I RESOLVE

I know it’s tradition to make resolutions at the beginning of each year

that has always been the way…

but I have a list of resolutions I try to keep to every day:

I resolve to tread a little softer, 

to tiptoe and walk barefoot on the Earth

to remind myself everything that’s been created…

has beauty…value and worth.

I resolve to walk a little slower…

no matter how fast time moves around me

to find the joy and beauty and the wonder in everything around me. 

I resolve to watch a few more sunsets, listen to more waterfalls…

watch a few more rivers flow

and to be a little kinder to those I do not know.

I resolve to be a little quieter…to while more time away

to listen to the birds, the trees, the wind…

and to what other people have to say.

I resolve to sing

to dance

to smile

to laugh 

to love a little more

Because I believe this is what we’re all created for.

I may not always keep each resolution

which is something all people who make a resolution fear…

but I only have to wait one day to fix this…not an entire year.

Making daily resolutions gives my heart each day a chance to soar…

and if I’m lucky helps to make me a better person than I was the day before.

Being a better person than I was the day before…

this daily resolution is the best…

because, when I stop to think about it…

It is the resolution…that generates the rest.