Resolutions for 2014

It's time for resolutions for 2014.  Have you made yours?  Now I never make them.  If I did I would soon break them anyway.  But I am thinking that this year could be different, so maybe I should give it a try.  Now the buzz word today is tolerance and what that usually means is you are intolerant if you hold a viewpoint different than mine.  That's especially true if your viewpoints are based on the teachings of the Bible.  But maybe I should try to be more tolerant of some other things.  So let me try.

I will try to be tolerant (1) of those who suddenly stop in front of me or walk directly in front of me when I am taking my daily walk at Park City;  ... (2)  of those who are late for everything, while I am "patiently" waiting; ...  (3)  of those who say "how are you?" and don't really care or even want an answer; ... (4)  of those doctors who tell me to come 15 minutes early for an appointment to fill out papers and then make me wait 30 - 45 more minutes until they actually see me; ... (5)  of those drivers who turn left from the right hand lane, sometimes without even a signal; ...  (6)  of those drivers (especially women) who suddenly slow down in front of me to text or to talk on their cellphones; ...  (6)  of those drivers who tailgate me when I am going the speed limit; ...  (7)  of those who don't follow obvious instructions or meet deadlines; ... (8)  of those who don't answer my e-mails, at least in a reasonable time frame; ... (9)  of those grocery store  packers who put my bread or rolls on the bottom of the bag or won't pack my large items in my heavy cloth bags; ...  (10)  of those who throw their fast food containers and beer bottles on my front lawn; ....  (11)  of those who bother me at supper time trying to improve my credit or change my electric supplier, or sell me something else;  ...  (12)  of the Phillies who continually disappoint me; ....  (13)  of those speeding drivers who don't slow down when I am trying to get the mail out of our roadside mailbox; ... (14)  of drivers who take two parking spaces to park their car; ...  (15)  of sellers on ebay who sell me a jigsaw puzzle with a piece missing; ...  (16)  of "tolerant proponents" who are really intolerant; ...  (17)  ?????

That's enough for one year, I better quit.  I get exhausted just thinking about making all of those changes.  And the more I think about it, the more I realize that there is really no way I could keep all of them ... or for that matter, any of them.  And maybe I really don't want to.

So, instead, I will make just one resolution for the new year - one that I know I can keep.  Here it is - I resolve not to make any resolutions for 2014.