Another new year has quietly risen over the horizon, and some of us will be asking what became of the last one?
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New beginnings are always full of knowns and unknowns, hopes and fears, dreams and nightmares as well as good intentions and promises.
Some people like to make new year resolutions often with life changing intentions. If we want to go into this field, we need to be able to weigh up the consequences and understand the process.
Hopefully, we might resolve to look after our planet earth more carefully, taking care of the environment, and disposing of our garbage wisely and well.
There are lots of usages now in use for recycled things, but we need to remember which bin to put them into.
These matters affect our everyday living and probably don't need a New Year resolution to carry out.
However, on the other hand, if all of us tried to be a little more careful with the way we use our electricity, or our water supply, we would be making a good contribution to our Mother Earth.
Sometimes, resolutions need to enlist professional assistance if we are going to be able to achieve change. The ones that come to mind are things like addictions and chronic illnesses.
A new year resolution could be a good beginning, but dependence on drugs, or excessive use of alcohol don't belong in the easy, or even the possible basket unless we have the appropriate guidance to make it happen.
Likewise, any chronic illness. Maybe the resolution could simply be to take good notice of the medical advice prescribed and follow it as best we can, rather than failing to comply with prescribed treatment or altering the dosages.
Another way of looking at new year resolutions is to see if there is some kind act or deed we can adopt that will help someone who appears to be less fortunate than we are.
It has been absolutely stunning to learn of all the endeavours that have risen along with the drought, the bushfires, the virus, and now even flooding.
Not only have wonderful people initiated these ventures, but so many passers by have supported them so well.
Sadly, we have to remember that our pockets are only of limited dimensions and we cannot make contributions to every needy cause we become aware of.
On the internet, information seems to get passed around and many "Good Causes" seem to be seeking further support from otherwise unknown benefactors.
I see this approach as doing more harm than good for the cause they support.
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So - if we want to make a new year resolution, let us make sure we have thought it through, weighed up the consequences, and can reasonably expect to be able to carry it through. In the light of all of this, I wish all of the readers and their friends and families a happy, serene, fulfilling and rewarding 2021, free from all harm to soul and body, mind and spirit.
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