It is that time of the year when there are celebrations all
around and no shortage of New Year’s Eve resolutions. The top ten list this
year is mostly the same as the year before and have to do with quitting
cigarettes, getting into the habit of being fit – a good one – losing weight,
enjoying life more, promises to quit drinking and smoking, better organizing
yourself, the promise to learn something new, as well as the very firm resolve
of getting out of debt. The last two resolutions are to spend more time with
the family, meaning more fun and activities for the children, and the last
resolution, to make a concerted effort to help people. These resolutions make
up quite a healthy list.
Resolutions
Do you have a resolution? Something you are serious about? Have
you already stopped smoking and want to maintain your smoke-free lifestyle? Are
you finally going to dump that IT specialist who has been stringing you along
for months and still does not know whether she wants to marry you or not? Are
you making a New Year’s resolution, or are you just plain tired of your own promises
to change and just continuing the same as before? A New Year’s resolution is a vow before the
year ends to make some change in your life, to opt for healthy living, to be
good to others. The thought should take root in your mind. It is the one thing
you have promised to do. My New Year’s resolution is to accept the hard reality
that I have Parkinson’s, that there is nothing I can do and that I make friends
with it. The future for me is not unclear.
Coming to terms
My New Year’s Resolution and my resolution for life is that
I be thankful and happy every day for the life that I have. I can walk, I can
talk, I can do everything that a healthy person can. I just live with the
knowledge that I have a degenerative brain disease from which there is no escape.
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