{"id":2525,"date":"2019-02-01T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=2525"},"modified":"2019-01-31T21:30:51","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T02:30:51","slug":"be-stronger-than-your-excuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/be-stronger-than-your-excuses\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Stronger Than Your Excuses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-html-block\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/6g2d7-a5d04f?from=yiiadmin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/6g2d7-a5d04f?from=yiiadmin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><strong><u>As we come to the first day of February, I consider the New Year\u2019s resolutions I made on January 1st<\/u>.<br \/><\/strong><br \/>My bathroom scale does not lie. It tells me to be sure to hit the treadmill every day and to keep the refrigerator door with the ice cream closed in the evening. These are resolutions for the welfare of my body. <\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><em>Fr. Bill O\u2019Malley, S.J., author, teacher and actor, played Fr. Joe O\u2019Brien in the 1973 movie, <u>The Exorcist<\/u>. He is retired now at Fordham University and shares &#8212; <br \/><\/em><br \/><strong><u>10 RESOLUTIONS TO HELP THE SOULS OF WE WHO ARE AGING:<br \/><\/u><\/strong><br \/>1.\tHelp me not merely to survive but <u>to thrive with dignity, verve and joy<\/u>.<br \/>2.\tMake me <u>contagious with all the aliveness<\/u> I have left in me. <br \/>3.\tEncourage me to be <u>more readily forgiving<\/u>, not just of others, but myself.<br \/>4.\tFirm up <u>my patience with imperfection now<\/u> that it\u2019s more difficult to avoid.<br \/>5.\tMake me both <u>prudent and patient<\/u> in yielding lest I become an amiable pushover. <br \/>6.\tRemind me that <u>my caregivers have bad days, too<\/u>.<br \/>7.\tAllow me a reasoned opinion <u>without becoming opinion-bound<\/u>.<br \/>8.\tSensitize me to the signals that say<u> it\u2019s OK to ask<\/u>, <u>\u201cHow\u2019s it goin\u2019<\/u>?\u201d<br \/>9.\tKeep me aware that, <u>if I forget all this<\/u>, <u>I waste a lot of learning<\/u>. <br \/>10.\tRemind <u>me you have a reason to create things that eventually wear out<\/u>.  <em><u>A God Flash<br \/><\/u><\/em><br \/><strong><u>As I begin a new month I now have two things to do each morning<\/u>:<\/strong><br \/><em>1.\tCheck my bathroom scale.<br \/>2.\tCheck the 10 Resolutions I have posted on my refrigerator door.<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; As we come to the first day of February, I consider the New Year\u2019s resolutions I made on January 1st.My bathroom scale does not lie. It tells me to be sure to hit the treadmill every day and to keep the refrigerator door with the ice cream closed in the evening. 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It tells me to be sure to hit the treadmill every day and to keep the refrigerator door with the ice cream closed in the evening. 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