Resolutions to Sunsets

Wow! So I survived....ok enjoyed....the holidays and made it through the worst of it not too terribly damaged aka having gained too much weight. I knew I would very likely would and I did although the 10 pounds isn't too bad and I know I can have things back under control as soon as I put in the effort.

And here we are at the New Year. A time of resolutions and new beginnings! Some poo-poo resolutions saying they are nothing more than empty promises to ourselves that we will never keep. I want to share an email that I wrote in the new year to a home business team I was building. I have edited the letter a bit so it will fit this blog:

2011 is soon behind us and the beginning of a new year is here! It is the time of RESOLUTIONS!

A resolution defined is "something that is resolved" and resolved defined is "to deal with successfully." Interestingly "courage" and "decide" are synonym words that are referred to in reference to the words resolution and resolve. Hmmmmm... So in the new year we courageously decide to deal successfully with things in our lives that we want to improve or change! WOW!

NOW is the perfect time to take a look at life and to make resolutions- to decide to succeed- and put the steps into place.

What do you want to "deal with successfully" in your life? What can you DECIDE to do? What challenges do you need to take COURAGE in and face to better SUCCEED in your life challenges? 

Remember if you share your goals you are MORE likely to achieve them because you are committed and those who share your dreams are committed to support you!

Remember to keep your dreams realistic and achieve-able. Give yourself numbers and a due date!

Put your dreams in front of you ALL the time. Make a poster. Change your screen saver or background. Write on your mirror. Whatever it takes to remind yourself over and over of what you have "decided to deal with successfully!" And remember that you are WORTH your dreams and that you DO deserve it!

In this new year I am ready to deal successfully with my health and my life from the inside out. I have felt for a while that this year is the year to truly discover and believe in my worth and that everything else I am striving for physically, etc will fall into place when I fully embrace who I have been created to be. My brain is full to the brim with the knowledge of dieting and exercising and getting healthy. I know how to apply it and have done so successfully- this is not new to me, or I imagine to many people on a weight loss journey.

Do you know this scene from Mr. Holland's Opus? It is the one where he gets through to Gertrude Lange a student in his class struggling to play her clarinet, but wanting to desperately. In this scene he helps her discover the music is within her she just hasn't trusted it.

I know the "notes on the page" of dieting, but I have not learned that I can "play the sunset" with my life. In truth I still struggle to find the thing in my life that IS my "sunset." I have lost sight of where this journey was supposed to be fun, not because it would be easy, but because of how much I will gain from the success.

My resolution, my thing I have decided to deal with successfully is, finding my "sunset" and living it, turning the "notes on the page" that I know into habits that I trust and living this with the fun and beauty it is full of!

I am ready for you 2012 are you ready for me?