During the Middle Ages, Christians vowed at the first of the year to live virtuous lives. Resolutions have endured because of the universal human desire for renewal and self-improvement. We all want to be better. It's just that we don't know how to get there.
Willpower is greatly overrated. Our desire to get better doesn't often meet our ability to change. Still, today is the first of the year, a chance to turn the page. Make a resolution today that you might actually keep that's built on hope, that if you keep it, your life will actually be a little better. Don't make it about yourself. Make it about how you will treat the people around you. Make it about kindness and compassion, and then watch what happens. This is Dr. Scott Morris for Church Health.
