tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988934624330420390.post3444191130298813322..comments2023-10-20T02:36:09.554-07:00Comments on Change Your Life!: Frank Sinatra Blue Moon "Happy New Year"Better Home Businesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15176743932764129291noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988934624330420390.post-11886606493007337862010-01-01T07:26:53.946-08:002010-01-01T07:26:53.946-08:00New year offers the chance for a fresh start
By AB...New year offers the chance for a fresh start<br />By ABBY Universal Press Syndicate<br /><br />Dear Readers: <br /><br />Can you believe it's 2010? It's the 10th anniversary of Y2K. It seems like only yesterday ... But a new year has arrived, bringing with it our chance for a new beginning.<br /><br />Today is the day we discard destructive old habits for healthy new ones, so with that in mind, I will share Dear Abby's often-requested list of New Year's Resolutions — which were adapted by my mother, Pauline Phillips, from the original credo of Al-Anon.<br /><br />Just for today: I will live through this day only. I will not brood about yesterday or obsess about tomorrow. I will not set far-reaching goals or try to overcome all of my problems at once.<br /><br />I know that I can do something for 24 hours that would overwhelm me if I had to keep it up for a lifetime.<br /><br />Just for today: I will be happy. I will not dwell on thoughts that depress me. If my mind fills with clouds, I will chase them away and fill it with sunshine.<br /><br />Just for today: I will accept what is. I will face reality. I will correct those things that I can correct and accept those I cannot.<br /><br />Just for today: I will improve my mind. I will read something that requires effort, thought and concentration. I will not be a mental loafer.<br /><br />Just for today: I will make a conscious effort to be agreeable. I will be kind and courteous to those who cross my path, and I'll not speak ill of others. I will improve my appearance, speak softly, and not interrupt when someone else is talking.<br /><br />Just for today, I will refrain from improving anybody but myself.<br /><br />Just for today: I will do something positive to improve my health. If I'm a smoker, I'll quit. If I am overweight, I will eat healthfully — if only just for today. And not only that, I will get off the couch and take a brisk walk, even if it's only around the block.<br /><br />Just for today: I will gather the courage to do what is right and take responsibility for my own actions.<br /><br />And now, Dear Readers, I would like to share an item that was sent to me by I.J. Bhatia, a reader who lives in New Delhi, India:<br /><br />Dear Abby: <br /><br />This year, no resolutions, only some guidelines. The Holy Vedas say, “Man has subjected himself to thousands of self-inflicted bondages. Wisdom comes to a man who lives according to the true eternal laws of nature.”<br /><br />DEAR ABBY<br />P.O. Box 69440<br />Los Angeles, CA 90069<br />http://www.DearAbby.comBetter Home Businesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15176743932764129291noreply@blogger.com