The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-01-01
Make or Break q Resolution
The Thought Good An,hoac
BY JACKIE WALL

Another year is nigh upon us.
and a whole new batch Of resoll-
tions are in the making How
ever most any census would re-
veal that 99@e Of. the VOWS TO be
made for 1854 will be retreads Of
former resolutions that sometime
during the previous year went
flat.
OF codrse there are varying
opinions about starting the new
year off in the right way.
One normally levelheaded per-
son advises everyone to muttef
rabbit, rabbit, rabbit" the first
thing upon waking up New Years
morning to ensure a pleasant
year. Precautions must be taken
though to give advance warning
TO husbands and wives. 1t has
been known for one unadyised
husband to be highly incensed by
such Nance calling. and another
one was convinced for a couple
Of seconds that the period Of re-
incarnation was already upon
him
Don't Make Ii
A famous Farmville Landmark
was requested for his thoughts on
making resolutions Being a legal
man. he was wary. and grunted
his reply. If you don't make q
resolution, then you won't have
TO break it."
That sounds somewhat pessi-
mistic but maybe it's Just beiBs
realistic. Someone said that to
ask Virginians If they made reso-
buttons would be a waste OF time
Probably remembering some Bit
ter experience. that person re-
marked. They've been doing
things this way for a hundred
years. and wouldn't think Of
changing,
Various Changes
Changes can be desired in any
number of ways There are the
personal changes of character.
such as greeting husband with
a smile instead Of a rolling pin
when he gets home at night" Of
getting up in the morning IN
time to get to work. Perennial
favorites in this division are the
resolutions to give up all bad
habits. smoking being perhaps
the greatest culprit Of all It's
odd-more people can think OF
more reasons why they should
give UP smoking. but the fact re-
mains that they enjoy it, and
that's that.
The other type Of resolution
includes such eXasperated VOWS
as. I'm never going to give any
more small parties. Instead III
rent the Armory ten years from
now. and invite everyone, and
then maybe no one will be hurt
unless they get crushed under
foot by the mob, or the invete-
rate bridge-player VOWS to spend
at least one afternoon week N
the new year with her children.
Silent Vows
Actually. the resolutions that
are not expressed are probably
the only ones that are really
kept IN many cases these perso-
nal promises mean much to the
Individual and will have great
influence on his life. Then too,
it must be admitted that silent
VOWS are much easier all the way
around. because if they're broken.
no one knows anything about
them anyway,
The question arises: Why
make New Years reSolutions?"
There could be many answers to
this. but two in particular come
to mind
Optimistic
People with all their weaknesses
are ever hopeful Of a better
world. better neighbors. n d
most important Of all, better
selves. The turn of the year
seems to be like wiping the old
slate clean and starting off anew
again, full Of promise. Hope al
ways springs eternal thank
heavens.
The other reason is that the
custom of making a resolution
forces most people to review