Making resolutions is a

Making resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self-assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and, ultimately, reinforces humility. Breaking them is part of the cycle. Eric Zorn

Maybe this year, we

Maybe this year, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives not looking for flaws, but looking for potential. Ellen Goodman

We spend January 1st

We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives…not looking for flaws, but for potential. Ellen Goodman

A happy New Year!

A happy New Year! Grant that I May bring no tear to any eye When this New Year in time shall end Let it be said I’ve played the friend, Have lived and loved and labored here, And made of it a happy year. Edgar Guest

He who breaks a

He who breaks a resolution is a weakling; He who makes one is a fool. Farquhar McGillivray Knowles

First you take a

First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you. F. Scott Fitzgerald

Many years ago I

Many years ago I resolved never to bother with New Year’s resolutions, and I’ve stuck with it ever since. Dave Beard

If you asked me

If you asked me for my New Year Resolution, it would be to find out who I am. Cyril Cusack