European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 1, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 the stars and stripes Friday saturday january 1/2,1993 let this year be better than the others dear readers v if some lines in today s column sound vaguely familiar you have a Good memory. They appeared in this space last year. Not much about new year s Day has changed so thank you for Al lowing me to loaf a Little let this coming year be better than All the others. Vow to do some of the things you be always wanted to do but  find the time. Call up a forgotten Friend. Drop a old grudge and replace it with some pleasant memories. Share a funny Story with some one whose spirits Are dragging in Ann Landers the loudest when the joke is in you. V the sure Way to have a Friend is to be one. We Are All connected by our humanity and we need each other. Avoid malcontents and pessimists. They drag you Down and contribute nothing. V done to discourage a beginner from trying something risky. Nothing ventured Means nothing gained. Be optimistic. The can do spirit is the fuel that makes things go. Go to War against animosity and complacency. Express your gratitude give credit when its due even when it Isnit it will Wakeyo Flook Good. Read a would and a Good laugh can be very Good Medicine. _ vow not to make a Promise. You done to think you can keep. Pay a debt. Give a soft answer. Free yourself of envy and malice. Encourage some youth to do his or her Best share your experience and offer support. Young people need role models. Make a genuine Effort to stay in closer touch with family and Good friends. Resolve to Stop magnifying Small problems and shooting from the lip words that you have to eat can be hard to  the time to be kind and thoughtful. All of us have the same allotment 24 hours a Day. Give a com Limont. It might give someone a badly needed lift hink things through. Forgive an injustice. Listen More. Be kind. Apologize when you realize you Are wrong. An apology never diminishes a person. It elevates him. Done to blow you own Horn. If you be done something praiseworthy someone will notice eventually. Try to understand a Point of View that is different from your own. Few things ate 100 percent one Way or another. Examine the demands you make on others lighten up when you feel like blowing your top ask yourself a will it matter a week from today a laugh i t1 abandon Yoi. _ out of style. When courage is Quot needed ask yourself Nib me who if not now when a a / a. Take better care of yourself. Remember you re All you be got. Pass up that second helping. You really done to need it. Vow to eat More sensibly you la feel bet Ter and look better too. Done to put up with secondhand smoke. Nobody has the right to pollute your air or give you cancer. If someone says Quot this is a free country a remind him or her that the country Niay be free but no person is free if he has a habit he can to control. Return those books you borrowed. Reschedule that missed dental appointment. Clean out your closet. Take those photos a but of the drawer and put them in an album. Ii you see litter on the sidewalk pick it up instead of walking Over it. Give yourself a reality Check. Phoniness is transparent and it is tiresome. Take pleasure in the Beauty and the wonders of nature. A Flower is gods Miracle. Walk tall and smile More. You la look. 10 years younger. Done to be afraid to say a i love  say it again. They Are the sweetest words in the world. If you have love in your life it can be the Best year Ever. _ Ann Landers letters to Ann Landor should to addressed to her at . To 11562. Chi Cago it. 606110562. A / 1. E creators Syndicate j a few resolutions just for today dear readers my new years column has become an annual Trade 4ion since 1973. These new years resolutions Are based on the original Credo of Al anon. I have taken the Liberty of using that theme with some variations of my own n just for today i will live through this Day Only find not set far reaching goals to try to overcome All my problems at once. I know i can do something for 24 hours that would Appal me if _ 1 thought 1 had to keep it up for a lifetime. Just for today i will be Happy. Abraham Lincoln said dear Abby a most folks Are about As Happy As they make up their minds to  he a right. I will not dwell on thoughts that depress me. I will Chase them out of my mind and replace them with Happy thoughts. Just for today i will gather the courage to do what is right and take the responsibility for my own actions. To one and All a Happy healthy new year. Love Abby . God bless our men and women Tri uniform in every Corner of the world where our Flag is flying. 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