

{"id":7210,"date":"2013-01-01T15:06:38","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T15:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=7210"},"modified":"2013-01-01T15:19:04","modified_gmt":"2013-01-01T15:19:04","slug":"resolutions-roar-like-a-bear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=7210","title":{"rendered":"Resolutions&#8230;&#8230;roar like a bear!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/roaring-bear.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7210]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-Blog Post Image wp-image-7211\" title=\"roaring bear\" src=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/roaring-bear-580x873.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/roaring-bear-580x873.jpg 580w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/roaring-bear-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/roaring-bear-212x320.jpg 212w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/roaring-bear-600x903.jpg 600w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/roaring-bear-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/roaring-bear-265x400.jpg 265w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/roaring-bear-219x330.jpg 219w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/roaring-bear.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is a part of the New Year to make resolutions, we all have made a 1,000, and broken 900 of them, so this year I&#8217;m &#8220;resolved to&#8221;&#8230;.(like that?), make better resolutions! \u00a0I want to make resolutions that matter and don&#8217;t set me up for failure.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Here \u00a0is my list to start today:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">1. \u00a0Get healthy<\/span>.<\/strong> \u00a0Be more active, trim off some pounds, take better care of myself. \u00a0Rest more, (I love naps)!!!, and generally keep God&#8217;s temple in better repair so I can be a faithful servant for Him!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>2. Make it a goal to brighten everyone&#8217;s day I come in contact with!<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0I generally do this,but I&#8217;ve noticed that sometimes I get my mind focused on other things, or get perturbed by something, and others don&#8217;t get my best! \u00a0I&#8217;m going to really try to be more aware of my outward projection of His love!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>3. Learn something new everyday!<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0I am planning to read the Bible from front to back in a year, take some online classes from some of the folks I admire so much at Kelby Training, and work hard to improve my performance with various software programs I need to be better at using!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>4. Spend more time on my knees.<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0I want to set more time aside to wait quietly and humbly before the Lord, and listen to His instructions, and then pray for the strength to accomplish the tasks He will give me!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">5. \u00a0Love Sherelene the way Christ loved the church<\/span><\/strong>. \u00a0Listen to her, and study the ways I can make her life better. \u00a0Support her, cherish her, and help her be the woman God is calling her to be.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>6. \u00a0I vow to never be too busy for any of the little ones in my life.<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0To stop what I&#8217;m doing, clear my mind, and listen to them, and hug them every day we are together! \u00a0I have few other more important duties!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">7. \u00a0Strive for excellence in all I do.<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0I want this to be a year of great improvement in my relationship with God, my family, and all the other people that I care so much about. \u00a0I also want to take my photography and my photography teaching to the next level!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>8. \u00a0I want to be more thankful<\/strong><\/span>. \u00a0I have so very much to be thankful for, I want to constantly remind myself of that, and live like a man that knows how blessed he truly is!!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">9. \u00a0Start producing the dozens of eBooks<\/span><\/strong> that are flying around in my head and want out!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">10. \u00a0Remember my favorite quote everyday! \u00a0 &#8220;I know to irrefutable facts, there is a God, and I&#8217;m not Him!&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow a photography lesson, that I promise, will make you a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">much better shooter<\/span>!!!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Happy New Year!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the pilgrim<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yes, if I can do all that, \u00a0I&#8217;ll be that roaring bear!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; It is a part of the New Year to make resolutions, we all have made a 1,000, and broken 900 of them, so this year I&#8217;m &#8220;resolved to&#8221;&#8230;.(like that?), make better resolutions! \u00a0I want to make resolutions that matter and don&#8217;t set me up for failure. &nbsp; Here \u00a0is my list to start today: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chronicles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7210"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7216,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7210\/revisions\/7216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}