New years resolutions and reflection

Since I have taken almost a month off blogging, I decided I needed to wrap up my year with a final blog post.  Reflecting back over this year I can say it has been a good one.  Sure we have had struggles, hardships and upsets but we also had great joy and blessings happening in our lives.  God has been so good to my family and I, we have been blessed every day,  whether large or small the blessings have been there for us to lift up to God and praise Him for the good He does. 


My resolutions for the coming year is simply this:

I want my life to be filled with as much joy as I can possibly cram into every day.  Why do we always find the negative before the positive; it baffles me and I do it all the time.  There is so much negativity circulating around us why on earth would we want to expand on it.  To give it a reason to grow and spread.  Gossip and hatred cause the destruction of so many relationships.  I have seen the breakdown of so many marriages just this year and the negative impact on everyone especially children.   I told a friend just the other day that with great certainty I do not open my heart up easily, too many hurts tend to follow but if we are so reluctant to take the first step and offer our hearts to each other then we are nothing but lonely souls going throughout our daily lives. 

And smile for goodness sakes, I can't go a day without smiling.  I smile at everyone, even strangers & I say hello to them.  Think about this, you have no idea what that person is going through, the personal struggles they may be enduring in their own lives.  Your simple hello and smile could reap huge benefits and you not even know it. 

Caring is a huge quality that so many people have forgotten to do.  We are so wrapped up in fending off our own demons that we forget to care for each other.  To care for our elderly friends and family, a simple visit to them brings such joy to their eyes,  to care for people that are financially struggling, trust me there is someone else worse off than you and they need you to care for them.  Whatever you are able to give of yourself do it.  It doesn't need to be monetary, a big production or given recognition for the deed.   What it does need to be is from your heart and what your heart tells you to do with it. 

God bless you for the New Year, may the paths you choose be exciting new chapters in your life.  May they also be so impacting to you that the ground beneath your feet shake.