Musing on mulligans for resolutions.
Do you know they already have Valentine stuff in the stores?
Me in the garden at 9:30 this morning.
My leg anyway.
I was picking greens.
Lots of folks have been stopping by the garden lately.
Know what this is a picture of?
Lots of money given away by me.
These bushes have been providing lots of collards for folks today.
Greens are consumed for money in the new year and black-eyed peas for luck.
As a child I wondered why you needed to eat the greens for money, for if you were lucky – who needs money?
But today I wasn’t thinking about such esoteric January 1 questions. No I awoke, to realize we had invited all my husband’s family to have New Year chow with us.
This put me in quite a quandary.
My New Year’s resolutions this year?
Go to church every Sunday.
Poop.
There I was out in the garden in my pajamas when I was supposed to be in church.
Awake only two hours and I already failed at my one and only resolution.
Now I got everyone in the family off to church (except me).
Does that count for something?
I might have to write Tim Tebow and get a ruling on a do-over. He’d probably like a few do-overs recently.
What do you do with a resolution foul? Completely give up or try again?
Maybe I should shoot for four Sundays in a row or something like that?
My resolutions are pretty fluid this year — I don’t want to feel discouraged by not meeting them. So I’m going for: “try a little harder….” Seriously, I say try again. I always keep trying again! 🙂
Grady talked about Mulligans at church yesterday morning…he talked about “going easy on yourself”…let God’s mercy be a gift to you this year is what he said. So it is no coincidence that you feel like you are needing a Mulligan – so go ahead and take one – practice a little self-mercy! I know I will need plenty this year! HA! Your heart is ALWAYS in the right place 🙂
No way — did he really?…and you all were in church?? Well, I would have been too if I wasn’t freaking out that my New Years dishes wouldn’t be done. I’m going to try the 10-in-a-row method next.
That really is a good one, Julia. Mine should be try hard and don’t be discouraged. Trust God for the rest, no matter how things turn out.
Oh my gosh, yes! They had Valentine’s Day stuff at JoAnne’s *before* Christmas! I was floored! It’s my favorite holiday, but wow! December? Really?