My New Years Resolution 2015

My name is Marilea and this is my new blog for a new year. This year, instead of the usual resolutions that people choose to make that fail within the first week, I have decided to choose something to do that will go beyond myself and hopefully be something positive. The idea came from a few things: a book I am reading, 7 An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess by Jen Hatmaker, a Facebook post about a gratitude jar and from my desire to use social media for something more than just sharing pictures, activities and cute videos.

So, I have created this blog, and a new Facebook page that will be used to share words of encouragement and gratitude for the things that are good, and maybe even a few that aren't so good. Sometimes the 'not so good' is where the most growth in our lives is comes from.

I hope that the posts are uplifting and give encouragement to those who visit my site. I believe we all need more of the positive in our lives. I have always been a 'glass half full' person and according to personality tests, I am an encourager, so I decided to use this forum to make use of the gifts I have been given.

It's amazing how words we hear and read can either make our day better or worse. I have stopped listening or reading most of the news stories because I realized how little most of it really was necessary to know and with the sensationalism of the media, creates and atmosphere of fear, sadness and hopelessness. We need to be informed, but sometimes a diet of negative news is just bad for us.

So my journey begins this first week of January and we will see where the journey takes us. I hope you come on this journey with me and enjoy the ride.