So everyone in the blogging world is making bucket lists and New Years Resolutions and blah blah blah. And when Laura made her’s, once again, I felt like I should join her in this venture as we tackle this blog thing together. I honestly think that we are all to young to be making bucket lists, but at the same time many of us may have the time to accomplish some of the things, so here it goes…a genuine list of things that I think would be interesting do.
Backpack the Grand Canyon
Be weightless in Space
Jump in a pool of Blue Raspberry Jello
Go on a hot air balloon ride in the fall
Obtain my Pyrotechnics License
Scuba Dive in the Great Barrier Reef
Go on a Medical Mission Trip
Attend the St. Lucia Jazz Festival
Attend a live concert at Lincoln Center in New York
Open and Run my own Physical Therapy Clinic
It seems shortly after the New Years celebrations, people begin to make crazy goals but, as far as as New Years resolutions are concerned, I really don’t make any. I made a goal last year to read 5 books and I accomplished that goal so I thought I’d do that again. As far as other resolutions, I don’t know, I’m just kind of guy who takes life as it comes. So instead of listing my resolutions, I thought I’d list some incredibly powerful resolutions of the puritan writer Jonathon Edwards in 1723. Here’s a sample.
1. Resolved, that I will do whatsoever I think to be most to God’s glory, and my own good, profit and pleasure, in the whole of my duration, without any consideration of the time, whether now, or never so many myriad’s of ages hence. Resolved to do whatever I think to be my duty and most for the good and advantage of mankind in general. Resolved to do this, whatever difficulties I meet with, how many and how great soever.
2. Resolved, to be continually endeavoring to find out some new invention and contrivance to promote the aforementioned things.
3. Resolved, if ever I shall fall and grow dull, so as to neglect to keep any part of these Resolutions, to repent of all I can remember, when I come to myself again.
4. Resolved, never to do any manner of thing, whether in soul or body, less or more, but what tends to the glory of God; nor be, nor suffer it, if I can avoid it.
5. Resolved, never to lose one moment of time; but improve it the most profitable way I possibly can.
6. Resolved, to live with all my might, while I do live.
7. Resolved, never to do anything, which I should be afraid to do, if it were the last hour of my life.
8. Resolved, to act, in all respects, both speaking and doing, as if nobody had been so vile as I, and as if I had committed the same sins, or had the same infirmities or failings as others; and that I will let the knowledge of their failings promote nothing but shame in myself, and prove only an occasion of my confessing my own sins and misery to God.
9. Resolved, to think much on all occasions of my own dying, and of the common circumstances which attend death.
10. Resolved, when I feel pain, to think of the pains of martyrdom, and of hell.
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