It is time to ring in the 2011 year. For some of us, it is just another year. For the rest of us, it is finally graduation year. It took us twelve years, but now the class of 2011 can finally breathe a sigh of relief and say with confidence that the high school chapter of their lives is done and another chapter can begin. Besides graduation, now is the time of year when people are tossing there old ones and writing fresh New Year’s resolutions. While some people scan there old list, they realize what they could have achieved during the past year but failed to do. When writing the new resolutions, everyone says this at some point: This year, I am going to keep these resolutions no matter what! It is possible that some people keep them because they realize that all it takes is a little bit of initiative. Webster dictionary defines initiative as “the beginning step in a process”. The most popular resolution is to lose the extra weight packed on during the candy cane and eggnog-filled holidays. If someone was serious about it they would take the initiative and get a gym membership or start working out at home. Martin Luther King once said “you don’t have to see the entire staircase, just take the first step”. When you do not see results of your efforts in the first couple of weeks, maybe months, do not give up. It may take a while of trying, but if you try hard enough and consistently, you are guaranteed to achieve whatever it is that you are trying to succeed. I guess another term for that would be perseverance. Just because your old resolutions went in the trash, it does not mean that your new ones will. (well they probably will, just with a different mentality).
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