I have not made any new year resolutions for the past few years. Not sure why now that I am thinking about it. Guess I did not want to make any commitments. Whatever.
Well, I did not have to think too hard about making a resolution this year. Apparently, my sister has unwittingly made them (yes, more than one) for me.
First one, stop being too nice. Yeah, go figure. I knew this awhile ago but being nice is just so easy. So what is the issue here? Not so nice people tend to take advantage of nice people. They take advantage of the goodness of someone's heart just so they could get ahead in whatever. That is not nice. Some people mistake too nice for weakness. That is so far from the truth. Nice is just nice. The world would be so much better if everyone just practiced kindness. A few years ago, my friend really put it in to perspective. She has said that I should not change because it is their (those not so nice people) shortcoming and not mine. She was totally right. I would hate to not be nice. But where does this fit into my resolution? I am going at the slant of just putting up more boundaries. I guess sometimes I am just so laid back (not always) that I let things roll off my shoulders. (On the other hand sometimes not at all.) Setting boundaries up front will be an offensive instead of defensive maneuver. Get those not so nice people right up front so they would not even try.
Okay, I guess I should be asking what resolutions you made for the new year.
(Number two resolution set for tomorrow's blog.)
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