{"id":2531,"date":"2011-01-01T09:57:35","date_gmt":"2011-01-01T14:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/?p=2531"},"modified":"2011-01-01T09:57:35","modified_gmt":"2011-01-01T14:57:35","slug":"resolution-link","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2011\/01\/resolution-link\/","title":{"rendered":"Resolution Linkapalooza!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kathy is hosting a <a href=\"http:\/\/faithonthehighwire.blogspot.com\/2010\/12\/linky-party-what-are-your-new-year.html\">New Year\u2019s Resolutions Linky Party<\/a>, and I\u2019m up for a party, even though I\u2019m not really big into New Year\u2019s resolutions.<\/p>\n<p>Part of it\u2019s past failure, I suppose, but I think that\u2019s because for me, New Year\u2019s just isn\u2019t a natural time to make grand resolutions. I also <a href=\"http:\/\/add.about.com\/od\/evaluationanddiagnosis\/a\/adultaddsymptom.htm\">don\u2019t seem to have the attention span<\/a> for them \u2014 I\u2019ll make a list and promptly forget about it.<\/p>\n<p>I seem to do better with focusing on principles and teeny-weeny goals.  For example, the principle of the undefined amount of time might be \u201cfinishing what I start\u201d and the teeny-weeny goal might be \u201calways putting the keys on the hook.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So for purposes of this Linky Party, I&#8217;m going to focus on the principle of Being Ready.  Teeny-weeny goals will include tasks like stocking the freezer, keeping the kitchen clean, keeping up with the laundry, and tidying the spare room.<br \/>\nBut which mini-goal to work on first?  And how long should I focus on Being Ready?  For these and all other resolution-related questions, I turned to technology:  <\/p>\n<p> I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/2010\/12\/29\/get-your-patron-saint-for-2011\/\">&#8220;pulled a saint\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;using Jennifer Fulwiler&#8217;s new Patron Saint Generator.  And I&#8217;m honored to report that I was chosen by none other than&#8230;<br \/>\nOur Lady of Guadalupe!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"OLG face.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/OLG%20face.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"440\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" \/><br \/>\nMany of the commenters chez Anchoress noticed immediate links between themselves and their 2011 patrons.  For myself, I&#8217;m not seeing anything obvious (or *did *I pray for an increase in devotion to Mary?)  I&#8217;ll just wait for further instructions.<br \/>\nSo: **Resolution #1: Be Ready!**<br \/>\n**Resolution #2:  Ask Our Lady of Guadalupe about everything else.**<\/p>\n<p><em>And thy ears shall hear the word of one admonishing thee behind thy back: This is the way, walk ye in it: and go not aside neither to the right hand, nor to the left. \u2014 Isaiah 30:21<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAm I not here, who am your Mother? Are you not under my protection? \u2026.Are you not happily within my fold?\u201d  The Great Mother of God, Mary most Holy, to Juan Diego<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathy is hosting a New Year\u2019s Resolutions Linky Party, and I\u2019m up for a party, even though I\u2019m not really big into New Year\u2019s resolutions. Part of it\u2019s past failure, I suppose, but I think that\u2019s because for me, New Year\u2019s just isn\u2019t a natural time to make grand resolutions. I also don\u2019t seem to&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2011\/01\/resolution-link\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Resolution Linkapalooza!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,194,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-around-st-blogs","category-squirrel","category-the-christian-life","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}