"If you have a dollar you have plenty to share" Rihanna at her Humanitarian of the Year Speech
I've come a miraculously long way from almost being punched over Beef and Broccoli at Panda Express almost 3 years ago, wild isn't it? How life can change in what can seem like seconds but turns out to be years. Today I am trying to organize, write, and decide my next steps in life after a tumultuous year yet I don't know what to do! But that gets me to my New Years Resolution! Or at least the two of them.
First New Years Resolution: Patience!
Granted I am assigning due dates to my life over the course of the next few months but I am focusing on being more patient with myself and the world around me. Don't judge too much, don't roll my eyes to magically hope I can be reassured with my own brain, and just enjoy life day by day. Life is too short to not think about how everything else is working and quite frankly I have too many things to do in life before I feel better about every little thing in the end of it all.
I think that we focus so hard on getting every little thing done that is put in front of us that we lose track of the grand goal. When I speak to my amazing boyfriend about life I am constantly just inspired to sit back and enjoy the ride a little bit. I asked him the other day what he wants...and he said 'to spend as much time as I can with you' after thinking for a brief bit. You have no idea how nice it is to hear such a simple plan in mind and be able to accomplish it (among other things;). I think that I need to work on making myself so crazy about finding answers and focus on just working on things day by day.
Second New Years Resolution: Philanthropy and Donating!
I honestly don't think I give back enough. I think that every day I am lucky without realizing it, and that many people in the meantime are doing the exact same thing that I am! As Rihanna said "if you have a dollar than you have money to share" and even though I am in a little bit of debt from my education, I still want to try to give back a bit! So first I will donate some money to my parents Cancer center. Thanks to Memorial Sloan Kettering I've had the opportunity of having both my mother and father extra years; fights and all. My father still battles with his pancreatic cancer that has spread to multiple organs and I can help other people keep their father, or their daughter, or their family member and friends. I have a few dollars for that.
Let me know what your New Years Resolutions are!
