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In the effective living side of my stress management programs, I always recommend people skip the New Year’s Resolutions so many believe in. Instead, I recommend listing the qualities we want to embody in the New Year: vitality, integrity, faith, consistency…fill in your own.
I bring this up now, 50 days into the New Year, because it’s about the right time to ask ourselves: how are my New Year’s Resolutions going? Am I keeping my resolutions and making progress with my goals?
The German poet/playwright Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, usually referred to simply as “Goethe”, said:
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
Now how do you think you’re doing with your New Year’s Resolutions?
A personal credo can include all the qualities you want to embody for the year.
Goethe said:
“For the New Year, I would wish to have
Strength enough to battle with difficulties and overcome them,
Love enough to move me to be useful and helpful to others,
Faith enough to make real the things of God, and
Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future.”
So what would your personal credo be? How would your credo compare with his? The more we are in step with our values and desired qualities, the more we find we’re Healthy, Happy, and Loving Lifesm? It’s up to you!
Kebba Buckley Button is a stress solutions expert, holistic guide, and award-winning author who celebrates life. She has a longtime energy healing practice and is an ordained minister. Among her books are: Discover The Secret Energized You (http://tinyurl.com/b44v3br), Inspirations for Peace Within: Quotes and Images to Uplift and Inspire, and Sacred Meditation: Embracing the Divine. The books are available on Amazon and through Kebba’s office. To email us, kebba@kebba.com .
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Healthy Happy Loving Life! 
For sure, I cannot improve upon Goethe. Right now, I’m working on a few things. I am keeping a visual journal, and I am participating in a 60 day fitness challenge. I’m in the second month and I can see and feel changes. It is so good!
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Alice, (laughing), who could improve on Goethe? He had all day with no television or internet to distract him from writing and doing plays. We reap the benefits now of his writing then. Now about this 60-day fitness program– congratulations! I thought your face looked thinner. Is it a program you designed? The main thing is that you are feeling better! You know me– I want you to be Healthy Happy Loving Life!
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I’ve always liked that quote from Goethe.
Many years ago, I stopped making New Year resolutions. Instead, I pick a theme and accompanying values, and evaluate them at the end of every quarter. So far, I’m on target and feeling good about my progress, thank God.
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Florence, fantastic! That’s really close to my system. Thank you!
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I don’t make New Year Resolutions but I try to better myself from the previous year. It’s almost like a challenge for me so I can prove to myself that I can accomplish the things I’m working on with God.
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