Could I Be More Resolute?

“So what’s your new year resolution?” Aren't you almost sickened of that question ringing in your ears every passing year of your life? And you think “What is it to you? Are you going to actually help me keep up to that resolution? No. So why bother?”

The fact of the matter is that we seldom follow a resolution that was made almost a year ago.  If you were asked even a month after you made that resolution, you would decline having accomplished it. 1 year = 12 moths = 52 weeks = 365 days. Do you think each one of those 365 days in the year is alike? The circumstances and conditions under which it is humanly possible to keep up to your resolution, may not necessarily be compliant or present on all of those days. So what about that resolution then? Just goes for a toss, doesn't it? And then you sit and ponder and play this game of convict and jury in your head, trying to reason with yourself so you don’t have to blame yourself completely for wavering.  

So here is my resolution for the new year. That is, to not have a new year resolution at all. I’m going to keep a New Day resolution each day of my life, and I’m going to wing it each day. After all, why do we keep new year resolutions? In the hope, that we can improve ourselves and become better human beings some day. And in that, we target our greatest weaknesses first, which is hardly ever easy to do. You couldn't have started walking brusquely like an adult the moment you emerged out of your mother’s womb.  You started with baby steps. That’s how we all start out. Although it’s great to challenge yourself a little but you can’t make the 5^th goal without having accomplished the first 4.

So I’m going to live each day as it comes, however, keeping my good judgment handy. As per the situation presented to me, I’m going to make my vows, the main aim being –‘doing the right thing at the right time’. We've bred on the lesson that we must do a good deed each day. ‘Now’ is the time to implement it. You see someone in trouble; go help that person, in whatever manner you think it is possible, in your capacity. You see injustice being rendered, you fight against it. You notice that a simple action of yours could make life easier for another, you take that action. One day you realize that you have been putting up calling your grandmother for a while now and you know she is old and ailing and may not be here too long, you call her and have a little chat with her. For all you know, it might leave her so pleasantly surprised and elated that she might want to live a few more days, weeks, months or even years, god willing. You know you are sick and tired of your current job and this was never what you wanted to do in life anyway. You’re neither doing justice to your job nor to yourself. Wind up. You know you have latent talents that you still haven’t exploited. This is your chance. Go hunt for something that you've really wanted to do for a long time, or create it. We have only so many years left to live. If you don’t do it now, you are never going to do it. That’s where you need to be resolute. Remember, if God has gifted you with a certain talent, he has also left an open door for you somewhere, through which you can explore it. But the free will is yours. You choose, whether to walk through that door or not…