Tuesday; January 1
I wish I was the person today that I planned on being this time last year. If I would have just kept to a better diet and workout plan, I would be in better shape than I am now. If I would have read as much as I planned on reading, I would be a lot smarter than I am now. If I would have been more involved in the lives of people and what was going on in the community I would be more of an influence than I am now. I started out the year with good intentions – what I didn’t have was the commitment that I needed to stick with it. I am not complaining about the last year (and in some ways I am sure that I grew and developed), but in other ways I failed. It wasn’t that I didn’t plan to succeed, I just didn’t follow-through with my plans. In assessing the past it is easy to excuse my lapse – I mean, after all, none of us ever really intend to keep our resolutions, right? Yet, the truth is that if we keep excusing our failings, will we ...