The Good Fight

It's a new year, and with it, a new self abounds.  I asked a stranger the other day what their goals and resolutions are for the new year and she returned the question.  I had absolutely no idea what to say.  How had I not thought about this?  Because of my unpreparedness, I took it upon myself to establish three goals for the New Year.  Three.  It seems people have about fifteen goals they want to accomplish and none of them get done.  Narrowing them down is hard, but the more I am very precise with my goals, the better.

My number one goal is to be the best mom and wife that I can be.  My family is my number one priority, and so naturally improving myself for them is of upmost importance.  This will include being stronger in my self and confidence.  

Secondly, I want to go out 5-6 times a week.  A part of business is networking with people and getting to know them.  Loving on people is so important, so making it a direct focus of my life is essential.  This also includes business and spiritual development daily, but I will keep the details on here brief, as that is not my main focus.

Third and lastly, I want to maintain my physical health.  This includes exercise, vitamins, etc. 

There are a lot of components to attaining these goals.  Mainly, I want to strive for self-development.  That is what New Year's Resolutions are, right?  They are focused plans for the upcoming Year to strive to be and do better.   And that is the truth of what I am fighting for.  More then any other time in my life, I am fighting to stay focused, to stay driving, to be better.  Not because I am not good enough already, but because I know I am capable of more.  This is a year of pushing; of passionately driving forward and not looking back.  This is the year I fight, and earn more.  One will have one of two pains, the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.  I choose the pain of discipline.  That I would have no regrets.  To the fight- that it would be worth it at every moment, but when it isn't and I get knocked down, that I get back up fiercer than in my failure.  To the future- that it will hold the greatness that I am fighting for. Because the fight will be great.

"Fight the good fight of the faith.  Take hold of the eternal life which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses." -1 Timothy 6:12