Today is 1st January, 2006. Time to write our intentions for this year.
So, we hear people saying “I will lose weight.”, “I will go to the gym.”, “I will stop smoking.”, “I will be a good student.”, “I will be punctual at work.”, “I will obey my parents.”, “I will be more tolerant.”, etc.
However, we have seen many of these promises do not come true. Why? Because these promises do not come from our soul. These promises are not internal, but they are external.
For example: When a person says ”I will lose weight because I want to look sexy.” This is an external promise, so this person fails to accomplish this challenge. We should say that we want to lose weight to live better because this overweight is dangerous for our health.
I invite you to look for the purpose of our purposes.

I will be a better friend. I´m promise
Happy new year mi friend
Maybe you don´t need to be very specific,
maybe we only need search the real purposes:
I will improve my work life (in all senses)
I will modify in the correct way my attitudes with my couple....
Only a general purpose; and you can work with the intermediate goals and ways to reach that.
It works for me, you can try, maybe.
I don't like purposes. I think it is better if you act instead promise things, especially when are promises you know you are not going to keep.
Why don't try to work harder each new day? I've discovered that this work better than purposes.
It's totally tue. In this age of the year we begin thinking in the purposes of the new year and our feelings are at the top. That is the reason people mark a lot of goals in a short time, they are so sensible with the family, the presents, holidays, enjoy the time.
There are 2 ways for thinking in purposes:
1) With the heart and 2) With the min
The second only make to do wishes, they only cover our vanity, our necesities, but can live with or without them. If they turn into real, they don't gibe us more streght, sometimes believe tey are only a hit of luck.
The difference to think with the heart isn't only a wish is when we really like and habe gain to do the thinks well and get them. The way of think with the heart, shows us who greatfull and amazing we are and the thinks that we can obtain and do. The purposes changes when each one have perfomed.
Hello! Everybody
Well what I have to say is that maybe we promise stuff just becouse It is the custome for starting the year, But If we try to achive something, and you have all the intention, if you really want It, no matter if It is for vanity etc. You´ll get it, I mean, many persons have diffrent ways to get what they want, different ways but achiving the same goal, some ways better? who knows???.
I think all depend of the type of person you are.
I think that it is necesary to have purposes to improve our attitudes in the job, with the family and the friends, we most to be more tolerant,friendlies,honests, because only by this way we can enjoy our life.
HELLO
Well let me tell you something, all of your whishes come true, if you want, all is possible if you want, try to do it, but one thing is true do it because you have not because you want to look like good for others.
DO IT
YOUR MIND, AND YOUR IDEAS, DOESN´T HAVE LIMIT.
GLORIA
Some people think that a New year is an opportunity to change our live´s and to make the right things.
I´m reading a book that calls " El Libro Tibetano de la Vida y de la Muerte" and it show us that we have to be good with people and with us, and it must be all days, not only a thought or an idea, we have to do it.
A new year represented a "new page our live", however we have forgotten that every day is a "new page our live", it is not important have a new year or a new purposes, until we changed the really purposes of the soul.
HELLO
George, I recommend you to write more articles, in order to have more opportunities to participe in the coctelera. I suggest you the following items:
*Abortion
*How to be a happy person
*The mexican opportunities for working
*Political
Well that was an idea, of course you have the last word.
bye
GLORIA
Hello!
I think that it is no necesary to start a new civil year to start a new life, everyday we can change our lifestyles we only need determination, hope and good purposes.
Hi George,
I´m think the most important thing when you are doing promisses or whe you start to make your new year´s purposes is that do everything that you can for make this truth.
I hope that this new year give us more oportunities for be happy.
For me it is not important to make new purposes just at the beginning of the year because if I really want to do something it could be my purpose in any time.
But I think it is because everybody see January 1st as a opportunity to change what we do not like about ourselves.
Hi!!!
I think that setting goals or purposes is a good way to start the year because if we think which encourage us to work in order to get something, are purposes. For example, we're studying because we have set us a goal in a short or long period. We are who we are because one day we said that we'd like to be in this way, didn't we?
However, is very important to say purposes that we can achieve, not only say it because sounds good or because we want to look more inteligent or whit more will than others.
