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A Truly Meaningful New Year's
Resolution
by Jesse W. Love
Copyright 2006 Corporation
of the Regent of the Church of Celestine Light
All rights reserved.
As the New Year
rings in throughout the world it is beset by many challenges.
From environmental problems such as global warming, over fishing,
and pollution in many forms, to the pains of humanity with
terrorism, natural disasters and just coping with day-to-day
life. It would be easy to look at the precarious state of life
and be pessimistic about the coming year and even the next day. I
hope you will not do that. The challenges of life will never go
away, but how you react to them will make all the difference
between feeling the caress of warm sunshine or the sting of cold rain
in the perception of your life.
Although it may
cause you angst, it is not likely that by yourself you can bring
about world peace. Nor, despite your sympathy for the loss of
life from Tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes and sundry disasters,
can you stay the immeasurable power of the Earth when it unleashes
its’ wrath.
Yet you possess
the most miraculous tool ever created. A true magic wand that can
transform lives and circumstances, both your own, and many others
whose lives you touch. It is more powerful than the greatest
supercomputer; more effective than the most acclaimed wonder
drugs. You have always had it in your tool chest, but it is often
forgotten and neglected in the hustle and bustle of life.
As you usher in
the New Year, dust off the internal cobwebs and turn on the lights
in your amazing, incomparable, truly extraordinary mind. To
harness the dynamo within, do not fear to leap forward because of
where you now stand. Your station in life is unimportant. Your
level of education is irrelevant. The only thing that matters is
your attitude, and that is planted and cultivated in
the garden of your mind by the master gardener of your life -- you!
The power of
your mind as manifested through your attitude can help you endure
the greatest pains and travails of life and surmount its most
monumental mountains. With the right attitude, one that says, “I
can”, instead of “I can’t”, one that sees promise instead of
disappointment, one that recognizes possibilities instead of
obstacles, your life is yours to command despite all the chaos
that may be going on in the world beyond your control.
If you
want to make a New Year’s resolution that will impact you for all
the rest of your years and not be forgotten some months down the
road, make a convicted resolution to improve your attitude in all
aspects of your life. For as one thinks, so they become…
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