New Year's Resolution

At Montclair Presby Church on Sunday, Karen asked "What practice would you engage in [during the next year] to bring light into the world?" I think that sounds like a great version of a mix between a parlor game question and a new way to think about New Year's Resolutions.

It's really practice and light that strike me about this question. What am I going to do over and over and over and over (practice) that will make things brighter or not as heavy or more detailed or better visible? The only thing I can think of off the top of my head is to change my go-to phrase to "Thank you." I've been trying it out a bit recently and I like it. Any time my sneaky self-doubt or anger (we'll deal with where in the world does THAT come from sometime later) jumps into action in my head, I try to think of all the things I'm thankful for. A lot of the same ones keep coming up, but I have yet to run out.