i started this year thinking i wasn't going to make any new year's resolutions. not that i don't need to improve on anything i just didn't have anything popping out at me that i really wanted to try and do/achieve/etc.
but after some contemplation on the person i've been lately i decided i needed and wanted one. because i want to 'try a little harder to be a little better' (pres. hinckley) not only for myself but for all those important people in my life.
so here it is. my new year's resolution for 2010.
i want to find out who i am (what MY personal convictions are), discover the kind of person i REALLY want to be, and then act accordingly.
this applies to all areas of my life. as a mother, wife, friend, leader, etc.
i want to be a more soft spoken and patient mother, a less demanding more considerate wife, a kinder more 'golden rule' follower of a friend, etc.
not that any of this will be easy but i want to be a person who doesn't talk bad about others, a person who doesn't really care if someone stops by and her floor isn't mopped not because she didn't have the time but because she just didn't feel like it, a person who could care less if toys are spread out in every room of her house because she's spent the day laughing and playing with her kids instead, a person who snuggles with her hubby on the coach every night instead of getting something checked off the to-do list, things do need to be clean and orderly but i want to make sure that in the end i'm a person who can look back on her days and smile because she spent the majority of her time doing those things that really truly mattered.
so my personal motto or theme for this year is this:
'those who bring light to others cannot keep it from themselves.'
hopefully if i'm looking outside myself to better serve my family, friends, and anyone else that i come in contact with during my daily life i hopefully in turn will find that light a little brighter within myself.
so do you make resolutions? if so, what are yours?
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4 comments:
That was beautiful.
I love your resolutions! My resolution this year is getting our food storage in full order, I like your resolution better!
I love this, Erica! Those are some of the things I'm really trying to work on this year too. It's a good year for self discovery:) Good luck!
So...yes I make resolutions/goals each year and now I have added one. It is to make sure you accomplish your resolution and find out how you did it and then follow your exact plan for me next year :) I could not agree more with each thing you said. Good luck!
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