A new month is upon us – this year is flying by. Before long it will be winter again – snow up north and cooler temps in the south. Doesn’t sound fun.
But it being the first day of the month of June, I will once again make my list of things I hope to accomplish this month. It’s kind of a “New Year’s Resolution list” only halfway through the year. I found that making a resolution to change just once a year is not enough – I forget by February what I resolved to do on New Year’s Eve. I’ll work on my list tonight at work.
Of course, I resolve to laugh more and stress out less; take better care of myself; be compassionate; learn something new; etc…but those things pretty much go on every list. Maybe I’ll put “Save the World” on this months list – shoot for the stars so I might land on a cloud so to speak.
I should put on the list “be more disciplined” because lord knows I should – I should make myself keep the house cleaner; make myself exercise daily; make myself write every day…etc. I never was one for a lot of discipline – self imposed or from others. I kind of figured that I got my quota of “discipline” was I was a child so now I should be free to be carefree. Sounds like good logic, right? I can see everyone nodding empathically.
Well, folks, sorry but that isn’t how it works. As a society, we are all responsible for self-discipline, restraint, and the governing of each other. If everyone did as they pleased the world would be in utter chaos. Not that I mind chaos – I believe everyone needs a little chaos in their lives – but on a global level, chaos would be bad. Life would be so disorganized and disheveled. Or, maybe it would be a nuclear holocost – I can just see nuclear countries aiming nukes at each other, each one manned by a government that thrived on chaos and lacked self-discipline. Where’s my umbrella? I may need it to keep the nuclear ash from raining down on my head.
One thing that will make my list this month is to become more “earth conscious”. My niece had me take a quiz on how many planets a person would need if they continued to live the way they did – I needed 8.5 planets. How sad is that? She needed only 1.25 planets, or something like that. I’m in awe of that. Don’t think I can get mine down to that level, but I’m willing to give it a try.
Whatever makes the list – I do know one thing – this is going to be the best JUNE ever!
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure. –Helen Keller
