Why We All Need New Year's Experiments
One year, I decided it was high time I read through the entire Bible. I bought one of those One Year Bibles and diligently started reading the long selections from the Old Testament and shorter selections from the New Testament. I started out strong. I was motivated. I could do it! Then I hit Exodus, and Leviticus. I'd miss a few days. I'd try to catch up, but it took so. long. I felt defeated. I just couldn't do it. Before long, I started to feel ashamed when I even looked at that Bible. Maybe you can relate in some way to my experience. You resolved to exercise more, eat better, get organized. It seemed easy enough, attainable enough. Other people do it. Surely you can too! But, alas, you missed the mark and felt defeated. Let's take a look at the definition of the word "resolution" vs. "experiment." The word "resolution" means to firmly decide to do or not do something. "Experiment" is a course of action tentatively adopte...