New Year’s fireworks, copyright © 2011 NSL Photography. All rights reserved.
This year I set my New Year’s resolutions in a different way.
I fix it from the corner of my eye, I will see something new that will delight me.
- I resolve to accept that some people will gain (temporary) power by ostracizing others, stoking fear, and racing to the bottom. I will not follow his example.
- I resolve that what is obvious to everyone else will become obvious to me too.
- I resolve to explain clearly about myself to others. This may also be clear to them.
- I resolve not to be part of that pop-culture emergency that everyone is talking about, that is distracting me from real work.
- I resolve to gain new strength and the ability to make even greater change.
- I resolve to believe that what everyone fears will not come true.
- I resolve to continue my long-term climb toward connection, dignity, and possibility. slowly but surely.
- Opportunities will be missed. Lessons will be learned.
- I resolve to say or write something that will shine a light, open a door, make a connection, and reveal the truth.
- I resolve to accept that nothing will ever be as perfect as I initially imagined. However, many things would be much better.
- I resolve to take the leap.
- I pledge to exceed expectations.
- I resolve to look for new ways to make my projects successful.
- I will start something. Leave something else.
- I resolve to keep helping myself. Nobody else does this either.
- I know I will forget some hard lessons but I will also learn some new ones.
- I pledge to work with airlines, hotels, rental cars and travel providers, not against them, when it feels right to do so.
A very safe list, because of course, it happens all the time.
Also, I resolve to start playing guitar and piano again. Playing both was an endless source of joy for others and me. I as a participant want to again experience the unity and expression that only comes through music. This resolution is not so certain, but writing it down makes it more certain.
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Charlie Leocha is president of Travelers United. He has been in Washington, DC for the past 14 years working with Congress, the Department of Transportation and industry stakeholders on travel issues. He was the first consumer representative on the Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory Committee appointed by the Secretary of Transportation from 2012 to 2018.



