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Show mm Resolutions are not the laughing matter that cartoonists and humorists humor-ists like to make of them. The practice prac-tice of making new resolutions should be commended as much as possible because it signifies the desire de-sire to start out a new era correctly correct-ly and to correct the bad habits of the past. , Words, like people, so often fall into disrepute by the company they keep. So it is with the word "resolutions." "reso-lutions." The popular theory is that resolutions are things that are made on New Year's day and then promptly prompt-ly forgotten on the second day of January. Such is not always the case. Every man or woman who ever achieved success or greatness did so by making resolutions resolutions resolu-tions not only made with the advent of a new year, but made during the course of every day living. These resolutions might well be more mental than verbal. A successful man is one who profits by his mistakes. mis-takes. He doesn't make the same mistake twice and, whether or not he realized it, he made a mental resolution not to commit the same error again. We should all be able to take a lesson from this information and not be afraid to make resolutions, even though we hold a fear that they might not be kept. Each time we resolve to do better, we have improved our mental lot a thousand fold. |