As we prepare to celebrate another New Year you may have already given thought to the "Resolutions" you will make in 2012.  I have to admit, I am a little cynical about resolutions.  Don't get me wrong, I think making resolutions can be a great thing to do!  What's not good about decisions to lose weight, give up some harmful habit or spend more time in constructive endeavors?  To each of those I say, "Go For It!"  

Experience has shown me, however, that even if we are able to keep such resolutions, they cannot deliver what we truly need and long for.  Losing weight might make one thinner and healthier, but it won't necessarily make one's life more meaningful.  Giving up harmful habits and taking up helpful ones might make us feel better about ourselves, but they may not help us know ourselves better.  Resolutions may greatly effect our lives externally, but they usually have little or no effect on us internally.  I have come to realize that if I truly want to have a "happy" new year, or any year for that matter, it is all about nurturing my "Relationship" with God.  When that is being taken care of, life flows as it should.  Resolutions can make my life go smoother, only relationship with God can truly make it better.  

Stuart