Hello,
I agree with you, mnany times we want to make somethings and at the begining of the year we do it, we go to gym, we eat healthy we drink lots of bottle of water, we try to do everything. then we stop to do that we were doing, we just do it the first days then we forget what we were doing.
For my is important to make new goals every year, because we must be in constant evolution.But the goals must be real things,something very important is to have discipline without discipline and effort we will not obtain anything.
We can obtain everything that we want, if we make new goals we must always fulfill them.
"the goals are dreams with limits of time"
I think that making purposes is really good, even if you don´t get the goals, but you have the idea, you want to do it, and that help you to try and try until you make it.
I have a lot of purposes, honestly I haven´t riched all of them, but I like to make purposes because I feel that I have something to do, and when I get my goals I feel really good and I want to get more and more goal. I know that is not easy, but we have to try and work on our purposes, not just say: "I have a purpose this year" because the other people do it too, we have to do it, because we really want it.
Nothing is easy, but nothing is imposible.!!!
Hi George.
We have a new year and as you say we have new wishes, I have a lot of wishes like lose weight or be a good person, and if is possible get a girlfriend.
I know that maybe it sounds false or only external but just think not all the people think the same, you dont know how terrible is feel that you are ugly or very fat, or the dangers that you could get if you dont lose weight, or maybe the lonelyness that some peoples have and want to share all the love that they have inside, (sorry but I´m sensitive.
I hope I could do all my wishes and be a good person and a good student.
Thanks
Thank you for the invitation. I agree with you. We need to be honest with ourself and try to become better all days.
HI EVERYBODY
MY FEELING ABOUT ALL THIS ITS THAT EVEN IF WE DONT HAVE AN INTENCION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WE NEED TO HAVE ONE AT DAY MINIMUM. AND LEARN HOW TO FOLLOW THEM BECOUSE WE DONT DO IT.
IVE BEEN THINKING IN MY INTENCIONS OF THIS NEW YEAR BECOUSE FOR ME IS AN IMPORTANT ONE. I NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT MY FUTURE EVEN IF IM NOT TOO BIG. FOR EXAMPLE IVE BEEN THINKING ON TRAVELING TO CANADA IN ORDER TO STUDY AND WORK THERE, I REALLY WANT TO DO IT. INEED TO MAKE A LISTS OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT I WANT TO DO IN THIS YEAR.
ILL WORK ON IT.
At the end of the year could be a good period in order to think what I´ve done,
because I have more free time and I can think depper what I want to do in order to improve myself. so I like to have something to reach, and work on it. well, I didn´t get all my last propouses but at the end of all the analizis I get the conclusion that the main point every year is get succedd and for me succedd is the same than happines,so it doesn´t matter what goal would be, because all of them finish in the idea of be happy. but I like to feel alive doing something.
and I think is a good idea have something in mind, but please be realistic!!! :):)
I prefer to do my whises and not only say it. The best way to come true is not to think like a something that could be done, we need to think like if it will be real, because if we really want to do something, we do that and we do our best effort.
One idea is not have whises for all the year, it's better to have a day whises and in the end of the day try to analize if we come true it. We need to figth with one each day.
Hi George,
Well, I suppose it's not that important for many people to make a plan about what they need to achieve, because they feel better if they don't feel that compromise with theirselves.
For me, it's really necessary to have several goals in life, because that means that you have a plan.
What would happen if you get to a company and suddenly they ask you: what's your goal in life? Obviously if you don't make little promisses in order to get the main objective, you're lost!!!!!!
HI!!!
Yes, I do this every year but unfortunately I use to forget my wishes on january 1°. Ohh my god .I´m a bad person? No I don´t think so, but you have the reason, i only make wishes and purpouses because It´s a custom,but I´ll try to be a better person =).
Hello !!! George
Well, I think, that when a person has a true desire she or he trys with his heart to obtain it but in this case, the whishes that all people have at the end of the year they are only whises that never realiseit (in the most of the cases) because the people don´t have the courage and compromise to do it.
That is true, I never thought It in this way.
But people always thought that the purposes are for look better not for be good whit them.
