Resolution

I made myself a promise today,

a promise to try and do better

than I did yesterday.

I figure it would be an easy task

to undertake for I did nothing of

consequence worth mentioning

yesterday.

So many times I have committed

to doing more or better than I had

done the day before.

I never wait for a New Year to make

resolutions, considering if one

really takes oneself seriously, then

improvements can and should take

place on any given day.

So, in keeping with that philosophy,

I have made a hand-printed sign to

hang around my neck which empha-

tically proclaims, Man at Work, Un-

der Construction Today.

It’s a process, you know. Sometimes

these improvements take time. And

I find that I’ve got lots of that critical

commodity on my mind.

Hand me that hammer over there will

you, please. I’ve found that now and

again there is some sense which needs

to be pounded into me.

Chris Hanch 7-26-19