My New Year's Resolution

Isn't it exciting to come upon a new year. It is like a new beginning almost. You can go back and see your problems, learn from them, and go on. I have some different aspects I wish to change about myself which I wish to discuss.

The first category which I wish to change this year in my realtionship with my Heavenly Father. This year I am going to be more diligent and faithful in reading the Word and in spending time in prayer constantly. I want to be able to feel the prescence of the Holy Spirit like never before. I haven't been a good child towards a holy father. I am going to build myself up to the tempations and the worldly desires. Of course, I cannot have any success without the power of the Holy Spirit.

My second category is my mentality as a whole. I am going to become a more intelligent and well rounded man who uses common sense and thinks through his problems. I want to become a man who reads. I want to learn from the men and women who have come before me by reading them. One can learn so much by reading. I wish to have a set number of books to read for a month. Also, I wish to become more organized and neat. By doing this, I will be able to think more clearly. I want to be able to think without feeling or emotions getting in the way. I am not saying that I do not want to have emotions or feelings, but I do not want them to affect my thinking skills in a negative way.

My third category is my health. I want to become the most healthiest that I have ever been in my life. I want to become a man of exercise and discipline. I want also be the strongest I have ever been. I want to eat corectly which will make me feel better. When I feel more healthy, it will affect my whole self and every area will aprrove.
All of these categories connect--- the mind, spirit and body. I will improve in all these areas which will make me as a person better. All of these improvements are not for myself, but they are for the pupose of the kingdom. Ultimately I wish to become a better citizen of the Kingdom of God.