2018 Is Here!

With a new year upon us, it now begins a season of change. Lose weight, break bad habits, spend less money, cut out junk food, clean the house, finish that project, the list goes on. But how long do we actually end up keeping those new years resolutions? Isn’t a new years resolution just for new years day?

I’ve gone another way. Instead of being focused on adding or removing something into my daily routine, I’ve set this year on a word (or a few words). This word is not one that is just a few letters long that I can look up in the dictionary. It is a word I want to think upon daily and use within my life when I see it can be used. I was debating between two, but they both fulfill a similar meaning.

Light.

Example.

New years night, we lit all kinds of fireworks, sparklers, and firecrackers from about midnight until 1 am. Those fireworks that would be illegal in the United States. For sure! But we all had fun, and no one ended up going to the hospital, which was the main concern while the three volunteers were in charge of passing them out and setting them off.

The whole night, I was attracted to the light. The sparklers to my side, the multiple firework shows going on in the city below, the rockets shooting up above my head, the bonfire (when the mountain wind picked up), or the little flashlight on my phone guiding my way down the rocky road when everything was over.

So were all the kids. They were running around everywhere finding the nearest source of fire for themselves. Whoever had a sparkler in hand, they were surrounded with kids. The more that came to the source of the fire, the larger it got, the more noticeable it got. When the sparkler ran out, they had to run and find a flame elsewhere, from a lighter, a friend’s sparkler, or the bonfire. From a small sparkler shot a large rocket. Although the flame may seem small, it could grow so large as more start to notice it.

I want to be the light (an example). I want to notice the light (examples) around me and allow it to spark a flame of my own. I want others to see my light and be able to pick up a spark from me. I want to be aware of how I spend my time, so that my flame is continually keeping strong. I want my light to be contagious. How do you want to use the 365 days this year has given you?