Schultz Party of Four

I find resolutions to be daunting.

I prefer to select a word around which I can orient my year.

Last year was "INTENTIONAL", consequently this was also my mantra in 2010.

This year the word that I feel I need is authentic. It just keeps bouncing around in my head like an unanswered question - but an uncomfortable one from which I would like to run.

To me authenticity is vulnerable and honest and completely terrifying.

It also sounds like a lot of work.

 

To me this is the hard work of unearthing truth of who I am,

as opposed to creating who I think I should be.

 

Ouch.

 

And here's the authentic truth: that hard work makes me want to dive into a huge bag of Oreos. I will dunk them one by one in a deep glass of milk, and then what was it I was so upset about...

 

Or maybe I'll stick to it,

ask honest questions of those I trust,

discover who God made me to be,

live into a fuller life each and every day

because that's so much better than an Oreo dunked in milk.