Nothing much changes in spite of the turning of  new leaves and the taking up of resolutions (other than to boost the income of workout centers).  We all want a quick fix and the resolution gives the sensation of movement while marking time in place. There is a moment of psychic relief (even pleasure)  followed by relapse.

 Folk in recovery work their program by claiming small bits of life at a time!  I’m grateful for this moment and the next ten.  That is a modest and perhaps even attainable goal.  It is the inevitability of gradualness. JWS