The tradition of setting New Years' resolutions dates all the way back to the early Roman Empire. The Romans believed that one of their mythological kings, Janus, had two faces and could therefore see both backwards into the old year and forwards into the new year. They offered gifts to Janus in hopes that he would forgive them of their trespasses from the previous year and help them achieve their goals in the coming year. Even after the mythical element involving King Janus was removed from the celebration of the New Year, the tradition of setting goals for the New Year remained.
For the last few years, I have not been in the habit of making resolutions because I can never seem to keep them, but this year I am going to try again. This blog is my first attempt. Although I have already failed somewhat because I'm starting one day late, but I figure I have the whole year to make up for it.
Now, I am nowhere near the writers that both of my sisters are and this blog will probably turn out to simply be documentation of my senseless ramblings, but I have a few reasons for wanting to write:
#1: I foresee a lot of substantial changes occurring in my life this year that might be worth recording. This May, I am graduating with my masters degree in athletic training from the University of South Carolina, following which, hopefully, I will be gainfully employed. This first official full-time athletic training job will most definitely have an impact on the direction of the course set for the rest of my life. This is a beginning I would like to remember.
#2: It would be both arrogant and stupid of me to believe that the changes of the next year will be purely coincidental, just a picture of my destiny or the result of my stunning ability to wow potential future employers with my incredible brilliance, uncomparable skill set, and a resume that is second-to-none. Instead, I am very much aware that my future and the course of my life has always been and will forever be set, put in motion and one day brought to completion by the One who began it.
"All the days ordained for me were written in Your
book before one of them came to be."
Psalm 139:16
I pray that whatever happens in this next year I will remember what my mom and dad always said, "Remember who you are and whose you are." I am a child of God and I belong to Him. May this year be full of moments, hours, weeks and months when I allow Him to use me to bring all glory to Himself and may this blog be a reflection of that glory.
#3: I always have something to say. I may not always say it (though most of the time I do), but I always have something to say. This blog is my outlet. I know I won't get many responses or comments after expressing my opinion. There might not even be anyone who reads it. But I will have said it. It will be off my chest and, hopefully, out of my mind so that I can then move on to the next subject, the next thought that might have the potential to change the world.
No telling how much or how often I will write, but I hope it is lots and often. I hope that this blog will be therapeutic for me, entertaining for you and thought provoking for both of us.
Happy Second Day of the New Year!!
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