With New Year’s resolutions, we try to convince ourselves that this year will bring a new one. Often people make a short-lived but very determined stab at all the changes, goals, and dreams they failed to pursue and/or achieve in the year that is ending. How many people hold on to that fierce intention beyond the magic midnight hour? Resolutions are often fraught with looming disasters if they are made in the heat of the moment. A more enduring change takes foresight and a he