MOYNA'S RAMBLINGS (6)

A NEW YEAR, A NEW BEGINNING...It's time for that proverbial New Year's Resolution. I haven't made one since my 20's; I've never kept them, so why make one? It's just something that depresses you because you KNOW, and you DO, fail... How long can you be successful? A day, a week, or maybe, if you're really strong (or lucky), a month? Most of us resolve to lose weight - I can't even COUNT the number of times I've made that one (New Year's and other various times of the year)!! Three weeks is about the longest I've lasted - then, before you know it, it's Martin Luther King's birthday, so what do we do? Go out to dinner & celebrate! After that, you've ruined your diet, so why bother? Failed once again...

This year WILL BE DIFFERENT!!! For one, I'm actually making a resolution. This is from a message I heard this morning -
My Resolution: "TO REJOICE EVERMORE" and "IN EVERY THING GIVE THANKS FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS CONCERNING YOU." (I Thes. 5)
The pastor spoke of how everyone has problems, but it's how we handle them. Most people think as they go through something, that they are the only one with this problem - or the only person that has a problem. Afterall, everyone around them is doing well. I've never been one to believe I'm the only one with problems, just that I seem to have more than most!! I just need a breather once-in-awhile. I've always thanked & praised God for what I'm going through, though sometimes I really don't mean it...I don't do it with a joyful heart, rejoicing in my circumstances. It's always easy to be happy & rejoice when we are being blessed by God. How many of us, though, are really joyful when trials come our way? Not too many, I'd wager. So, this year I will work on having a joyful heart - 24/7. I doubt (there's a word of failure...) if I will be perfect by the end of 2007, but I HOPE (there's the word for success!!) I will be further along than where I am now. And I know if God is there helping me, I have to succeed with my resolution for this year!! Now, you all have to keep in mind that I'm married to Fred Hudson - my success will be small steps, not leaps & bounds...!!! Just kiddding, Fred - ha, ha, ha!!!

Fred & I will ring in the New Year in our usual way...Fred will be asleep and I will watch the ball drop from NYC on tv. Then, a couple of the kids in the neighborhood will shoot off firecrackers!
We will get up tomorrow morning, have a nice breakfast, and remark how we can't believe it's another year already. Time goes by so fast as you get older. Then by mid-morning, I will lose Fred's attention because he will be watching Auburn play Nebraska in the Cotton Bowl.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As I sit here, 7:30 p.m. on New Year's Eve, the neighborhood kids have begun with the firecrackers & fireworks early - they usually wait until midnight. Lots & lots of firecrackers... And Fred sleeps through it all.