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“In this new year, I’m going to cut
down on alcohol, quit the junk food, and lose all this extra weight,” he
proclaimed. “By the end of the year, I’ll be a whole new man.”
“Yeah right, one miracle at a time,”
his friend laughed.
“Have a little faith,” he became
agitated.
“Fine, in this new year, I’m going
to cure all the world’s known diseases, end world hunger, and became king of
France,” the friend joked.
“Isn’t that a little unrealistic?”
He gave his friend a doubtful look.
“No more than yours,” the friend
countered.
“Hey, don’t act like it’s impossible
for me to improve myself,” he became offended.
“Improve? No, that’s not impossible,”
the friend reiterated. “You might fix one of those problems over two years,
with a little help, but not all three in one year.”
“What makes you think that?” He
asked.
“Remember two years ago when you
said you’d become a great painter by the end of that year?” The friend reminded
him.
“Yeah?” He gulped.
“I think you picked up a paintbrush
twice that year,” his friend explained. “Once to paint, the second time to
throw it away eight months later.”
“That was the old me, you’ll see
I’ll be a changed man this year, you’ll see,” he stomped away.
“Knock yourself out,” the friend
replied.
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1 Month Later ~--~
“So how’d that becoming a changed
man thing turn out?” The friend approached him.
“The what?” He replied, a beer in
one hand and a bag of chips in the other. “Do you mind? I’m in the middle of
binging my favorite show.”
“Sure, I’ll leave you alone,” the
friend agreed, “knock yourself out.”
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Resolving to improve yourself is fine and good, but you actually have to follow through for it to mean anything. Until next time, Read, Comment and Enjoy
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