A New Year: NEW Resolutions...Giving in a World of Wanting

*written 1.1.09*

So last night I started thinking about resolutions...

They are typically about ourselves:
lose weight
get out of debt
learn something new
quit smoking

What if this year our resolutions were not about us?
What if we sought to resolve issues that went beyond our personal goals?

2008 was rough on a lot of people....whether it was losing a job or foreclosing on a house...our country went through some heartache this year.

I have to believe that God is delivering these trials to teach us a lesson. He's not punishing us, he's simply showing us that there's more to life than the bigger and better. Americans have fallen into a mindset of "it's all about me" which has probably contributed to the position we're all in now. We, in general, have forgotten what its like to be happy with what we have. There is so much pressure put on us by society to WANT more...and more...and more.

This year, let's GIVE more..and more...and more....to our families, friends, husbands, wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, strangers, the homeless, the less fortunate, the neighbors we've never met, the cause that breaks our heart but we say we don't have time for....simply, GIVE.

2009: I strongly feel that we have been given a fresh start with this new year....an opportunity to GIVE and not WANT. Maybe we'll see that with a change of resolutions, we'll come to find an even bigger change in our hearts.

I hope 2009 brings you peace, love and joy......and, I hope it brings our country together!

Love-
Lindsay Ann

**picture taken of a chapel in Maui**