My health and fitness goal blends in with meeting financial goals. ie. drinking less wine on a daily basis = $20-$70 per day saved. (Depending on each wine I pull out of the closet)
Hey Bil. Good one for the karmic among us. But what about the associated concept of forgiveness as it relates to healing. Remember the TRC (Truth and Reconciliation Commission) that was formed in South Africa after apartheid? It was determined that remorse was necessary for true forgiveness. “…to forgive is divine” as Pope said. But. human forgiveness is something else. I think apologies are needed…but I am not holding my breath. With you on this hermano. dr j
I have been doing annual goals for 20 years and I set them up based on the 4 categories that you have listed but there wasn't an option for All of the Above so I went with Health and Fitness (and Spiritual health) because without that, the other categories goals are all harder to achieve.
I don't do resolutions. It makes no sense to me to wait for a predetermined time/date to decide to change a behaviour -- change it or don't. Why wait? I do, however, adopt guiding principles (and they don't necessarily occur at New Year's). Currently my guiding principle is "This is life, the one you get, so if not now, when?" This mash-up principle is taken from a recent column.
Thank you. Once again you surprised me. I love the main article ( the apology you didn't get.) FANTASTIC . I very much believe in Karma. & the thought of the apology that l never got....nor ever will get blew my mind. Thank you once again.
I tend to do goal setting on my birthday rather than at the new year. Just works better for me. What I do in January is look at the year for vacations, classes, healthcare and races and plot them into the calendar.
No resolutions for me at my age. Have so been there done that and over it.
Speaking of Jimmy Carter, I used to belong to the Friendship Force Intnl. back in the day. While the concept of international cultural exchanges for people was founded by a Mr Wayne Smith, it was introduced by President Carter in 1977. Back in 2008 I got to go to Peru with my local FF group. Great time for 15 days. Stayed with local members or lodging facilities and saw a good bit of the country and its people. By the way, FFI is still active for those who may be interested in such.
So I have accepted never getting my apology I deserve. Met my wife when she was 13 started dating 16 got married 27 I was 29. I was in car accident broke my back, along with other complications due to T.B.I. so We flipped the rolls and I played homemaker taking care of my Grandparents, and raised out kids (2 boy and girl) she worked. you think you spend your life knowing everything about the person you love. At the end of the day I knew nothing. She waited till both kids were over 18 and bounced to another state with the father of our ring bearer and flower child in our wedding 22 years ago. 4 days before valentine day and a few couple more till our wedding anniversary. 1 year later on the morning of our anniversary I was served with divorce papers at 730am. This just happen to wrap up on the 9th of December 2024. In all fairness we both screw up our marriage so i'm just as at fault for that. However the way she did this is just evil. leaving me with nothing I have a roof over my head (from my Grandparents') So Apologies nah not worth it way past all that now. I accept that I am a much bigger person to be able to accept it. All I can do is say I wish her the best of luck.
I wonder who out there in the universe is waiting for my apology? And if there’s a way to offer up one? One can only hope they see this and get on with an easier life. Who is R. Brault? Did I miss that?
I try to avoid setting unrealistic expectations so I don’t look for apologies I never received. What I do is let things go. I only have so much bandwidth. If I give any away to someone that should apologize but does not I am giving my bandwidth to that person. If it is something important I realize I don’t need those toxic people in my life.
My health and fitness goal blends in with meeting financial goals. ie. drinking less wine on a daily basis = $20-$70 per day saved. (Depending on each wine I pull out of the closet)
Hey Bil. Good one for the karmic among us. But what about the associated concept of forgiveness as it relates to healing. Remember the TRC (Truth and Reconciliation Commission) that was formed in South Africa after apartheid? It was determined that remorse was necessary for true forgiveness. “…to forgive is divine” as Pope said. But. human forgiveness is something else. I think apologies are needed…but I am not holding my breath. With you on this hermano. dr j
I have been doing annual goals for 20 years and I set them up based on the 4 categories that you have listed but there wasn't an option for All of the Above so I went with Health and Fitness (and Spiritual health) because without that, the other categories goals are all harder to achieve.
I don't do resolutions. It makes no sense to me to wait for a predetermined time/date to decide to change a behaviour -- change it or don't. Why wait? I do, however, adopt guiding principles (and they don't necessarily occur at New Year's). Currently my guiding principle is "This is life, the one you get, so if not now, when?" This mash-up principle is taken from a recent column.
Health and fitness become year long goals so to me it isn’t a News Years Resolution
Thank you. Once again you surprised me. I love the main article ( the apology you didn't get.) FANTASTIC . I very much believe in Karma. & the thought of the apology that l never got....nor ever will get blew my mind. Thank you once again.
The apology you never got... how freeing that thought and action is! Thanks for sharing, Bill!
I tend to do goal setting on my birthday rather than at the new year. Just works better for me. What I do in January is look at the year for vacations, classes, healthcare and races and plot them into the calendar.
No resolutions for me at my age. Have so been there done that and over it.
Speaking of Jimmy Carter, I used to belong to the Friendship Force Intnl. back in the day. While the concept of international cultural exchanges for people was founded by a Mr Wayne Smith, it was introduced by President Carter in 1977. Back in 2008 I got to go to Peru with my local FF group. Great time for 15 days. Stayed with local members or lodging facilities and saw a good bit of the country and its people. By the way, FFI is still active for those who may be interested in such.
Bill, are you on Bluesky yet?
So I have accepted never getting my apology I deserve. Met my wife when she was 13 started dating 16 got married 27 I was 29. I was in car accident broke my back, along with other complications due to T.B.I. so We flipped the rolls and I played homemaker taking care of my Grandparents, and raised out kids (2 boy and girl) she worked. you think you spend your life knowing everything about the person you love. At the end of the day I knew nothing. She waited till both kids were over 18 and bounced to another state with the father of our ring bearer and flower child in our wedding 22 years ago. 4 days before valentine day and a few couple more till our wedding anniversary. 1 year later on the morning of our anniversary I was served with divorce papers at 730am. This just happen to wrap up on the 9th of December 2024. In all fairness we both screw up our marriage so i'm just as at fault for that. However the way she did this is just evil. leaving me with nothing I have a roof over my head (from my Grandparents') So Apologies nah not worth it way past all that now. I accept that I am a much bigger person to be able to accept it. All I can do is say I wish her the best of luck.
I wonder who out there in the universe is waiting for my apology? And if there’s a way to offer up one? One can only hope they see this and get on with an easier life. Who is R. Brault? Did I miss that?
I try to avoid setting unrealistic expectations so I don’t look for apologies I never received. What I do is let things go. I only have so much bandwidth. If I give any away to someone that should apologize but does not I am giving my bandwidth to that person. If it is something important I realize I don’t need those toxic people in my life.
Always working on health and fitness so it is never a resolution.
Have put the apology thing on hold till he and I meet in heaven in reconciliation.
Realizing this is a rerun, just couldn't help but think this one would work for your Optimism format as well.
Still waiting to hear more about "unusual high-altitude balloons".