New Year Resolutions

My New Years resolutions were never anything to write home about they usually involved losing weight, giving up smoking…you know…the traditional route But I have never smoked and on most days I am happy with my weight so a new list of resolutions it behooves me to create: I resolve to tread a little softer, to walk barefoot on the Earth to remind myself every animal, every little thing that grows every creation has its worth. I resolve to walk a little slower…no matter how fast time moves around me to find the joy and beauty and the wonder in all things that surround me. I resolve to watch a few more sunsets, more waterfalls… to watch a few more rivers flow and to be a little kinder to those I do not know. I resolve to be a little quieter…to while more time away to listen to the birds, the trees, the wind… and to what other people have to say. I resolve to sing to dance to smile to laugh a little more to be a better person this year than I was the year before… Hey, who knows if I can fulfill these resolutions… these new guidelines I'm invoking I'll have more time to gain some weight… perhaps I'll take up smoking.