BE IT RESOLVED....



Top Five Across The Land

1.  Lose Weight

2.  Improve Finances

3.  Exercise

4.  Get A New Job

5.  Eat Healthier

So, no argument with any of those.  I plan to do them all, with perhaps the exception of number 4 - however, when one is retired, anything that one does is a "new job."  :-}  I also resolve to shout fewer expletives at the TV when the Nuggets [and occasionally the CU men's basketball team] make bone-headed plays!  Since I never played organized football or hockey, I do not shout at the Broncos or the Avs.  This is not really a resolution, but I hope to win the lottery - suppose that in order to do that, I will have to buy a ticket.  A tentative resolution - I recently learned that the Bolder Boulder gives a ribbon and certificate to runners who complete the 10K in less than their age, so perhaps I will attempt to finish in under 68 minutes.  [Side note - 78-year-old Jose Cardenas ran 49:11!!]. 

Now more seriously, a few meaningful resolutions that should be embraced by all [first published in 1912]

I resolve to be an instrument of peace;

Where there is hatred, I will show love;

Where there is injury, pardon;

Where there is error, truth;

Where there is doubt, faith;

Where there is despair, hope;

Where there is darkness, light;

And where there is sadness, joy.

I resolve that I will not so much seek

To be consoled as to console;

To be understood as to understand;

To be loved as to love.