And that is why they never carry out their purposes.
People that can do it is because before thought what could help them mental and physically and with all the intention they carry out their purposes.
So we should do it with all our intention not only external.
Lo dijo Elizabeth ESCA U-313
hello!
Well in my particular case, I don't like to say my purposes, I prefer has it in my mind and do it.
So, when the people ask me about my purposes I answer I haven't, but is not true.
Of course I have purpose and Itry to do it.
Hello!
I must say that this article in special made me smile a lot, because when I started to read it, I expected something different, maybe just and article about all the different desires or something like that, but when I realized the opposite I could see that maybe you don't need make a list about all the things that you want to achieve...I say it's just a list, and you don't need that,because it's just a piece of paper; I think is better try to keep on mind all the time what do u really want to get and what you can do to.
In my opninion when you are going to plan your intentions you have to consider a lot of things. the main point here is that you have to feel very well with your popouse, it doesn´t matter if it is external or internal, because in some cases you need that other person tell you ohh!! you look very well! and this is a kind of motivation, and may be this words that come from a external appearence will make you feel much better in an internal way; and secondly, you have to work hardly in order to get the thing that you want come true, this point is very important as we know, because not only thinking in porpuose it will happen.
In my opinion when you are going to plan your intentions you have to consider a lot of things. The main point here is that you have to feel very well with your purpose, it doesn’t matter if it is external or internal, because in some cases you need that other person tell you ohh!! You look very well! and this is a kind of motivation, and may be this words that come from a external appearance will make you feel much better in an internal way; and secondly, you have to work hardly in order to get the things that you want to have, this point is very important as we know, because not only thinking in the purpose it will happen, we have to do an extra effort, an in many occasions we have to make a sacrifice; for example when you decide to lose weight, you have to make exercise, eat only health food, and may be you have to stop of eating this cakes that you love, but as they say “ We can’t have everything in this world”
Hi George!
I red Chio comment and I am agree whit her idea if you want to change something is not necesary wait until the begining of the year if you want to do something for yourself you can do it in whatever time.
It needs to be something that you really want not thing that otres want.
I think those purposes are useless because almost no one mkes them cme true and i think that if you have plans for something they will come with time and if you rally want to realize them it'll be easy for you to make them real.
Hello
I agree with you, beacuse if we really wish for something we supoussed to do it for real and not say it just beacuse it´s a costum; the best wishes that we could ask, would be to be a beter person not just for ourselves but for everyone who are near to us and love us.The best thing that you could do definitly has to be the paz for us.
The propouses in the begining of the year are very important and interesting for a lot of people, some people says that their propouse in the past year didn' cpmplete, but in this year their propouse will complete. I think that the important is that you make all your effort to do the things that you like and also you have to considerate all the people around you because they are an influency in your life. The propouse have to be positive and of course have to come from our soul, in this way there are most possibility that your propouse can be completed.
I don’t believe in that kind of promises. For me these promises are a custom, habit or something like that. We rarely start or complete our promises.
We think our promises at the moment, for this reason are external like you said. Also our promises are the same every year.
If you really want to do something you don’t need to make a promise, just do it. In this way is easier for you get the things that you want.
In my opinion when we have the inention of do a promise we don´t think about all the obstecles and sacrifices that we should make in order to achieved our goal and for this reason ít´s difficult to keep our promises, also I think that with a little of determination we can do whatever we want.
Hi!
Sometimes the people are superficial and believe that for has a good appearance for the other people to feel better, but I believe that it is better to feel well with you itself and the things do for you that for other persons.
it is truth which we say much and little we do, simply is so that until the 1 of January we thought about which we wished to improve or to change in all the year, I think who but that to find the purpouse of our porpouse am to look for a purpouse in that working all the year. and I think that isnot exac for crearce a purpouse.
HELLO.
I think the promise have to carry because existence some unreal.
People want all by nothing.
At christmas realiza promises.
I will be speaking English very well.
Mexico need people hard-working.
