Despite what Calvin says, I have a few resolutions for 2012. It will be , for me, a year of going back. Of returning things lost.
I’ll be going back to the gym. I was a five days a week guy for a couple of years and then I got off track. I always felt better when I was going and I ‘ve got to get back in the routine.
I’ll be going back to growing a vegetable garden. I can hardly wait. I’m already making plans. I used to do it all the time but in recent years I’ve always had “better ways to spend my time.” I was wrong. I have the time now and I’m going to take it.
I’m going back to keeping up with my writing and my daily journal. I want to get my poetry groove back on.
I resolve to going back to the truth. For years, largely because of the nature of my work, I tried to avoid conflict and be “nice” to every one, even people I didn’t particularly like. I tried to see all sides of issues and compromised my principles to avoid conflicts. From here on I will tell the truth, even if it offends some folks.
I resolve to love more deeply those I care about, to eat, laugh, drink and sing as I am moved to do, and to live, live, live.
Finally, I resolve to get back on my motorcycle and ride until I can’t ride anymore. Wherever the road leads, there I will go.
Happy New Year Everyone!
SOB
