaced with those two words. In the recent past I've made such resolutions as, 'To be' more understanding...'to be' more open-minded, 'to be' more flexible, in my thinking, and doing. This year, my main 'to be' is my hope 'to be' more forgiving. Oh, not in my dealings with others, but with myself.
How difficult it is, my friends, to grant to ourselves, what we would not hesitate for a moment, granting to others. Any life, lived long enough, holds some regrets, some actions we would take back, some poor, rash decisions, we've made, if only we had the ability to do so. And words, my friends, oh! the words spoken in anger, in pain, in moments of dire human stress, that one speaks, and once spoken, can not be unspoken! We have all suffered those moments, done the deeds, spoken the words. In some cases we have asked pardon, from the ones to whom our actions, our words have caused unhappiness, emotional pain. If we've been very fortunate, these human beings have given us their pardon. Yet, how often we refuse to grant ourselves a personal pardon.
So, for this New Year of 2007, resolve, with me, 'To be' more forgiving of ourselves. For my friends, we are often too cruel to ourselves. We too often refuse to grant to ourselves, that which we grant so freely, so easily, so lovingly, to others. Treat kindly, your 'self', be unto you, as you would, to others, seeking pardon, forgive.
I began thinking about the gift of this New Year, and of course, thought about what my resolutions for it will be. As I've matured, my yearly resolutions have become fewer. I find most of them are concerned with 'To be', in other words, they all seem to be prefaced with those two words. In the recent past I've made such resolutions as, 'To be' more understanding...'to be' more open-minded, 'to be' more flexible, in my thinking, and doing. This year, my main 'to be' is my hope 'to be' more forgiving. Oh, not in my dealings with others, but with myself.
How difficult it is, my friends, to grant to ourselves, what we would not hesitate for a moment, granting to others. Any life, lived long enough, holds some regrets, some actions we would take back, some poor, rash decisions, we've made, if only we had the ability to do so. And words, my friends, oh! the words spoken in anger, in pain, in moments of dire human stress, that one speaks, and once spoken, can not be unspoken! We have all suffered those moments, done the deeds, spoken the words. In some cases we have asked pardon, from the ones to whom our actions, our words have caused unhappiness, emotional pain. If we've been very fortunate, these human beings have given us their pardon. Yet, how often we refuse to grant ourselves a personal pardon.
So, for this New Year of 2007, resolve, with me, 'To be' more forgiving of ourselves. For my friends, we are often too cruel to ourselves. We too often refuse to grant to ourselves, that which we grant so freely, so easily, so lovingly, to others. Treat kindly, your 'self', be unto you, as you would, to others, seeking pardon, forgive.
Copyright © 2007 Jeannine Schenewerk
posted by Jeannine Schenewerk | 2:29 PM
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