European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 2, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday sunday january 1/2,1994 the stars and stripes Pago 21 of dear readers. If some tines in today column sound vaguely familiar you have a Good memory. They appeared in this space last year. Not much about new years Day has changed so thank you for allowing me to Loar a Little. L it 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 an old grudge and replace it with some plea shift memories. Share a Fanny Story with someone whose spirits Are Dragg fag. A Good laugh can be 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 Young person 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 Smalt problems and shooting from the lip. Words that you have to eat can be hard to digest. 9 find the time to be kind and thoughtful. All of us have. The same allotment a 24 hours a Day. Pay a compliment. It might give someone a badly needed lift think things through. Forgive an injustice. Listen More. Be kind. Apologize when you discover you were wrong. An apology never diminishes a person. It elevates him. Done to blow your own Horn. If you be done something Pra Sewor Ann Landers thy someone will notice eventually. Lighten up. Vav Hon Jou feel like blowing your top ask yourself a will it matter a week from today a laugh the loudest when the joke is on you. The sure Way to have a Friend is to be one. We arc All connected by our humanity and we need each other. Avoid malcontents and pessimists. They Drej you Down and contribute nothing. Done to discourage a beginner from trying something risky. Nothing ventured Means nothing gained. Be optimistic. Tecc can do spirit is the fact that makes things go. Declare War against gossip. It makes trouble. Express gratitude. Give credit when its due. People Long to be a predated. Take better care of yourself. Remember you re All you be got. Pass up that second helping. You done to need it. Vow to eat More semis ibid. You la feel better and look better too. Take those photos out of the drawer and put them in c an album. If you see litter on the sidewalk pick it up instead of walking Over it. Give yourself a reality Check. Phoniness is transparent. It is also tiresome. Take pleasure in 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 move say it again they Are the sweetest words in the world. If you have love in your life you Are truly blessed. Letters to Ann Landers should be addressed to her at . Box 11562, Chicago. Iii. 60611-0562. A ,. C creators Syndicate. Take resolutions one Day at a time dear readers my new years column has become an annual tradition. These new years resolutions Are based on the original Credo of Al anon 1 am using that theme with some variations of my own just for today 1 will live through this Day Only and 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 overwhelm me if i thought 1 had to keep it up for a lifetime. Just for today i will be Happy. Abraham Lincoln said a most folks Are about As Happy As they 1 a a make up their minds to he was 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 improve my mind. I will not be a mental Loafer. I will Force myself to read something that requires Elfyn thought and concentration. Just for today i will do something positive to improve my health. If in a a smoker ill make an honest Eft Ormo dear Abby quit. If in a overweight ill eat nothing i know to be fat tuning. And i will Force myself to exercise a even if its Only walking around the Block or using the stairs instead of the elevator. Just for today ill do something in be been putting Oft for a Long time. Ill finally write that letter make that phone Call clean that closet or straighten out Thost Dresser drawers. Just for today i will make a conscious Effort to be agreeable. I will look As Good As 1 can dress become ugly talk softly act courteously and not interrupt when someone else is far today ill not try to pm prove anybody except myself. 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 in uniform in every Corner of the world where our Flag is lying. 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