This topic is intresting nowadays im making a diet, i had the propuse years ago, but never have obtained get lose weight that now in this moment had lose 7 kilos and its great feel more confortable and feel good with your clothes and look i invated to me friends lose weight becouse to the passage of time its more probabli oneself get fat but always do exercise too.
now that we are young we must make consciense of weself adn to begin to work.
this topic is veri interesting and I think this is true, everybody says the same every year but everybody does his or her purposes.
we need to think about this situation, bacause these purposes are for a better life.
we need to believe in us, and we haven`t leave our pupuoses just in promises.
Hi George!!!
I´m totally agree with you...because we always promises something that probably never will happen, we only have the intention to do it, due to the last year we suffered for this reasons, unfortunately when we began to do an activity that we promises to do, maybe we do this activity for 2 or 3 month, but the next month we ended to do another activity that is not the correct. For example as you said: "I will go to the gym"...the mayority of the people promises it, they go to the gym for 2 months but in the 3rd month, they have some excuses that make interrupt the activity, and it cause that they can´t carry out their aims.
Is important that we think in ourselves, think in what do we want to do and to be this year? Wich are our aims? What can I do to be better in...? etc. All kind of questions, that make us analize our aims and goals. Also I think that if we want something....we must fight to obtain our aims, and jump all the obstructs. And be better day by day.
APGR Intermediate
This is the first year i make a purpose that i´m actually willing to accomplish... Studying abroad... just one purpose... simple, easy to remember, and big enough to make me proud...I think that´s a good formula
For this reason I didnt write any intention because I never accomplished because I guess the people only think on intentions this time of the year, when I want to do something important in my life I only do it its better not to think of it becuse I guess sometimes its bad to think jajaja only SOMETIMES!!!!! I think promise is a promise and the purpose its to do the best in the life and everything that we want
U315
I think the most important is create conscience, people change her habit for major and promise for have achievement and win.
I win oportunity but promise use.
Each head is an world
I think that many people don't come true their drems because they need volution, an advise that I have, it's that you musn't say the thigs that you're planning to do until those things be almost true, I mean If you say, "I want to work because I want to buy new clothes", you mus't say it, you must looking for a job and until you sign the contract you can say "I'm working for...... to buy new clothes", that's the only way that you push your self to sacrifice and to motive to do the things, because If you're always saying what do you want to do, you waste your time speaking when you must be doing all possible things to get succes in your dreams.
The other problem it's that we are conformist people, and we prolongue our drems letting pass the time and at the end, we never did the things because the time is over and you never have it again.
Many mexican people the mayority of part that they say is a promise, only they know if it will be true, sometimes we make a promise but the future could change your ideas.
Well, other problem that you discribe is the weight, it is a big problem in these years because many causes in your life affect this problem, for example your job or youer economical situacion, i think that a health life is the best but it is expensive, apart the actual economy, i think that it is a personal decision, if you want to stay more time in this world you have to be careful not only with your feeding, too you have to do exercise, i recomend you when you not have free time a good recomendation is walk more in your day not only the necesary you must be ready for new life where you are worried for you and you help others the indirect manner.
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Oh my god I said that like I don't know, 20 times!! hahaha It's true we only see external thing that affect us, it's sad but many peoplae make a lot of promisses and only thing about their appearence, it's important but like some people say: "healthy body, healthy mind", and it very deep if you analize it. We need to started to think what it's really necessary. For example insted to make a wish about our weight and that we will lose 20 kg to look sexy and beatiful, we sould wish that we will started to eat better, more vegetables, more water and combine with exercise to had a better health. It's true!! or I don't know delevop our knowledges about japanese because we need it to have a ventage to find work or because in our population japanese are having more importance because there are more factories and companies japanese.
We need to think what it's important to accomplish, desire with all our hearts and will not make fakes or impossibles purposes, if our purposes have a meaning that's the most important, that have a meanisg for us.
January 2008
My birthday just was last week the 15 and my list of pourppose in waiting to be written.
But, I don´t really want to write a new list like every year because anyway I don´t do anything of the 10 of maybe 15 thing that i write on it.
So, the custion here is why people wait to see another year coming to start over all the things and goals that should be done when they decide to do it true, not matter if it´s january 2009 or 12 april, 2009 who cares anyway...
The fact is when we start being honest with ourselfs we are going to achive our goals.
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