To Resolve or Not To Resolve...

I get sucked into the "newness" of the New Year period just as much as anyone. It's a time to renew, to lay down new hopes and ambitions, a time to kiss old ones goodbye, and a time to reflect upon what has passed - to review the year that was. History is as important as the future, but sometimes we pay less attention because history smells worse. It's tired and musty, groaning with the weight of being lived in, whereas the things that we've only just dreamed up still smell like soap.

I like resolve, therefore I like resolutions. They are mechanisms for change, without which we stagnate. To have resolve is to be bound up in an energy that has purpose, a sense of destiny, and a flow towards an ultimate achievement. There a few things better on this earth than feeling an idea germinate, grow and bloom into something real and palpable. The sense of momentum within the process is itself enough to validate the initial resolve, and to keep all of the passions that are necessary to keeping the dream alive ignited.

I've been thinking a lot about this past year, failures and successes alike. I have had a few of each. But after all has been reviewed and analysed to within an inch of it's life, I find that the one thing that I like the most about this year is who I was while it was passing. Usually, I may have a list of things that I would like to achieve as each new year comes into being, but this year I'm looking back before I look forward.

So this year my resolution is simple. I want more of the same. I resolve to be me, only to grow better at it. I resolve to breathe my fire; to be free. To tip my hat to the world and dance my life as though I can never get a step wrong, and when I do, as a contingency, I resolve to keep on dancing.

Are you happy with who you are? Or does this influence your resolutions? What are your resolutions anyway?

Thanks Mav /hugs