My policy henceforth shall be to say this to a certain person whenever he/she lets out a cough in my general direction that sounds intentionally like "overachiever." It's a matter of measuring height, so there! (and all snarky references to my general lack thereof shall be duly ignored)

I've decided that New Year's Resolutions are perhaps something worse than silly. They're usually something ridiculous, like "I shall not eat any more Jolly Ranchers" or "I shall not buy any more paper clips from Wal-Mart." ...well, those are the resolutions I consider not really worth making. The resolutions that are worth making - "study my Bible" - "pray more earnestly" - "fast regularly" - should not be made on the basis of a "New Year." First, I should hope that I should be resolving to keep these throughout all eternity, not just in the coming year, and I think if I'm going to decide to eternally worship God and trust in him, I should be making that resolution on something eternal (say, Christ?) rather than a silly date. (And I'm not necessarily talking about vows here; that's a whole different ballpark. I'm talking about the moment of lifting the chin and saying "Listen here, O Sinful Old Nature, this is the way it's going to be...").

I should add that this should not be taken terribly seriously, as it is my way to rant against the cultural broo-ha of the day. This is why I can't wait for February 14th...

-Quote by T.S. Eliot.

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