NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS

I wonder if you make New Year resolutions…I don’t but for some weird reason I have a feeling that there may have been a time when I did. If I ever made any, I probably forgot them before the 7th of January. But why do we bother making them in the first place? By the way, did any of you make a New Year resolution? Would you like to share them with us?

There seems to be something attractive about them many people make new year’s resolutions every year – you know – eat more salad and less chocolate (totally unrealistic!), be more loving and caring, learn a new language (bonjour, gracias,…) , start dancing or singing classes etc. The thing about resolutions is that you either feel under pressure to keep them or you just forget them or if you are iron-willed you may keep it going till say, March or April and then slightly modify them, in order to make them achievable so that you don’t feel so bad about yourself.

I think that people generally make resolutions they think will help them be better people than they are. We always want to outdo our siblings, neighbours and friends (we may not want to admit it though); we want to look better than ever, dress more trendy or whacky, depending on what your particular reaction is to the contemporary styles. I personally have no sense of style neither do I have any idea as to what is in vogue or not, do I care?...hmm…err…hmm…let me think…hmm…err… NO!!! I happen to be very old fashioned by the way.

I think I prefer to have hopes and dreams or heart-felt desires instead of resolutions. My best and only strategy for doing anything about my hopes and dreams or heart-felt desires is sharing them with God. I share them with God because I know that without Him there is no point to them and without His help I may not even get to dream or imagine these things. I know that without God my dreams and hopes are empty, nothing…

By the way, God has done for me many of the things I have dreamt about and hoped for over the years and I know that there is more to come, for all this I give God the thanks and praise. In fact one of the things I hoped for this year has already been granted. For that I say a big HALLELUJAH!

Try sharing your new year’s resolutions, your hopes and dreams, your whole life with God and see what happens…

I hope you have all resolved to come to the Festival this year and every year.

Au revoir mes amis I shall go now for I feel like getting myself a cup of tea.

God bless you all xxx