New Years Resolution

by Priscilla Eldridge

There alot of things to look forward to in the new year. It has nothing to do with resolutions. It is new oppurtunities, a chance to day dream about the future, short term and relatively long term. Setting realistic goals.

I want to start out the new year with the man of my dreams, be the women of his dreams. I want to finish the year with him. This year I turn 18, I graduate, I join the army, I move out of the house, I move in with Him. See, a lot is going on in this next year. This reflection is a result of this...date...It is something to be celebrated. Right now, I can see a millin people quitting smoking, or drinking, or losing weight, deciding to be better peoplr, and just generally making changes in their life for the better. I never thought of it before because i see things to close up or to far away, but this is a new year! I am seeing this come in, I am doing what I want to do with it. I am not going to be a victim of life's circumstances. You do what you want to do. There is no such thing as beyond your control!

The new year is an opportunity for reflecting, for seeing yourself in a new light. When I think about a resolution, I am forced to think about myself as a flawed creature who has changes and improvements to make. I will not allow myself to be controlled by outside forces. They may influence me, but what I do is 100% my decision. Macbeth held the bloody dagger in his hand. People were asked who's fault duncan's murder was. People said the gaurds, the witches, lady macbeth; That's Bull! It was macbeth who stabbed duncan.

Everything I do, If I am told to do it, lead to do it, taught, forced, or just influenced, what I do I do! My life is my own. I will not be a victim of life's circumstances. Everything I do is my own fault, just as when I accomplish a mission it is my accomplishment. Gratititude is due to my leaders, my teachers, my instructors, but what I do, I do! My life is mine. I can do with it as I please. I don't have to do anything. I would like to be responsible and do what I have promised to do. Keeping my promise to do an important job has a higher priority than making sergeant tellain happy. Earning money does as well. Making a nice dinner this weekend may have a higher priority than doing something spectacular in february. It may be the other way around. Who knows? But these decisions are all mine to make! I am a creature who was made with free will. I am not a victim of life's circumstances. I will let go of the past, embrace the future, I will be my own person. I will remember that what I do, I do. This is my resolution.