Realize that the perspectives you adopt, such as hope and promise, are choices. Realize that the actions you take in the days and weeks to come are the determinants of the quality of life you’ll enjoy in 2009. Realize that the decisions you make today will contribute to the intensity of the adventure you're about to experience over the course of the four seasons to come. Realize that the greater importance you place upon your own ability to function and perform at your best, the greater joy you bring to those who rely upon you as well as those you love.
2009 is yours to create. This goes far beyond another resolution. You can chart the course, and love every minute of it. You can choose your emotions. You can choose your health. You can choose your body. There isn't any need, nor is there any value, in emotions such as envy and regret. There isn't any value in self-criticism and desperate resolution. Don’t resolve. Commit. Really commit. That doesn't mean be perfect. We are prone to human fallibility and perfection is a quest that only leads to a sense of failure.
Don't be perfect. Be your best.
~Phil Kaplan
Thursday, January 1, 2009
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