New Year's Resolutions

Every year around this time, we all make promises to ourselves to do better. We make a goal to be a better person by fulfilling our New Year's Resolution in the 365 days ahead. Many times these promises to ourselves fall to the wayside as the craziness of life takes over and we become to 'busy' or 'overwhelmed' to commit. I have thought quite a bit over the past week or so about what I can do to make myself a better person in the new year ahead and I am going to try my darnedest to stay committed

1) I need to make a better effort to keep in touch with people. Oftentimes I say, I'll call you soon, and soon turns into weeks, months and so on. If I am thinking of one of my good friends I need to pick up the phone and call them, send them a quick text message, or even send them a card just saying hi. I have met some really great people along the road and I need to make the effort to make sure I stay in touch with them.

2) I want to go to church more often. For any of you that know me well, this is kind of a big one. My dad is getting confirmed into the Catholic church and it pretty much blew me out of the water when I found this out. For the longest time, my dad was always preaching to me his qualms with the church and inconsistencies he saw, and much of what he said to me kind of made sense. However, after recently having a really good heart to heart with my dad I was able to understand the reasons for his change of heart and I could not be more proud of him. Many times the homily in church asks us to reflect on what we are doing in our daily lives to do good in the world. I want to be able to look at my actions and be able to understand what I can change or do better to help make the world just a little bit better. It's interesting that the person that really made me question religion as a kid is now the person who is helping me understand what it really has to offer.

I wish you all the best of luck as you move into a new year full of new experiences, new hopes, new dreams, and new opportunities to be the best person you want to be :)

Happy 2010!!