January 22, 2019
Each approaching New Year, countless individuals resolve to make a resolution which only promises to be broken at the first sign of weakness. I have kept the same New Year’s Resolution since I was 21, to make no resolution but continue to improve myself by learning something new, travel somewhere away from my home and be generally, a good person. If I am not invited to partake in new year festivities, I rarely make the extra effort to stay awake to ring in the new year, rather I wake up to others’ celebrating, then just roll over and go back to sleep, as tomorrow’s just another day to try to meet my own goals.
Like a child, wondering a fine line between curiosity and daydreaming, I often enjoy learning something new, so long it is it peaks my interest … and keeps it. I put new skills to put into my cadre of hats, the same tattered one I’ve worn over many years at the same organization. My personality may reflect inert qualities to those who haven’t gotten to know me. While getting to know me, most realize not only do I thrive on challenges but immensely feel accomplished when crossing a task over the finish line. I am challenged by finding easier and better ways to completing something that’s been done the same way since the beginning of time. I proceed with anticipated caution and am aware of calculated risks and manage to remain successful in the many positions I held over the years as a result of these odd qualities. The sense of accomplishment when I successfully complete a task filled with a copious amounts of minutiae queries requiring concise and accurate responses is best compared to a child’s excitement upon opening gifts on Christmas morning.
In 1990, on one of my first airplane flights (though always fascinated by commercial aviation) I almost broke my Mom’s arm grabbing on to what I thought was the armrest as the giant KLM 747-400 took to flight. I broke into a cold sweat, grabbed the “armrest” and closed my eyes and wished I had more control of my destiny. However; this same trip, I began to surrender my fear of flying to my enjoyment of traveling and exploring somewhere outside the comforts of my own home. My fear of flying retreats as the excitement grows intensely as the departure date nears. I begin exploring and researching what exciting places to visit and salivate with anticipation which local cuisine will indulge my taste buds. With the many places I’ve travelled, I am filled with useless trivial facts and am bound to have a memorable experience with a story to share. Upon returning from my travels, the trip became nothing but a distant memory. As the creature comforts welcome me home, I am greeted back to my daily life’s routines, such as a suitcase filled with dirty laundry, I am ready to begin planning where my next journey with take me.
Those following my posts, hopefully have gotten to know me while those who thought they knew me may have found out a thing or more about me they never knew. My introverted personality often can be abrasive to some, …well… many at times, as I do much better in small group get-togethers than large group gatherings. Despite the reputation I created for myself, I was blessed in being raised by great parents and feel quite confident in that I strive to be and do good by always trying to doing what’s right. Sometimes it’s just a matter of just digging deeper than the staying on the surface is best in getting to know me. I am faith-driven individual and not necessarily the evangelical religious devout and don’t necessarily feel the need to go church to affirm my own faith. I do believe in the Golden Rule and to greet people warmly, smile sincerely, laugh lively and always be true to yourself, all of which are deep-rooted in my character from both my family and my faith. The individual, private relationship I like to keep with God has provided me direction and motivation throughout my life. I often think the poem, “Footprints” was written personally for me, it resonates the relationship I maintain with God, including conversations at the beach in which I was carried.
Each passing day, I become a better me, I shared how I become a better me through specific vagueness and not waiting to celebrate an incoming New Year with a resolution destined towards failure. How did my three goals make me better?
· Improving myself by learning something new, gave me patience me to be a lifelong learner and continue to grow in knowledge in areas not taught in schools but only taught by life’s experiences.
· Traveling somewhere away from my home allowed me to gain appreciate the beauty of people and cultures different than my own and see the beauty of our planet Earth.
· Being a good person has opened up opportunities to meet many people who crossed my journey in life; as cliché says, some for a season, some for a reason and some for lifetime. Each played a role in the person who I am today.
