How Are We Doing?

The partying schedule is over. The calendar has turned to a new year. It’s the second day of the new year. New days are waiting for us with open arms. We have our list of what will make our lives better in the new year firmly in your grip. So … how are we doing?

Don’t Shoot for Perfection

New Year’s resolutions rarely stick to our lives past February. We may have the best of intentions … and what we want to do can be great for our lives … but we mustn’t set ourselves up for failure. Perfectionism is a killer of anything positive. Do what we can and congratulate ourselves on a job well done.

Don’t Play the Comparison Game

Last year is behind us. Learn from it, but leave it there. Maybe it was a great year for you … congratulations. That doesn’t mean this year will be the same. We need to focus on the good days ahead. Anticipate a wonderful year. But know God’s plans are not always our plans. I’m sure we can all look around and see people whose lives were crushed in an instant. Conversely, if last year was the worst year ever, this year could be your time to shine.

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What all that means is this: Life is a gift. We’ve done nothing to earn it. Love it. Love others in it.

Jesus Knew We’d Struggle

Jesus knew we’d struggle. Read the comfort he offers in Luke 12:22-26.

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life? Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?”

Here’s My Plan

Between you and me, I had some horrific experiences last year, but I had some of the sweetest as well. And I am grateful for them all. I’m choosing to take the lessons I learned into 2024. If I stumble along the way I know how to regain my footing. I know very well that experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want. That’s a win-win, right?

Let’s love ourselves in 2024. Embrace the experiences coming our way. If we can do that, when we’re asked how we’re doing, we can then smile and say fantastic.

Does that seem too lofty or out of reach? Drop me a note. Let’s chat.

What say you?

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