Back in the Saddle Again…and Again (standard:humor, 905 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Jan 07 2018	Views/Reads: 1594/1126	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
This is not my first rodeo when it comes to New Years. I have ridden this Bronco so many times I cannot remember how many. Well, I can remember, but I am not going to let that slip. Something to do with a New Year’s Resolution.

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No way could I contest any of these mistakes for the simple reason my
memory is not on my side. I cannot say I did not make those mistakes 
because I do not remember. She remembers me doing them so it must be 
true. Right? 

When she finished her evaluation of my past year, I sighed a very deep
sigh and asked, “What do you think my New Year's resolutions ought to 
be for the New Year?” 

Again came that twinkle in her eye. I'm not used to that twinkle yet.
“Well,” she said rather seriously, “if you are serious about your New 
Year's resolution maybe you should make one resolution for the New Year 
that you will not make the same mistakes this year.” 

She paused a little bit, stared at me and then continued, “This New
Year, why don't you concentrate on making different mistakes.” When she 
said that the twinkle in her eye exploded into hilarious laughter. I 
was not sure if I should laugh or not. 

When my wife is right, she is right. Therefore, my New Year's resolution
for this New Year is to concentrate on making different mistakes than 
last year. With this resolution comes the full support of my wife. The 
two of us together can concentrate on making new mistakes. 

This has made my New Year so very exciting. Yes, I made mistakes last
year, but forget all about that. 

I was reminded of what the apostle Paul said, “Brethren, I count not
myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those 
things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are 
before”  (Philippians 3:13). 

Let's concentrate on the year at hand and mistakes that can be made this
year that were never thought of last year.


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