This year, however, I am making some resolutions myself. Some years I have worked through the festivities at hospitals and doing hospice care. Those places don't always give you off for holidays, and if you don't happen to be married or have a family, well, you usually don't get the holidays off.
I never much minded that, since I felt a sense of happiness being able to spend the time with people who might not be here to celebrate another holiday and needed the company. Now that I have my own child, I understand that wanting to be at home with family and freinds and make memories that will last a long time after you are gone.
Other years I went out and drank myself under the table, danced on the table, had a jolly good time and then went home, went to bed and woke up with a headache that matches many of my migraines and a tongue that felt like I had licked the cat and now had hairballs in my mouth. For some reason, those don't seem to hold really fond memories for me like the ones I spent in the hospital or hospice.
I guess the resolution I have made for this year would be 'to be true to myself and to love myself as much as I love other people'. Something I haven't always done. My life is coming to a crossroads and I have made the decision to go the way my heart tells me is the right way. There are some hard decisions I have to make and some will be life changing, for the better, but not necessarily the easier. This coming New Year will be the start of a new life for me in many ways.
What I would like to wish everyone that reads this is that in the coming New Year, you have the hope and the courage to be true to yourself and to go after your dreams and do what is necessary to make those dreams come true. Live your life to the fullest and love and live like there is no tomorrow. Too often there isn't, so have no regrets!
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