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Would it be silly to say my determinations for 2007 is to actually have some determinations?

I have plenty of goals for the New Year, but I don’t really feel them worthy of any special attention. Having conquered the nicotine habit in 2006 I am left with a less then ideal weight situation. Needless to say I am determined to at the least, get back to my pre-smokeless dimensions. (Which by the way isn’t all that impressive!)

What I need to do is continue my transition from young widower to.. to… hmm.. to what? See what I mean?

So I may not exactly be sure of where I’m going, but I do know the general direction I want to take.

On November 18th of 2006 I received my Gohonzon by joining the Soka Gakkai International and became an active practitioner of Nichiren Daishonin’s Buddhism.

Prior to receiving my Gohonzon I have been chanting for several months and have attended Buddhist meetings with my sponsor Vittoria Conn. Almost immediately I started seeing drastic changes in my life and attitude towards life. Most amazingly to me was the ability to quit smoking and stop drinking alcohol.

So back to my determination for the coming year… I am going to continue to develop my faith, practice and study to determine that paths I need to take to lead a victorious life bringing along as many with me as possible.

Yet another blog. But what else would you expect from me?

This time, I’m taking a whole different approach. A more therapeutic approach.

This time, it’s for me. My own personal journal with tidbits of information I gather along the way to make my life a little easier and open access to it for all to see so that I may propagate all that I’ve learned.