A New Year, A New Strategy, A New Result

It is the beginning of 2011 and it's a new day.  Once again it is a time for new starts, new ideas, new strategies and new results.  The definition of insane is doing the same thing over and over and then expecting a different result.  It doesn't work.  If we want to see different results, we need to try different strategies--new strategies.
This year is going to be one of success.  I am setting goals for myself which are attainable.  Setting goals which are too difficult or too high is setting yourself up for disappointment.  I don't want to be disappointed.  From this day forward, I am going to achieve and not fail. My goals may start out small, but achieving each small goal will increase my confidence to move on to the more difficult goals.
I think this is a good idea for everyone.  I am going to focus on the positive and not the negative. God's word is full of promise and blessing. Move forward, looking to what the future will bring rather than what is in the past.  Let go of the past--it is just like a weight stopping from you from moving forward. You cannot change the past, but you can change your future. There is no expectation in the past, but the future is full of hope.  God's word in  Jeremiah 29:11-13 promises us that He has plans for our future; plans to prosper us and bring us no harm. We must have faith to believe and trust in the Lord.  God says to repent from sin, call on Him and He will hear us.  If we seek the Lord with all our heart, we will find Him.
We have hope in our future if we have faith in the Lord.  So this is how I am going to look at my future, with hope and faith leading to blessing and success.  One Way.