Today is, uhh January 4th? I've been meaning to write down some "objectives" for myself towards this coming new year. Resolutions is a very sketchy word, and like others, I don't like to use it because it's been butchered quite a bit. I've come across something that caught my attention recently and it said that it is one thing to have goals, but another to have goals and to write them down. Writing them down or recording them somewhere brings much higher success than just having them, so here I am, writing mine down.
I've thought long and hard, that's what she said, about these and I didn't want to just set some lame cliche'd things like get fit or stop eating so much, etc. This time of year, I think I've come to approach this slightly different than I would have done it before. Now that I have finally matured into somewhat more of a "adult", lol yeah right, I think I can take myself to the next step in making myself a better person.
Looking at a lot of my problems or weaknesses or whatever you want to call them, it comes down to one simple thing: confidence and faith in myself. Within a few years, I managed to lose all confidence and faith in myself in pretty much all aspects of my life. That's why some people might think that I like to "step on myself". But it's only because it's what I think about myself, so my opinion of myself shouldn't really be taken into that much of an account. Therefore, I need to build a little bit of confidence in myself so it can boost all the areas of me that need to be improved. Things like initiative, communication, work ethic, whatever else, there's a lot of things I don't usually mention to people but just the littlest bit of confidence can probably help me go a long way. I would also like to be able to stand firm in my opinions and views of different things in life. Everyone gets tested in their beliefs and values constantly and if someone is weak in their faiths and values, they could crumble under the pressure and start having doubts and having to rethink what they believe in. In terms of faith as an example, it would be important to be rooted in God's word to be able to be firm in what you believe and why because Christians are constantly put to the test about these things. So this is just basically a "brief" generalization of what I'm hoping to do.
Another thing is I want to be able to step up to become a leader or role model in any area that I can. This easily goes with inspire to inspire. I want to be dependable and approachable in any situation that I may have an influence on. A huge value of mine is to be able to take inspiration and using it to inspire others the same way it inspired me. I also want to take myself to another level in terms of worship, to be able to come out as a leader in this aspect that others can follow upon.
Welp, 2009 looks to be an interesting year and I hope we can all grow and learn from this thing called life. There will be highs, there will be lows, but as long as we stay faithful to God and each other, we will be fine. Of course there will be times when we feel like giving up on life, because I see that happen to me a lot, but this is where.....
Sometimes in our lives we all have pain
We all have sorrow
But if we are wise
We know that there's always tomorrow
Lean on me, when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
'Til I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on
Please swallow your pride
If I have things you need to borrow
For no one can fill those of your needs
That you won't let show
You just call on me brother, when you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem that you'll understand
We all need somebody to lean on
If there is a load you have to bear
That you can't carry
I'm right up the road
I'll share your load If you just call me
... thank you Bill Withers
Happy '09
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