BRAVE

I hate New Year's Resolutions, really really hate them.  I have a problem with setting unreachable goals Because if your going to set a goal it should be hard to achieve, and I'm kind sorta (okay absolutely) an overachiever so I think my goals should be really really hard, nigh onto unachieveable.  The problem with setting goals that are close to impossible is mostly you end up feeling like a failure.  I think now you might be able to understand why I have such a strong dislike for New Year's Resolutions. 

Because I this, a few years ago I stopped making New Year's Resolutions and totally switched gears to something else.  I choose one little word and spend the entire year focusing on that one little word.  The relief of focusing on a word instead of a goal you'll never achieve is that it takes little to no effort.  You can think about it when you are watching TV with your family, or when you are rushing around driving carpool, or when you are sitting at church.  I don't have to schedule time to think about it or feel badly that I didn't think about it enough today.  And yet focusing on just one little word has worked miracles in my life.  I've been changed more than by any impractical goal I'd ever made.

It may come as a surprise to some of you reading this that I don't think very highly of myself or my accomplishments.  It is something that I have struggled with my entire life.  I don't tell you this to create pity, or sadness, or comraderie, but so that you can understand me a little bit better.  I have been able to do some amazing things, but I know those amazing things happened because of help I received from other people.  Somehow my graditude to those people turned into a lack of confidence in myself.  So for 2012, I've choosen BRAVE as my one little word.  I want to be BRAVE enough to be proud of the things I do.  And BRAVE enough to try new things that scare me.  And BRAVE enough to be the person my Heavenly Father already knows I am.

I believe that power is given to anything you write down.  And power is given to the things you talk about.  So every now and again, I'll be giving BRAVE some power here on my blog.  Feel free to check in and see how my journey is going.  And if you haven't already made a goal this year, or even if you have, I challange you to pick one little word to focus on this year and watch as it changes your life..