Have you made New Year's resolutions? A recent study informed us that many who make New Year's resolution have already broken them after two weeks. Some people do make it to Valentine's Day. In my collection of thoughts on the new year, I found an article that appeared in a Nebraska newspaper on January 2nd, 1914. As we read these thoughts, can we see ourselves applying it in our lives? 85 years later in the year 1999 the last year in this century? "Have Courage. At the beginning of a glad New Year, instead of making many resolutions try to increase your storage of courage. Have the courage to tell a man why you will lend him your money. Have the courage to wear your old clothes until you can pay for new ones. Have the courage to prefer comfort and prosperity, to fashion in all things. Have the courage to obey your maker at the risk of being ridiculed by men. Have the courage to discharge a debt while you have the money in your pocket. Have the courage to provide for the entertainment of your friends within your means, not beyond them. Have the courage to do without what you do not need, however much your eyes may covet it. Have the courage to acknowledge your ignorance rather than to seek credit for knowledge under false pretenses. Have the courage to speak your mind when it is necessary that you should do so, and to hold your tongue when it is prudent to do so. Have the courage to show that your respect, honesty, and whatever guise it appears, and your contempt for dishonest duplicity by whomever exhibited. Have the courage to cut the most agreeable acquaintance you have when convinced he lacks principle - a friend should bear with a friend's infirmities, but not his vices."The above thoughts were written over 80 years ago. Can they be applied to the 90s and the next century? I think of what JC Penney stated when he was 95 years old. He said, "My eyesight may be getting weaker, but my vision is increasing." He could see tomorrow with a vision for the future. Let's keep the vision for a future filled with hope.Yesterday is but a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision, but today, if well lived, makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and tomorrow is a vision of hope. Make every day count in 1999!Warm Thoughts from the Little Home on the Prairie Over a Cup of Tea written by Dr. Luetta G WernerPublished in the Marion Record, January 14th, 1999.Download the Found Photo Freebie and cherish your memories of the past.Enjoy flipping through the Vintage Photo Book on your coffee table.I hope you enjoyed this podcast episode! Please follow along on this journey by going to visualbenedictions.com or following me on Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest. You can listen to the podcast on Apple Podcast,Spotify,Stitcher, and Overcast. And don’t forget to rate and review so more people can tune in! I’d greatly appreciate it.Till next time,Trina

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