New Year's Resolution

I know that the month of January is almost over, but I wanted to check and see how everyone was doing on their 'New Year's Resolutions'.  Are you someone that has given up entirely on making such resolutions?  Is it because of disappointment in the past because of the lack of follow through?

It seems that the Girls Scouts have timed their cookie drive just right every year to either break people's cycles of better health, or to comfort them from their discouragement of not being able to lose 40 pounds in 2 weeks.  Obviously I am poking fun at this issue, and I do not want to discourage anyone from healthier living.  

My hope is to help us reach our goals when it comes to new things to do or new goals to set in a new year.  However, the problem is not the goals we set or the hopes we have.  The problem is not a lack of follow through on our part.  The entire thing, I believe, hinges on this simple truth: who is the resolution for?

Every year we make resolutions on what we want to do for OURSELVES.  This is the problem.  It is all about us, us, us.  The way in which we were created speaks against this entirely.  It is in our spiritual DNA to not think of us, but to think of the other.  We were created to live for the other, and to seek the best interest of the other.  So every year we try to become better people by focusing on what WE need to do for US.  Perhaps the best way to fulfill a New Year's Resolution is to change the type of resolution we make.  It should not be about what I want to accomplish, how much weight I want to lose, or who I want to be.  Instead we should resolve in a new year to do and to be all for the sake of someone else.  Who are you going to help?  How are you going to help them?  Who are you going to serve?