Showing posts with label New Year. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Year. Show all posts

01 January 2015

2015

One of the most talked about men of 2014 has given us our resolutions - real solutions - for this new year here in the City of God on earth.

Thanks, Papa Francis. You're the best. So good to us. :)



– “Take care of your spiritual life, your relationship with God, because this is the backbone of everything we do and everything we are.”

– “Take care of your family life, giving your children and loved ones not just money, but most of all your time, attention and love.”

– “Take care of your relationships with others, transforming your faith into life and your words into good works, especially on behalf of the needy.”

– “Be careful how you speak, purify your tongue of offensive words, vulgarity and worldly decadence.”

– “Heal wounds of the heart with the oil of forgiveness, forgiving those who have hurt us and medicating the wounds we have caused others.”

– “Look after your work, doing it with enthusiasm, humility, competence, passion and with a spirit that knows how to thank the Lord.”

– “Be careful of envy, lust, hatred and negative feelings that devour our interior peace and transform us into destroyed and destructive people.”

– “Watch out for anger that can lead to vengeance; for laziness that leads to existential euthanasia; for pointing the finger at others, which leads to pride; and for complaining continually, which leads to desperation.”

– “Take care of brothers and sisters who are weaker … the elderly, the sick, the hungry, the homeless and strangers, because we will be judged on this.”

05 January 2014

New Year, New Post

Day five of the new year. It's sunny and bright. It is cold for here, though. I wore boots and tights to Mass this morning. I'm still wearing the tights, but now they're covered by sweat pants. The dress has been exchanged for a big hoodie. I've had one cup of coffee. I don't need another cup. I may have one anyway.

The Chargers are playing their first playoff game. I wonder if it will be their last.

It's a new year. A new year. What am I going to do about it?

Breathe.

I'm going to breathe. I'm going to breathe first, and talk second. I'm going to breathe before I act. I'm going to make myself slow down.

Let go.

I'm going to let go of the worry. The stress. The panic. The fretting about what other people think. I'm going to do my job at work, nothing more, nothing less. I'm going to let go of the desire to be perfect - I can't - and now won't - be everyone's perfect girl. 

Jump in.

Pick up both feet off the ground and jump. Don't be scared. Not of myself. Not of other people. I will find that courage that I have somewhere inside.

Lean.

On God. I need to lean on Him. I need to talk to Him more. I need to thank Him more. I need to let Him keep me company. I need to let Him in.  I need to let Him help me... not that He doesn't already, because He does, but I need to see when and how He is helping me and be grateful for it. I need to accept that it's happening, moment to moment.

Happy Sunday, lovelies.