With my closing thoughts, I challenge you, to find a way to improve upon yourself. It is not until you and you alone, can decide when crossing the finish line whether or not you succeeded. It is then on your terms, you resolved to remain resolute in the hype of a New Year’s Resolution. Then when you awake the next morning and look into the mirror, you can honorably tell yourself, you are living life to the fullest and can look back with no regrets. It is then your resolution’s fate was met and not failed at the first sign of weakness and your life is fully lived.
Like a child, wondering a fine line between curiosity and daydreaming, I often enjoy learning something new, so long it is it peaks my interest … and keeps it. I put new skills to put into my cadre of hats, the same tattered one I’ve worn over many years at the same organization. My personality may reflect inert qualities to those who haven’t gotten to know me. While getting to know me, most realize not only do I thrive on challenges but immensely feel accomplished when crossing a task over the finish line. I am challenged by finding easier and better ways to completing something that’s been done the same way since the beginning of time. I proceed with anticipated caution and am aware of calculated risks and manage to remain successful in the many positions I held over the years as a result of these odd qualities. The sense of accomplishment when I successfully complete a task filled with a copious amounts of minutiae queries requiring concise and accurate responses is best compared to a child’s excitement upon opening gifts on Christmas morning.
In 1990, on one of my first airplane flights (though always fascinated by commercial aviation) I almost broke my Mom’s arm grabbing on to what I thought was the armrest as the giant KLM 747-400 took to flight. I broke into a cold sweat, grabbed the “armrest” and closed my eyes and wished I had more control of my destiny. However; this same trip, I began to surrender my fear of flying to my enjoyment of traveling and exploring somewhere outside the comforts of my own home. My fear of flying retreats as the excitement grows intensely as the departure date nears. I begin exploring and researching what exciting places to visit and salivate with anticipation which local cuisine will indulge my taste buds. With the many places I’ve travelled, I am filled with useless trivial facts and am bound to have a memorable experience with a story to share. Upon returning from my travels, the trip became nothing but a distant memory. As the creature comforts welcome me home, I am greeted back to my daily life’s routines, such as a suitcase filled with dirty laundry, I am ready to begin planning where my next journey with take me.
Those following my posts, hopefully have gotten to know me while those who thought they knew me may have found out a thing or more about me they never knew. My introverted personality often can be abrasive to some, …well… many at times, as I do much better in small group get-togethers than large group gatherings. Despite the reputation I created for myself, I was blessed in being raised by great parents and feel quite confident in that I strive to be and do good by always trying to doing what’s right. Sometimes it’s just a matter of just digging deeper than the staying on the surface is best in getting to know me. I am faith-driven individual and not necessarily the evangelical religious devout and don’t necessarily feel the need to go church to affirm my own faith. I do believe in the Golden Rule and to greet people warmly, smile sincerely, laugh lively and always be true to yourself, all of which are deep-rooted in my character from both my family and my faith. The individual, private relationship I like to keep with God has provided me direction and motivation throughout my life. I often think the poem, “Footprints” was written personally for me, it resonates the relationship I maintain with God, including conversations at the beach in which I was carried.
Each passing day, I become a better me, I shared how I become a better me through specific vagueness and not waiting to celebrate an incoming New Year with a resolution destined towards failure. How did my three goals make me better?
· Improving myself by learning something new, gave me patience me to be a lifelong learner and continue to grow in knowledge in areas not taught in schools but only taught by life’s experiences.
· Traveling somewhere away from my home allowed me to gain appreciate the beauty of people and cultures different than my own and see the beauty of our planet Earth.
· Being a good person has opened up opportunities to meet many people who crossed my journey in life; as cliché says, some for a season, some for a reason and some for lifetime. Each played a role in the person who I am today.
With my closing thoughts, I challenge you, to find a way to improve upon yourself. It is not until you and you alone, can decide when crossing the finish line whether or not you succeeded. It is then on your terms, you resolved to remain resolute in the hype of a New Year’s Resolution. Then when you awake the next morning and look into the mirror, you can honorably tell yourself, you are living life to the fullest and can look back with no regrets. It is then your resolution’s fate was met and not failed at the first sign of weakness and your life is fully lived.
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