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Wednesday, December 31, 2014

This time I mean it!





Have you ever made a resolution you just couldn’t keep? If hands were raised, I’m with ya! We mean well, but for one reason (and there’s always a justifiable reason, of course) or another, we just can’t see it through. Perhaps it was made on dare, not practical, wistful to the point of being ridiculous, or maybe, just maybe, it was simply too tough to do. 

Have you ever made the same resolution more than once? This time, I mean it! Only to beat yourself up a few months later when, once again, you couldn’t make it happen?  Yep, been there.  And it’s exactly why I quit making resolutions years ago.

However, as I scan the skies with wary eyes a winter storm descends; dusting peaks and drenching streets, the desert floor is hushed, I wonder if so too, are all the festivities planned for the annual Taco Drop? I hear the weather isn’t optimal for the Waterford Crystal Drop in the east either.  Can we actually celebrate the New Year without dropping something? Will tomorrow never come unless we celebrate?  Ha!

Tomorrow will come and life will go on, no matter the manner or amount of broken resolutions, or all the anxieties brought on by the business of living busy. If you find yourself thinking how fast the year flew, you’re not alone. But did you smell the roses the last time they bloomed? 

If I were to make another resolution it would be to employ a conscious effort to slow down enough to smell the rain before it slaps the desert floor; to feel it on my face and save myself the time and space to write my dreams.  How about you?

Wishing all a Happy New Year!


8 comments:

  1. We hope we can all keep our resolutions this year. :) Happy New Year!!!

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  2. I don't make resolutions. I set goals instead. I find them easier to stick with. Happy New Year!

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    1. Ha! I like that idea! And goals are so much easier to work toward than obligations you may later regret. ;-)
      May your impressive momentum ever increase, Kelly!

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  3. Diedre, you write so beautifully! Even in this short ode to either making or continuously breaking New Year's resolutions, you have managed to set up some awesome imagery. "If I were to make another resolution it would be to employ a conscious effort to slow down enough to smell the rain before it slaps the desert floor; to feel it on my face and save myself the time and space to write my dreams." Beautiful!
    I have some goals set which I will list on my blog on Monday. But with that being said, I've learned to stop promising myself certain things which I clearly keep failing at... the perfect diet, the perfect body... you get the drift!

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    1. Oh, I hear ya, Gina! I figure life is full of goatheads, why plant any more? Your comments are heartwarming and I sincerely thank you. I tend to ''write from the hip' and worry later about shooting myself in the foot - Ha! I look forward to your Monday blog :-)

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  4. Oh, yes! I used to make resolutions and then I realized I was only kidding myself. I do set goals, but sometimes they are just unrealistic so I allow myself to scratch them off my to-do list without feeling too guilty. I will definitely focus on having a happy, balanced life this year and getting out to see the city I live in. If you don't enjoy life, resolutions mean nothing! Happy New Year to you. I hope 2015 brings you much joy and success!

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    1. Now see, if more of us - okay, me - if I could be as forgiving to myself as I am to others...I'd quit stashing chocolate in my bottom desk drawer, Ha! You truly are an inspiration and with all the happiness that you so generously share there's no way it can't flow back to you! May 2015 be your best year ever!

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