HAPPY GNU YEAR TO ALL OUR READERS
Welcome 2024 and may you be better than last year and may all our readers be blessed.
Traditionally this is the time to make new resolutions for the year ahead. Ideally, these should be targeted, achievable, and measurable.
Targeted - because they address a particular cause or issue you wish to address.
Achievable - because there's no point in having a resolution you cannot keep. Like, by the end of the year I'll be an astronaut. Forget it ... it won't happen!
Measurable - because you can tell how you're progressing and to ensure you don't give up.
For this year, my New Year's resolution is to carry a potato or two in my pockets at all time.
Targeted - Because potatoes have eyes but they cannot see. Those little white buds from a potato are the beginning of new growth. They are called eyes where I'm from. But they don't look at you and judge you and reprimand you when you do wrong. They are a reminder that we too should not judge others. We may be able to see but it does not mean we should comment on everything we see and don't approve of.
Achievable - Easy, potatoes are cheap and fit well in one's trouser pockets.
Measurable - The potatoes are either there or not!
Another advantage in potatoes is that they are so versatile. You can boil them, mash them, fry them as in French fries, make them into chips, bake them, you can make Dauphinoise potatoes and so many other recipes too. Which you cannot do with an armadillo. And also you can't carry an armadillo in your pocket as easily as a potato.
Alternative Resolution:
How about being kind to someone every week. It could be anyone; spouse, children, family, friends or even strangers you don't know. Ideally, be kind without them knowing. By the end of the year you would have helped 52 people without them knowing it.
Targeted and Achievable if you put your mind to it. Measurable if you keep a secret diary of your weekly kindnesses. By Christmas you'll be able to read them back and discover that you are a good person who made God proud of you.
And here is me
playing the harmonica
just for YOU.
YOUR NEW YEAR'S
RESOLUTION
"How about being kind to someone every week."
ReplyDeleteA wonderful idea!
Happy New Year, Victor. Can you believe it is 2024? The Covid lockdowns were FOUR years ago! Tempus fugit. Time flies.
Best wishes for the New Year to you and yours, Sandi. Yes, time flies like an arrow. And fruit flies like bananas.
DeleteGod bless you and your family.
Love your New Year's Resolution about being kind to someone every week! Such a good one, hope you have an amazing New Year!
ReplyDeletexoxo, MIDORI
https://www.midorilinea.com/blogs/midori-linea/designer-life-to-mommy-life
Thank you Midori; it's nice to see you here. Please call again often and invite your friends. With best wishes. God bless.
Delete...Victor, I wish you a Healthy and Happy New Year.
ReplyDeleteAnd the same to you and yours always, Tom. God bless.
DeleteI've been struggling to choose One Word for 2024, Victor, but you may have given it to me here. KIND! I'll listen closely to hear what God may be saying to me about choosing this beautiful word that reminds us of how the Lord wants us to act.
ReplyDeleteBlessings for a Happy New Year!
Kind is a good word, Martha. But so is potato. You'll never see a potato again without being kind to someone.
DeleteMay you have a wonderful time and may the New Year bring you joy, happiness and good health to you and yours. God bless you all.
Whew! For a minute there I thought I was back in the Corporate world reading someone's Mission Statement. Except, yours is both wise and entertaining. Who'd have guessed the meek potato could hold so much promise?
ReplyDeleteIf my calculations are correct, it's about time y'all uncork the bubbly. However you choose to usher in the new year, I hope it's a joyous time!
Yep ... just 27 minutes away from midnight over here Mevely. Wishing you and yours great happiness always and good health and whatever else you desire for yourself and yours. Happy New Year and God bless always.
DeleteI like the potato idea! Just better not let it get rotten! Rotten potatoes do make a real stink! Happy New Year to you too. I don't do resolutions but am working on a "One Word" for the year. It's still in the works, but should make an appearance soon! See you next year with my potato eyes!
ReplyDeleteI have found that potatoes are easier to carry in one's pocket than an armadillo. Armadillos can be dangerous too.
DeleteGod bless you and your family always, Pamela. Wishing you all the best in 2024 and beyond.
Thank you for the wisdom you share disguised as humor. You have given me interesting things to consider. I enjoy your blog. Blessed New Year. Thanks for the harmonica solo, too!
ReplyDeleteMany thanx for your continued visits here, Barbara. I much appreciate them; and your kind words too. I wish you and your family all the best this New Year and always. God bless you all.
DeleteStopping by to wish you a Happy and Healthy New Year Victor.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
Thank you so much, Jan, for your good wishes. May your New Year 2024 be much better than those before and may you and yours be always happy and blessed.
DeleteGod bless always.
It has been our pleasure to be allowed to share your faith and fun over the past year. Hoping you forget the Potatoes and continue.........
ReplyDeleteLove from this side. Try to be good this year and life will be better for ALL of us.
Again, Thanks always for ALL prayers. Praying, hoping , and
trusting that 2024 will be better than 22& 23. It has got to be!
I join you in prayer Jack and Sherry that 2024 will be better than the last 3 years. It's been difficult so far for many of us. I believe that what unites us is our faith, and our hopes and beliefs. At the end of the day - we either believe in God, or we don't. On that hangs our past, present and eternal future.
DeleteI continue to pray for you and your family. God bless always.
You are kind to us every time you post, as your posts are entertaining and thought provoking.
ReplyDeleteI pray you and your family have a blessed and beautiful 2024!
Thank you for your kindness and generous words to me, Mimi. And your prayers also. Praying for you and yours and wishing you all the best this year and always. God bless.
Deletethecontemplativecat here Better watch those spuds/praties -- they will take over your pockets. The eyes are fast growing.
ReplyDeleteOh, I change the potatoes as soon as they started sprouting. By the end of the year I'll have a field full of them.
DeleteGod bless, Susan.
Happy Gnu Year to you too.
ReplyDeleteThank you Kathy. Let's hope we have a lot of Good Gnus this year.
DeleteGod bless always.