Resolutions, Never Again
by Shaun K. Thornhill
January 1st, 2013
by Shaun K. Thornhill
January 1st, 2013
I will not make any resolutions. After forty two years of life, thirty
one making resolutions, I have learned that I cannot sustain any
resolution. Failure to follow through seeps into other aspects of my
life. I will not put my family thorough my mood swings due to wrestling
with personal failure. However, I am Determined to do What is Right
Every Opportunity I am Offered. This is not a resolution that can be
cheated, diminished, or forgotten. I have the full force of my
commitment to God, my family, and to me behind this proclamation. The
standard is high. The work is difficult. The profit will be for all
those around me.
By proclaiming this openly, I know that I am opening myself up to ridicule, scorn, and mockery when I fail. However, I am determined to do what is right with every opportunity offered. I will ask forgiveness. I will offer consolation. I will use the shame of failure to spur me to renewed vigor. I will endeavor not to make the same mistakes twice, while taking enough time to think through to the point of not making the first one. I am not your example of how to be a man. I am just a man, called by God.
I am not ashamed of the man that God made, I am ashamed of what I allowed myself to squander with it. I am determined to do what is right with every opportunity offered. As lone as my voice may seem to you, I will speak for those that cannot. I will speak for those that are afraid. I will speak the truth as well as I know it. I will use my voice, and sometimes keyboard, to expound truth.
I have the weight of God behind me. If I am wrong, it is me alone, not God. I am determined to do what I right with every opportunity offered. My hands are for the improvement of everyone around me. From my family, their living arrangements, to the structure we dwell, to the state of said dwelling, I will use my skills and work ethic to do what must be done.
From my code of Chivalry, to my daily discipline of renewed health, I am determined to do what is right with every opportunity offered. I will not sit when I can stand. I will not be still when I can do something. I will check off projects as fast as quality craftsmanship demands. I will defend the weak. I will protect the innocent and logic bomb the confused.
Batten down the hatches, for I sail into the storm of life. I will no longer drift as a anchored buoy. I am charging the waves. I am plotting a new course. I am seeking betterment.
By proclaiming this openly, I know that I am opening myself up to ridicule, scorn, and mockery when I fail. However, I am determined to do what is right with every opportunity offered. I will ask forgiveness. I will offer consolation. I will use the shame of failure to spur me to renewed vigor. I will endeavor not to make the same mistakes twice, while taking enough time to think through to the point of not making the first one. I am not your example of how to be a man. I am just a man, called by God.
I am not ashamed of the man that God made, I am ashamed of what I allowed myself to squander with it. I am determined to do what is right with every opportunity offered. As lone as my voice may seem to you, I will speak for those that cannot. I will speak for those that are afraid. I will speak the truth as well as I know it. I will use my voice, and sometimes keyboard, to expound truth.
I have the weight of God behind me. If I am wrong, it is me alone, not God. I am determined to do what I right with every opportunity offered. My hands are for the improvement of everyone around me. From my family, their living arrangements, to the structure we dwell, to the state of said dwelling, I will use my skills and work ethic to do what must be done.
From my code of Chivalry, to my daily discipline of renewed health, I am determined to do what is right with every opportunity offered. I will not sit when I can stand. I will not be still when I can do something. I will check off projects as fast as quality craftsmanship demands. I will defend the weak. I will protect the innocent and logic bomb the confused.
Batten down the hatches, for I sail into the storm of life. I will no longer drift as a anchored buoy. I am charging the waves. I am plotting a new course. I am seeking betterment.
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