I don't normally make New Year's resolutions. I make birthday year resolutions instead (for example, I'm halfway done training for the half-marathon, and I know where I'm going to take a salsa class...trapeze is pending other things).
This year, though, I am making this resolution. It's in my journal, but some things are good to make public so other people remind you of 'em. ;-)
I will live in reality, no matter how unpleasant. I will face the future--maybe not head-on all the time, but at least not running away. I will dream of paradise, but not daydream to escape to it. I will remember that to live with skin on is to be susceptible to scrapes and scratches, but it's also the only way to be hugged.
That's all.
This year, though, I am making this resolution. It's in my journal, but some things are good to make public so other people remind you of 'em. ;-)
I will live in reality, no matter how unpleasant. I will face the future--maybe not head-on all the time, but at least not running away. I will dream of paradise, but not daydream to escape to it. I will remember that to live with skin on is to be susceptible to scrapes and scratches, but it's also the only way to be hugged.
That's all.
