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Recipe for a Happy New Year

Recipe for a Happy New Year! Anonymous T ake twelve fine, full-grown months; see that these are thoroughly free from old memories of bitterness, rancor and hate, cleanse them completely from every clinging spite; pick off all specks of pettiness and littleness; in short, see that these months are freed from all the past—have them fresh and clean as when they first came from the great storehouse of Time. C ut these months into thirty or thirty-one equal parts. Do not attempt to make up the whole batch at one time (so many persons spoil the entire lot this way) but prepare one day at a time. I nto each day put equal parts of faith, patience, courage, work (some people omit this ingredient and so spoil the flavor of the rest), hope, fidelity, liberality, kindness, prayer, meditation, rest (leaving this out is like leaving the oil out of the salad dressing—don't do it), and one well-selected resolution. P ut in about one teaspoonful of good spirits, a dash...

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Bringing About True Change in 2013

Bad habits reap bad consequences.  I've preached this to my children for many years, hoping they will 'get it' and avoid habits and characteristics that lead to sorrow and pain.   But, you are never too old for this fact of life to impact you!  This Christmas found me battling some consequences of my own bad habits. Nothing terrible, but enough to want to produce some change. It stems from what we truly are...see, I like my personality that is easy going and laid back.  Some good points of this 'type B' personality are patience, peace, calmness, serenity etc.  My desire is to always add some joy in the mix for added sparkle in all that is done!   Some weaker areas of this personality type of mine are procrastination, tardiness, last minute motivation and poor planning.   These weaker points caught up with me this Christmas. For many years, our family has had a tradition that works well for us....