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Buddha the Golden Retriever, courtesy of TheDailyPuppy.com

Eff your little funky “I will lose weight/stop smoking/finish my novel/go to church more often” resolutions. Also, eff them “I’m too cool to make a resolution” asses. You ain’t perfect!

I’m posting this here in the event someone wonders what my goals are for 2010. So  there you have it– my resolution is to be a better person. That’s not interesting, is it? My bad. I’d rather resolve to do something I’m already on a path to sticking to, for one. Also, shouldn’t this be the goal of humanity? I’m going to call it a “resolution” and see if I start a trend in the process. Perhaps I will cultivate an entirely new race of non-assholey people. Imagine how much progress we’d make if there were less assholes in the world. Fingers crossed!

(I encourage you to take away that “Wow, if nOva can stop being an asshole then anyone can.”)

This doesn’t mean that I will start passing out Togetherness pamphlets to random strangers, or that I will no longer engage in my characteristic cynicism, snark and foul language. But in my daily interactions I will be pleasant and gentile, even to those that are determined to be assholes no matter what. I won’t react to someone else’s rage with rage. I will not use words as weapons. I will not perpetuate controversy and drama. I will not surround myself with others that perpetuate controversy and drama. I will withdraw from potentially tense situations that I think will cause me great stress. I will not allow misguided emotions, mine or someone else’s, to drag me into a black hole of misery. I will not participate in “vengeance” or petty retribution. I’m not going to talk a bunch of shit just so people know how “bad” I am. I’m not dealing with whining, raging, insufferable killjoys and I won’t be one of them. I mean it. I’m going to radiate loving kindness and if you’re in my presence then you’re going to be effing happy too!

And not defiantly happy, not this forced plastic happiness that only happens when you want to prove to your enemies how much they can’t touch you. That’s not real. The happiness I’m talking about arises from feeling genuinely loved and content. It cannot be faked.

Etcetera.

In 2010 let’s attempt to reduce the asshole population by not being one of them.

‘Til next year,
nOva

P.S., whenever you start feeling assholey just think of the happy pup-pup at the top.

Tags: assholes, loving kindness, resolutions