The year 2025 has been challenging and is one that I, for one, most likely will never forget if I ever forget about it.
While we are starting a new year, I’ve tried to give considerable thought to the resolutions for the coming 12 months.
I’m hoping 2026 will be a good year, maybe much better than 2025 and that I and our family will go through it without some of the challenges we faced during the past 12 months.
Parts of this past year were much harder than some previous years, but we did overcome the difficulties through prayer and working together through them.
In the past several weeks I’ve seen all kinds of suggestions for the new year and some of them are surely worth trying.
My first resolution is to have a much more positive attitude towards everything. That may seem a little strange coming at my age, but I really don’t think there is a better time than now after experiencing some of what I and my family encountered in 2025.
We lost our daughter to cancer and I’ve been diagnosed with cancer and a positive attitude can play a huge part in that. My wife and those around me will have to be the judge of how I do or don’t do with that.
Another is to get some kind of exercise daily. That will be both helpful to my medical condition and should help make me stronger. No matter what the weather might be on the outside, exercise regardless whether it’s braving the elements or doing something inside.
We had our seven-year-old grandson during both the Christmas and Thanksgiving holiday seasons and doing some of the things with him seemed a challenge which it shouldn’t be even at my age.
Exercising will help keeping me mentally more sharp, too, I believe.
In the past few years, I haven’t hunted as much as in the past. That is now a challenge and not sure I can actually handle much of that due to the walking required. But my friend Steve Buoy wants me to go with him and he says we’ll take it slow.
We’ll just have to see about that. Getting more sleep at night is another resolution. That sounds simple enough, but it can be more of a challenge than it should be for some reason.
Eat a little healthier. Makes sense when I think about it with some of the health issues I have.
I need to practice more patience and tolerance in my life, especially towards other, and I’m promising myself I’ll do that.
My final resolution really encompasses the others I stated here already. That is having faith and trust in the Lord at all times. I must keep in mind that He won’t put before me in a 24-hour period more than He and I can handle.
Just as important, too, is remembering to pray each day for all my loved ones and the others who I may or may not know but am sure they need people praying for them as well.