It's at this time of a new year............I listen to the lists and resolutions

of others..............

while also pondering on what I hope to achieve with the brand new and clean slate I have been given.

And so many times, I often hear from the same ones,  later in the year..........that they did not make their resolution into a reality or that they threw that list away. I have found myself feeling the same way..............

 

But I have come to realize.........that sometimes, we have such big hopes that we try to take on and carry way too much...........

and although we work hard at our goals................we often wear ourselves out because of it all.

We often put too much on our plates.............

So go back and remember what our wise mothers use to always tell us............

Instead of piling our plates full of the wonderful things we want...............

start out small.............putting only a little at a time onto our plate...........

 

Work on organizing one corner a day in that cluttered room...........

then go back the next day and work on another corner...........

try to go one day without eating that  cookie............

then the next day, try not eating that bread............

 

weed only  a section of that garden...........

the weeds in the other part will wait and grow until the next day..........

 

if we find we want to handle more............

go get some more...............

but only in small quantities...........

then give it a rest and go back to it the next day.............

If we would try to remember that............I think we would be less overwhelmed and less exhausted,

and we might get more done..........

don't you agree?

 

Even the good Lord makes our sun go down to gently tell us...

Not so much in one day!  It's time to rest.

So here's hoping that you keep your list..........don't throw it away...........

but just check off the things that you can accomplish bit by bit..............

those big dreams............don't give them  up..............

work a little each day at making them come true!

And I'm sure they will!