Happy 2008!

I can not believe that it is already 2008! Last year seemed to just pass me by in a whirlwind of activity. I can barely remember setting New Year's Resolutions for 2007, but I can tell you that I didn't achieve a single one of them. Not for a lack of trying. It seems to me that when I set a goal I start out really hyped up about it but about 3 months into it I start putting it off and by 6 months I wake up one day and remember that I had started out the year with certain goals in mind but can't remember what they were, so I start the whole process over again, and (you guessed it) by the 6 month mark I have forgotten again. I keep telling myself that this year will be different, I will make a New Year's resolution and stick to it. But I fail to keep that promise every year. I almost didn't want to set one this year but at our New Year's Eve Eve Party at the Darling's house Mike asked us to think about a goal we wanted to set for ourselves for the coming year. I thought about ducking out of the room and hiding in the bathroom until they had gone around the room but I knew that my husband would have called me on it. So I stayed put. When it came to my turn I'm pretty sure that I had the deer-in-the-headlight look. I don't like speaking in front of a group because what I am thinking and what comes out of my mouth can sometimes be so different that I want to crawl in a hole and hide. However, the words that came out of my mouth this time I know had to come from God, otherwise I never would have said them (out loud for others to witness anyways). I said; "I want to learn to listen more (to God and others) and talk less." Well the words have been spoken, and I can't take them back. Not even If I wanted to. You see, God has already pointed out to me several times when I have talked too much and listened too little. Now, if only I won't forget...