Greetings!
I've just returned home from my annual summer trek back to my roots: a little town on the shores of Lake Michigan.  There's something about that great body of water that refreshes me and gives me an ample supply of new energy to bring back home.  I think the timing of this trip is significant too.  Most of us consider the 4th of July as the middle of the summer and likewise, the middle of the year.  It's hard to believe that six months have passed since we all made our resolutions on January 1st. 
 
So how are you doing with yours?  Have you lost that ten pounds, saved that extra hundred bucks a month, or kept your checkbook balanced?  No show of hands necessary.  Chances are most of you, like me, have failed in an area or two.  But here's the good news: failure isn't fatal.  In fact, it's quite the opposite.  If you don't fail, you aren't stretching or reaching for anything new.  And if you're not stretching or reaching, you're stagnating. 
 
There must have been a frog pond somewhere in your childhood: a pool of stagnate water, all slimy and green and smelling like eggs.  That's what happens to people who stagnate, too; they become stale and their lives don't flow anywhere.  True, they don't fail.  But they don't ever reach their potential, and they certainly aren't very courageous, because it takes courage to reach for something, especially when there's a chance you might fail.
 
I think when we review our annual January goals at this midway point in the year, they should be called re-solutions - new solutions for areas we'd like to continue to work on.  They were a good starting point in January, but now that some time has passed, we can re-assess and re-adjust our direction, thus a re-solution.  We haven't failed anything as long as we're courageously reaching for our golden ring, whatever it may.  And we still have nearly six months to keep reaching!