Andar Conmigo: RUN: Resolution

So it’s that time again; time to make resolutions. It’s as if the clock strikes midnight and people automatically start making lists... things to do, change, and of course improve - all because the month and year have changed. I normally don’t “do” resolutions. I feel like they are almost destined to fail. How is that this one change of date on the calendar will magically equip me with the ambition and resolve I had been lacking the entire previous year? Naw.. No thanks. However, this year I feel a little different. Partly because I’m going to be asking my students to write New Year’s Resolutions. Now I don’t want to be a total hypocrite so I’m gonna join the fun, but I actually intend to make some real resolutions. But my resolutions won’t be resolutions; they will be goals. I am a very goal-oriented person, but I do not do well with obligations. Resolutions are more like “I shoulds.” I should....lose weight, I should eat more veggies, I should clean the garage. So I’ve decided that I want to keep my resolutions. Yep, want is so much better than should. So here are my WANTS for 2012.

1. I want to trust more.
I want to trust that God has a plan for me and that things will happen the way that they should.

2. I want to stop worrying.
I worry. A LOT. And it doesn’t make anything better, in fact it just makes me more stressed. So here are three quotes I’m going to try and remember when I feel the urge to worry.
“Worry is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do but it doesn’t get you anywhere”
“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its troubles... it empties today of its strength”
“Don’t worry-just breathe and plan. What is meant to be will be”

3. I want to find more reasons to celebrate!
I love celebrating things- birthdays, holidays, if there is a reason-- I can celebrate! So now I will make it my mission to find these reasons to celebrate. I am so blessed and my time here has really made me take a step back. I constantly find myself zoning out and thinking how happy, blessed, and lucky I am to be here. So let’s CELEBRATE... LIFE and all the reasons in our life to celebrate!

And here is a little something I thought of to remind me of my “Resolution GOALS”... Don’t worry.. Trust Me... There is ALWAYS a reason to Celebrate!!

I got a chance to do my own celebrating over break and here are some photos!
You can find the rest on my FB or photo bucket!