So you've made your New Years resolutions,
and now you are going full steam ahead with your plan for a 'new you', this
time will be different!

Here's a quick question for you: What
was wrong with the old you?

I am all for self-improvement, and
for having goals, however I do not buy into the 'new you' craze.  Here's
why.

1) I am the only one of me, no one
else can be me and I, cannot be anyone else.

2) There is absolutely nothing about
me that warrants my erasure! I may have flaws, but who doesn't?

3) I have no desire to live in a box,
or predetermined way of thinking.  That, to me, is the end of growth. I've
put a metaphorical ceiling on what I think it is that I 'should' be able to
accomplish, as well as what I can’t.

4) I don't know everything.
 (P.S. shhhh! Don't tell anyone who believes I do! )

5) I have surprised myself before, by
doing things I never thought I could.

So, here is where I am going with all
of this; I am exactly where I am supposed to be, and I am the only one of me.
 I have the ability to astound myself.  Therefore, why do I need a
'new me'?

This year I've resolved to improve on
my habit of procrastinating, and to continue writing and doing the things that make
me feel good.  I do not want a new me, I only want to grow with myself,
beyond boundaries or belief. 

Those things, while a part of me, do
not define me.  People do not come
with specifications.  For example,
you don’t define your humanity by how many times a day you laugh, do you?  There is no daily checklist you are
falling short of, and should you have a bad day, as everyone does at some
point, you are still you.  It is
not either, or.  Both exist,
happiness and sadness, struggle and successes.  And you are
still you, even on your worst of days. 
So why not strive to do the unexpected, the outlandish, or that dream
you keep secret.  I believe that is
the essence of living, and for me, that is what makes me happy! 

I wish you all a very happy New Year,
and my hope for you is simply this, Happiness!

UKVos