Welcome on this first Sunday of the New Year. I won’t ask you to raise your hand if you are still keeping the resolutions you made 2 days ago.

Andy Simmons, the Senior Editor for Readers Digest says that he keeps all of his New Year’s resolutions, every single one. How does he do it? Quite simple, really. After years of introspection he says he has developed a healthy understanding of what he can and cannot do. Therefore, he keeps his resolutions realistic. For example, a few years ago he resolved to gain five pounds. And he did. Last year he decided that he didn’t know enough curse words. Today, he says, his vocabulary is much richer. And as for this coming year? He says, “This will be the year I don’t clean up my garage.” (1)

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