Good day friends! Did you miss my wonderful insights, or did you hardly notice I had not blogged in a while? I teach graduate students, so the end of the semester is always a hectic time for me. Anyway, enough about me, let's talk about us.
We all know its resolution time. That time of the year where the best in our human nature comes out in regards to ourselves, and we decide we'll be better. I come to you today to ask if I can be intrusive, and help lay out your resolution. First, I should tell you that its nothing illegal, immoral, or expensive. Although, if one of your resolutions is to go to Vegas, then disregard.
For the rest of us, I would like for all of us to resolve to actively take care of our own health, and take a concerted interest in our neighbor's well being. For the first portion of this resolution, this means exercising a few times a week and eating better.
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I do realize that this is a resolution half the country makes at this time of year (thus the influx of weight loss commercials), but I am asking you to commit to a healthy lifestyle. When March rolls around and all the new years resolvers have stopped going to the gym and eating right, I want us to still be committed to living healthy. Is anyone with me?
For the second part of the resolution, I am asking that we take care of our neighbors. Sussex is a unique place to live in that it becomes a really insular place in the winter if you do not already have a large network of friends. In other words, I last had interactions with my neighbors on Halloween, and will not have the same level of interaction with them until the spring comes.
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Why does it matter you ask? Well, our neighbor's well-being is connected to our own. As a community, if we have elderly people hungry, or families missing meals; those of us in positions to help should do so. We can strengthen and build our community from within by simply taking a moment to care. Is anyone with me?
Perhaps, I am thinking too lofty and should put down this egg nog. The truth is, I don't even drink egg nog, and if I did, I wouldn't spike it! We are killing ourselves with the foods and lifestyles we lead, and I am asking that we do better. With the economy over the last few years impacting so many families, I am asking that we see to our neighbors well-being. What say you my neighbors?
