Happy New Year from the heart.
As tradition has it, New Years is the time to reflect and make sacrifices or give something up. I turned 50 this year. 50 is the age you should give up giving up things.
This year is going to be a little different. I’m not giving up anything; in fact, I’m adding stuff on. No longer will I try to lose weight, If it happens great! If not,
tough hot pepper sandwich’s with a frosty mug of beer. Like I said, I’m 50 now and I like pizza and beer. To be honest, I’m not sure they have pizza and beer in the next life so I’m eating and drinking my fill while I’m here.
I am going to set some goals for myself; I’d like to call this goal setting exercise, “adding stuff on”. No longer will I complain or condemn. I will try to make things better. I will always try to turn a bad situation into something worth talking positively about.
I’m going to enjoy the greatest gifts of life; my family, my friends and playing poker, oh yea, almost forgot, pizza and beer.
I will get more involved in government, hell I’m paying for it and so are you. My elected officials will know who I am by name. They will start to answer the call to service their constituents or I will make an asserted effort to have them voted out of office.
I will do everything in my power to restore our wonderful country to the place where I grew up, where the 12 conservative values (honesty, reverence, hope, thrift, humility, charity, sincerity, moderation, HARD WORK, courage, personal responsibility and gratitude) mean something. And the 9 principals I will use as a pillar to live my life by;
1. America is good
2. I believe in God
3. I must always try to be a more honest person
4. The family is sacred
5. If you break the law you pay the penalty
6. I have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
7. I work hard for what I have
8. It is not un-American for me to disagree with authority
9. The government works for me, I don’t answer to them
We’re heading for difficult times in years to come. Only God knows how it will all pan out. We need to keep God in the fore front of our lives and turn to him for guidance when things get difficult, regardless of what the ACLU says.
Government and government alone is not the answer and never were, in most cases they are the problem. This administration is leading us down a road to Socialism / Marxism and if we keep watching TV thinking everything is OK, we may end up as a communist nation. Use this year to make a change and fight for what you want your country to look like and the FREEDOM that this country was founded on.
I’ve chosen to make 2010 a great year, will you join me?
Happy New Year
from DINO
Dino, You are right, there may not be beer and Pizza in heaven, but I cannot let this go without asking you a question? Do you know when you die where you will go? Are you sure about that answer? How are you sure? What does it take to get there? I do not profess to know it all or even most but I do know one thing for sure - I am going to heaven when I die. It is because of only 1 thing I did - the same 1 thing everyone needs to do - I realized that the only way to get to heaven is throught Jesus Christ. He did only one thing to make that happen. He died on the cross for our sins. He paid the price once and for all. We could be discrediting that act if we believed that we also need to do something to allow us to make it to heaven. Do you believe that His one act of self sacrifice is enough? Read the Bible - God's holy word in the book of John Chapter 3 verse 16 Where is says that "No one comes to the father except through me."
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ReplyDeleteI was told to never talk about politics or religion. Kelsea we broke both of those rules.
ReplyDeleteI do believe in a higher power, a spirit that watches over all of us. Different religions call him different names. In our house we call him God! He protects us from danger and guides us. I do believe and pray to Jesus Christ. I also believe the human population should take a knee more often. I find it helps me in troubling times. I can't ignore taking a knee in good time to thank him for the wonderful gifts he shares with us daily.
I will not take the gift of freedom for granted.
Be well
from DINO