Well…we have now ventured almost two weeks into 2010. I know I was late with my winter riding tip article and so yes… I am late with my New Year resolution article. This blog is only 11 days old, so you have to cut me a little slack. Honestly on January 1, I didn’t really think about any New Year’s resolutions. I thought about the New Year and wondered what it would bring, but didn’t sit down and make a list. Maybe you did, maybe you didn’t, and maybe you have already broken it. Ah-ha! Then this could be perfect timing on this article.
The other day I was in on the computer… I think writing something for this blog and I had the TV still on. For some reason, something on TV caught my interest. The channel was airing the “Positive Living Network” I had never seen this network before. Let me put it this way… I live in the middle of nowhere. We do not have cable anywhere even close and we didn’t want to pay $100 dollars a month for a satellite when we don’t watch TV much. When you have full time jobs and a farm, TV is way down on the list. Our lack of cable can be quite entertaining because we never know what we might get for a station that day. If the wind is blowing just right and the earth’s magnetic field is in alignment, we can get all kinds of channels. I was halfway listening to this new-found TV program and what they were saying started to intrigue me. The program was discussing success. The guy being interviewed in the program said there are two kinds of people in the world, people who tell you why and how they are successful and people who tell you why they are not. I let that soak in for a few moments and eventually my first resolution came to me. I think this year it may be the only one I make, because it will cover anything else I could have on my list.
This year, I have decided I will be a… “Do’er”. Yes, I know that is not a word. It is kind of a noun and a verb at the same time. I also know this isn’t professional journalism, so I’m going to try to squeeze by with it. Being a “Do’er,” means instead of coming up with reasons for not accomplishing something, I am going to try to do it. If I think I need to lose weight, do it. Go to some horse shows, do it. Create a website which I know very little about and write a blog to people who I’m not sure if they will love or hate what I have to say… doing it. See you have already helped me with my resolution already! My plan is to tackle 2010 and have no regrets that I wished I had done… so and so… or such and such. Yes it is a big resolution, but it is also not a checklist that I will probably lose within a week anyway.
So, I ask you what are your resolutions this year? What will make you feel like you have had a productive year or maybe enriched your life in someway? I invite you to be a “Do’er” like me. Maybe all of us together “doing” will actually accomplish something. Possibly I should let all of Congress to read this article, however, that is a conversation for another day and on another site! I hope 2010 is all you make it to be, whether it be in checklist form, mental form, or… hey, you can even leave it on this site so we can hold you to it. Go out and “Be all that you can be”…. oh wait that is the Army, “The Few the”….nope, Marines, Oh wait… here it is “Quit thinking about it and dreaming about it, and Do it!”
I resolved this year to NOT be such a “do’er” and to say no to more things. Haha. I’ve said no to one thing, then felt guilty and changed my mind…but at least I could say the word
I think you are right about that! Maybe you can spend more time doing things for yourself and not spread yourself too thin doing everything for everybody.
You have a very nice blog. This is our first visit. I didn’t really resolve much of anything except to try to eat healthy and stay healthy myself so I can continue to take care of all the animals that live here.
Thank you! I think you have some good resolutions. Sounds like you may have quite a few critters at home. Currently I have two large horses, one mini horse, three pygmy goats, a lop eared rabbit, and two dogs. I agree just keeping them all healthy and fed is a resolution in itself! I do enjoy having them though. They definitely enrich my life. I can’t count the number of extra laughs I have every day with all of them around.
An excellent resolution for the new year! Correct me if I’m wrong, but I understand you as saying that, by becoming “doers” (good word), we are not going to let our lives be run by negative thinking and by fear. I think it means saying “yes” to enjoying our lives, our riding, our horses when things are going smoothly and when they’re not. It means dealing with our horses by learning to tell them what TO do instead of what NOT to do. It means working on OURSELVES to be balanced and centered to help our horses become balanced and centered. It means realizing that the practice of doing this with our horses is most important not for blue ribbons but as a way of practicing to be able to this in dealing with ourselves, the people in our lives and the challenges that come to us. If I am right in my interpretation of your resolution, I am with you all the way and will gladly make this a large part of my resolution for 2010 and beyond. Thanks.
Well said, I must say, Harriet! An excellent interpretation and EXACTLY why I started this blog. I don’t want this blog to be all about me and what I think, but to act more as a trigger for readers to develop their own thoughts and ideas. Sometimes I think we get caught up too much in the rush of the world and forget to stop, think, and share our ideas. I find the occasional laugh quite therapeutic also. Not that all we should do is think…that is only one step in my “Doer” resolution. We should apply our positive thinking and learning to make our lives and our horse’s lives better! Bravo! I am glad you are with me!
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