New Year Resolution

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My resolution is to worry less and trust in God more.

This year has been a marathon session of worrying for me. I want to have better memories of next year than of this year.
 
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Be careful what you wish for. I was praying a lot last year for more confidence in God, so he responded by putting me in a situation where I have no choice except to trust and have confidence in him because I can’t do this by myself. With God all things are possible and He is the only way I manage.
 
I have found myself in situations where a lot was out of my control. It didn’t stop me from worrying myself sick. I knew worrying didn’t help but I still worried to the point of having near panic attacks. It was never ending for me this year.

I want to do less of that this coming year.
 
I hear ya. My husband was the biggest thing alleviating my anxiety, even while he was not doing much to actually improve situations we were in. Just him being present was enough.
Now he’s gone and I have to handle the situations all by myself with not much earthly help. Jesus, Mary, Joseph, and a whole bunch of saints and my guardian angel are helping me. I don’t do pills or therapy or drugs and have had a grand total of maybe 3 beers in 9 months. You can’t start early enough to give all your anxiety to Jesus.

Just remember that St. Teresa of Avila was worried all the time. That’s why she wrote Nada te Turbe and said things like "why be afraid when my God is all-powerful? "

St. Mother Cabrini was terrified of water, but made the ship crossing between Europe and America many times.

St. Andre Bessette was terrified of the dark and had to get over it.

I’m sure there are more but that’s the main ones I’m thinking of right now.
 
Changing my diet before my current one catches up to me. Hoping to go all natural at some point.
 
Jesus comes to each and every one of us when we need Him most. Remember the words of Jesus: ”I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance” Luke 5:32

We experience the transformative mercy of Jesus when we are in the deepest of pits and when we think it’s all hopeless. That is our God, He is always there to help us even when we drive those nails into His feet farther and farther.

Jesus came to me this year in a way I could never have imagined. When I thought it was all hopeless and I ruined my one chance at faith, I thought my sinful life was unfixable and I might as well accept it. I fully rejected God and wallowed in my sin. Jesus was there to welcome me back when I couldn’t even accept myself. I hope this year Jesus can not only continue to transform me in the man He has called me tonbe since the birth of creation but also, that He will help me continue accept and love myself despite my horrendous flaws, and with His grace, I am help inspire and transform others who have thought it was all hopeless and worth throwing in the towel.
 
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Searching said:
I’ve made it easy for my family for Friday penance. We don’t eat meat. Been doing this for years. Please share what you will do! Sometimes we eat meat on Friday and will say extra prayers instead but that never feels like it suffices.
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Sorry it took me so long to respond. I only just discussed it with my husband last night so he could enthusiastically reject some of my ideas :roll_eyes:

What he came up with was we choose a new prayer each (non lenten) month to help the kids memorize, working most diligently on Fridays. This seems like it will work given their ages and given how they were able to memorize the Eternal Rest Prayer with us saying it all of November.

Some other ideas:
Praying the rosary(I tried this when they were too young so my husband grumbly from past experience)
A moment of silence at mealtime to reflect on Christ’s death (i liked this one most but the baby is chatterbox, so save for later)
Do a work of mercy together (this would seem to exclude my husband and schoolagers so it doesn’t meet the something we can do as a family goal)
My friend suggests I bring her coffee.😜
 
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I’m just taking one day at a time and trying not to get stressed.
 
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But every life change needs a beginning and a motivation.
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Yes, but that beginning and motivation can happen at any time. It could be on February 22nd or January 1st. It’s the intention that matters, not the date. “Tomorrow I’m going to begin [insert activity or abstinence]” seems reasonable. Why wait for a specific day when you should begin once you’ve resolved to begin?
 
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Why wait for a specific day when you should begin once you’ve resolved to begin?
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Careful resolving takes reflection. Setting a start date, whether it is the beginning of a calendar year, liturgical year, school year, the beginning of a week or month, allows some days to mull things over, clarify the changes and recover from the momentum of whatever came before.

I think with New Years in particular, all the religiosity, interpersonal relationships, and eating that goes on in the holidays that precede it give people a lot of material to reflect on.

You are right to say people can start something new at any time, but some critics of our liturgical year use the same type criticism against Lent saying we should or could sacrifice at any time, fast at any time, give alms at any time.

Saying you can start at anytime does need to be said and said and said. So keep saying it! Shout it from the roof tops. It’s never too late! If you messed up already, all is not lost. Resolve to try again and again!
 
Same here.

My mind has this natural tendency to go travel to the future where it invents catastrophes that could potentially happen to me.
 
One of our local news channels holds a live discussion every day before the news comes on. We were asked what our New Year’s Resolutions were. I said the same thing I did here. The news anchor then started a 5 minute discussion about my response. I thought that was funny. 🤣
 
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