My Resolution this year? Just Keep Swimming

I just did some toy shopping. I ordered a big plush version of Dory from Finding Nemo.

And I bought it for myself. (And maybe, just maybe, I will let my two toddler friends play with it if they promise to be really, really careful.) Let me tell you why I had the sudden need to have a giant stuffed fish on my desk.

Last year, I made a huge list of all the things I wanted to get accomplished in 2010. And you know what? There weren't a lot of checkmarks.

I started to get really depressed around June. Why wasn't I getting things done? Why was I working so hard and I wasn't getting the checkmarks I wanted – ney! – deserved?!?

Until I realized, even though I wasn't getting the list done, I was getting other things done. God was taking me in new and unexpected directions – it wasn't what I'd planned on, it was better.

I love how Dory just keeps telling herself, "Just keep swimming". Don't get distracted.

That's my resolution for the year – to just keep swimming. Even if I'm not heading in the direction I though, I need to keep swimming.

So Dory and I are going to be doing 2011 together. I have some things I want to get accomplished (we already made our first Goodwill and dump runs this year – talk about a cleansing ritual…) but I am also going to just keep moving – not get bogged down when things don't go the way I want them to. I'm going to keep learning, keep seeking God, and keep discovering His plan for me.

So tell me – what is your 2011 resolution this year?