Resolutions. It seems like each new year a fresh round of them bombard our social media feeds. They are usually pretty typical: losing weight, getting fit, eating better, quitting smoking, traveling more, and the list goes on and on. But three months down the road if you happen to meet up with those people, where have their “resolutions” gone? Have they lost any weight? Are they still actively exercising? Did those dreams of traveling to Acapulco get side-swiped by the reality of their job or family obligations? It’s as if all of their cookie-cutter resolutions were spewed out by a defective resolution robot. The term “resolution” is an interesting one, stemming from the root “resolute”, which according to Dictionary.com means: Firmly resolved or determined, set in purpose or opinion. Does that sound like what we do every year? Or does it seem like what that should really say is “temporarily resolved”? (Side note: If our forefathers had been as “resolute” as w...
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