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Time, patience, and perseverance will accomplish all things.

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Well..... 2016 is FINALLY at the end of its devastating run. As the clock runs down on midnight, it is time to start doing what people want to do and figure out my New Years Resolution. I do not think I have ever met someone who actually stuck with their resolution. They go, maybe, one month in, then break it like it was nothing. Who am I to judge though? I have done it countless of times. Some of them I brush off, but others actually stick with me in the back of my head, and it bugs me sometimes. But, it is going to be a new year once again. "New year! New me!"

I do not exactly know if I could say that I have a New Years Resolution for 2017. For the last few years, I never really changed what mine was to begin with. My original resolution was to always make sure that I was there for people who needed it the most. For the most part, I think I managed to do it well, but I know I was not there for everyone. It was a resolution so big that it was impossible to do. To those I might have let down, please forgive me if I was not there for you. But do know that I will always be here for you.

2017..... it has the potential to be a great year. I believe that when bad things seem to consistently get bad, it is like a bow an arrow: We get pulled back just to be fired a long distance. We learned from this past one, hopefully, and are, hopefully, a lot wiser....... hopefully. Change is not going to just happen. You have to make it happen. We have to make it happen. We have to make that arrow go forward and it will take time, patience, and perseverance. I know that sounds cliché, but as Sugar Ray Robinson said, "Time, patience, and perseverance will accomplish all things. you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will." It is your time to be great and to make 2017 a great year full of laughter and opportunity.

Now what will be my New Years Resolution? I really do not know. I could go many different routes. I could live a better lifestyle, say yes to more adventures, or even just worry about me for awhile. I could do all of those things. But the truth is, I do not need a resolution. I am already trying to better my lifestyle and worrying about me a little more, but in the end, I need an actual New Years Resolution. I am just going to do whatever I can to just live. I am going to let the universe act in its own way, but when it decides to give me an opportunity, you bet I am going to go for it. 2017 has the possibility to be a great year, even if it is good only for you. Love more, fear less, laugh more, and for pete's sake, stop getting offended by every little thing. It is getting out of hand.

"No one knows what the future holds, but 2 things are certain: there's going to be a lot of anger, and there's going to be a lot of love. Use them wisely." ~Nostalgia Critic

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