Here's to the Sweet Life

 

Albert Einstein once said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. For me, in a funny way, making New Year’s resolutions follows that definition. So before 2013 begins, embrace the past year as being exactly as it was meant to be. So what if you didn't get to accomplish what you wanted to last year!  Accept what is and get clear on what you want moving forward. Shout it to the Universe and know that every day (never mind every year) is a new slate. I say this with great optimism as I fall victim to the Repressed Resolution Makers' club.  Although I did accomplish many things this past year, there are still greater things I would like to do but in a more retrospective way; I'm talking about doing something for my soul this year.  Something that can give me a renowned sense of being alive. Something that can also have counter effects because dammit dangitt...I am far less perfect than the pope and I know I will have several hiccups and setbacks in the repreival of good intentions. Did I mention I headed up the Good Girls Gone Astray Because Someone Pissed Them Off club?   So this year, my New Year's Resolutions are taking on a new meaning...kinda sorta. So in my own sickly retrospective way, here are my 10 New Year's Revolutions Resolutions (just kidding) for my soul, always with some attached minor clause of course:

1. I resolve to love myself each and every day with all my flaws unless I’m having a bad hair day or the bags under my eyes are protruding.
2. I resolve to allow others to be themselves even if I prefer they were more like me :)
3. I resolve to see the positive aspects of every situation unless it makes me sick or throw up. 
4. I resolve to express appreciation daily unless I'm in jail.
5. I resolve to tell the inner judge to go away unless they are guilty of a fashion disgrace.
6. I resolve to forgive myself and others. This year I really mean it!
7. I resolve to spend less time reliving the past and more worrying about the future.  Hmmm...which is the lesser of two evils?
   
8. I resolve to spend as much time with Mother Nature as possible…well so long as it doesn’t cause me to sweat or freeze.
9. I resolve to shut down the computer, turn off my phone, and connect with my loved ones for quality time each and every day…unless we are making fun of people falling on YouTube. 
10. I resolve to live and let live!

Life is dense, just like Red Velvet cake  but sometimes it is  sweeter than a slice of Hummingbird cake and sometimes it takes on a different meaning when piled high with dollops of whipped cream and sometimes it looks better on the outside than it tastes but just like cake... LIFE is a variety of choices. So fellow cake enthusiasts, enjoy your choices with a nice, tall glass of something.  Do not covet anyone else's slice.  Enjoy the plethora of slices...even if you pick the one that looks better than it tastes!

Happy New Year!