I was just reading through (be it ever so briefly) past posts on here. It has been a year since I started my efforts to create simplicity in my life. I was not surprised at how complex it can be to create simplicity. With everything that happened in my life this year I lost sight of that desire to live simply. Now it is time to restart that vision.
I never make New Year's resolutions anymore. I am always looking at ways to make myself a better person. As a Christian, I hope I am always looking at my motives, thoughts, actions and beliefs to see they help me bring blessing to others. Even during this past year which has had more hurts than usual, I want to remember this too shall pass. I can still be looking to give even when I have less than usual to offer.
So instead of making trivial resolutions just because someone decided January 1st is a great time to start something we could not during the whole previous year, I will continue on as I have for the first 39 years of my life. I hope there has been growth in my mind, heart and spirit since this time last year. I hope this time next year I will see a deeper love for others (all others, not simply those who are 'like me'), a greater compassion for those in need and maybe (big wish here!) I can help inspire others to the same.
It is easy to be jaded and cynical. It is easy to jump to conclusions about others. It is easy to buy in to what society tells us is important. It is easy to believe being the ultimate consumer is the goal of life. I want to challenge those ideas. Hopefully by challenging my own beliefs about these things I can also encourage others to rethink what they do and how they live in the world around them.
I never make New Year's resolutions anymore. I am always looking at ways to make myself a better person. As a Christian, I hope I am always looking at my motives, thoughts, actions and beliefs to see they help me bring blessing to others. Even during this past year which has had more hurts than usual, I want to remember this too shall pass. I can still be looking to give even when I have less than usual to offer.
So instead of making trivial resolutions just because someone decided January 1st is a great time to start something we could not during the whole previous year, I will continue on as I have for the first 39 years of my life. I hope there has been growth in my mind, heart and spirit since this time last year. I hope this time next year I will see a deeper love for others (all others, not simply those who are 'like me'), a greater compassion for those in need and maybe (big wish here!) I can help inspire others to the same.
It is easy to be jaded and cynical. It is easy to jump to conclusions about others. It is easy to buy in to what society tells us is important. It is easy to believe being the ultimate consumer is the goal of life. I want to challenge those ideas. Hopefully by challenging my own beliefs about these things I can also encourage others to rethink what they do and how they live in the world around them.
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