Have you made your new year’s resolution yet? According to the University at Scranton only 8% of the people who make a resolution actually keep it. This is because they aim to high such as giving up smoking and losing weight at the same time.
My resolution isn’t difficult to keep. I’m aiming to be one of the 8%ers and keep my resolution … and my resolution is not just to grow a beard.
The idea for a resolution came to me this past November when I was reading about the first colonist to reach the shores of this country and behead the unknown. I was awed by their struggle just to survive and more died than lived those early years.
I’m going to tell you what my resolution is but first I want you to change your mindset or way of thinking because you can’t appreciate those colonist struggle with a 21st century mindset. You have to put yourself into their minds, their expectations, their hopes and their dreams. You have to know their fears and failures as well.
The colonist came over in mass numbers because of a math equation. The equation goes like this……