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2020 Resolve

2019-12-24

There are many who can't wait to say good-bye to 2019 and hello to 2020. With the New Year always come new hopes and promises. As with most things in our lives, those hopes and promises begin with us.

It's sad that we live in a time when expressing your opinion can be dangerous. More and more, it seems that if you don't agree with someone, sharing your point of view could mean the loss of a friend, family member, or even worse. That shouldn't be. Folks on the far left and far right must remember there are plenty of people in the middle and their opinions must be heard too.

We have little control over world affairs and as citizens our main influence comes in our power at the ballot box at election time. But, we can help ourselves by doing our part to be a better person. We need to work harder to sustain what's right and improve what's wrong.

Stop hating!

It's been a few years since we shared the resolutions below. They're not a cure-all - they're only words. You still need to provide the action. They are simple words that provide powerful guidelines that can be easily adapted to everyday life at home, school, work, or even in the halls of local, state, and federal government.

The person who penned this bit of wisdom is unknown to history, but the words have been around for decades. The good sense provided by them is timeless. Place them in a prominent place and read them often.

No one will ever get out of this world alive. Resolve, therefore, to

maintain a reasonable sense of values.

Take care of yourself. Good health is everyone's major source of

wealth. Without it, happiness is almost impossible.

Resolve to be cheerful and helpful. People will repay you in kind.

Avoid angry, abrasive persons. They are generally vengeful.

Avoid zealots. They are generally humorless.

Resolve to listen more and talk less. No one ever learned anything by

talking.

Be chary of giving advice - wise men don't need it, and fools won't heed it.

Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged,

sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and wrong.

Sometime in life you will have been all of these.

Do not equate money with success. There are many successful

moneymakers who are miserable failures as human beings. What counts

most about success is how a person achieves it.

In closing, the staff at the Town and Country newspaper wishes all of our readers a safe, promising and happy New Year.

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