“Son, follow my advice, shoulder earthly life’s toils, snares, and burdens, and on Judgment Day God will say to you what He said to me: ‘Welcome home, My child.’”
At each New Year’s beginning, I analyze the worst mistakes made over the last twelve months, try to forget them, and create mentally a “tabula rasa” — a clean slate — on which I record resolutions for the coming twelve months. On average, they are abandoned by the end of January.