No Resolution (1/1/12)

This was relevant on January 1, 2012. It is relevant today. :)

Why is it that you go around saying you're looking for God? All you do is walk your path and move your head back and forth looking in the distance and peeking down separate paths. Maybe I'll check that path tomorrow. I'll have to ask that guy what he's doing right sometime. And you wonder why people look at you and say hypocrite and speculate all the wrong reasons for which a person doesn't follow your path. You're not even following your own "subscribed" path. 

Oh, look, it's a new year. Let me make my resolution. I resolve that I will... quit drinking... quit smoking... quit eating all the wrong foods... quit using... quit abusing... quit lying... quit pretending... quit cutting... quit faking--start eating right... start going to the gym... start appreciating... start telling the truth... start being me... start helping others. Why? Why did you have to wait until the new year? What makes this year more different from the previous one than this day from the last? 

You say you're going to do your homework tonight. You get home and there's the TV, books, video games, computer... Homework no longer seems a viable option. It is either forgotten or neglected. Now you're failing that class and it doesn't look like you're going to get into the college of your dreams. 

Why is it that everyone says they want something but never try to achieve it? Why does everyone go around procrastinating? Resolve for an entire year for things that need resolved one day at a time? 

Forget this new year nonsense. Today is a new day. Don't forget yesterday, and keep tomorrow in mind. But today is the day you worry about. It's bad enough worrying about tomorrow, don't worry about the next 364. Start everything now. Quit everything now. Most importantly: do what you want now.