New Me

This year I want to create a new me. I remembered last year how good it felt to accomplish a goal when I trained for and completed my marathon. It had been a long time since I set my mind to something and saw it through. I mean every day there are little things: Goal #1 get out of bed, Goal #2 don't leave your house in your pajamas...But other things I tell myself I'll do and then later, surrendering my character, I find some excuse of time, convenience or indolence to dissolve my resolve.

I must not have felt strong enough about those goals. The end result must not have really mattered to me or something else became more important. I have found that usually if I understand the why behind the goal, I mean really feel the why behind a goal the commitment is more of a "Duh." Of course I'm going to go to church every Sunday. Of course I'm going to buckle my seat belt. But how come I can't say, "Of course I'm going to keep my room clean, or of course I'm going to say no to another brownie, of course I'm going to be more patient and kind, of course I'm going to do my family history." These are good things...why can't I commit?

So this year I'm creating a new me. A committed me. A disciplined and determined me. I have created for myself a list 30 day challenges ranging from mastering a song on the piano to abstaining from a habit just to prove to myself I can. I'll take 1-2 of these challenges on each month. I know this a simple approach for a life long goal but its a start. Now I just have to "...be strong, and do it."

"He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls."
Proverbs 25:28