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New Year Resolutions:
Making an Impact With Our Lives Part Three of Three By Dave Andrusko The best part of composing two blogs, by far, is reading reader responses. Yesterday I asked rhetorically," Have You Made Your Pro-Life Resolutions for 2011?" (www.nrlc.org/news_and_views/Jan2011/nv010311.html). Yes, indeed, you have, judging by your answers.
More typical was the very first response, which made my day: "I just put down in my yearly journal entry for goals -- that I want to do something significant with my life: "Do something or find out something worthy to spend rest of life pursuing & supporting." Support for life issues is high on my priority list as a worthy pursuit. Most respondents keyed in on what I thought was the most important conclusion drawn by the Barna Group, whose survey of attitudes toward New Year's resolutions was the jumping off point for yesterday's blog. While people had little faith they would actually follow through, their resolutions were virtually free of mentions about volunteering or serving others. "Maybe most problematic, Americans hinge their efforts at personal change by focusing almost exclusively on themselves," commented David Kinnaman, president of the Barna Group, "rather than realizing that lasting change often comes by serving and sacrificing for others." That was not your response. One other related thought. Rick Warren is famous for many things, probably most of all for authoring "The Purpose Driven Life." I read his blog each day, and, wouldn't you know it, this appeared today: "To make an impact with your life answer 3 questions: What needs to be done? Why not me? Why not now?" We know what needs to be done--protecting the unborn and the medically vulnerable unborn. We know who needs to do it--you and I And we certainly agree there is no better time than NOW. Please send your comments on Today's News & Views and National Right to Life News Today to daveandrusko@gmail.com. If you like, join those who are following me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/daveha. |
Some,
to be honest, kind of circled around before landing. We've
aborted over 53 million unborn babies since 1973. Not
surprisingly, some correspondents vented on the cultural
attitudes that made this possible before assuring me they are
"doubling down" for 2011.