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'UNLESS THERE IS A NEW MIND...'
IT'S POPULAR to make fun of New Year's resolutions. Sometimes we even kid each other about how long it takes to break them. Yet, many people do take stock of themselves at the turn of the year, and sometimes do make resolutions they take seriously.
Have you ever stopped to think that this habit lies at least partly in the innate human feeling that it is right and normal for us to expect progress?
About the author
Dick Nenneman is a former editor-in-chief of The Christian Science Monitor.

December 26, 2005 issue
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LETTERS
with contributions from MARILYN S. DONALDSON, DOLLY BRABANT, ELEANOR CARTWRIGHT, KAREN VANASSENDERP, PETER SHEPHERD
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'O blessings infinite!'
KIM SHIPPEY, SENIOR WRITER
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ITEMS OF INTEREST
with contributions from Rosa Salter Rodriguez, Erik Ness, Makeba Scott Hunter
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BRING IN THE NEW
BY KAY OLSON
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'UNLESS THERE IS A NEW MIND...'
BY RICHARD NENNEMAN
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NOT JUST WALKING—PROGRESSING FORWARD
BY NANCY SEDAN
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WHAT ABOUT THE PUMA?
BY WENDY MANKER
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POST-CHRISTMAS INVENTORY
BY JUDITH HARDY OLSON
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TAUGHT by WIND and WAVES
BY DAVID A. CORNELL
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What would you do?
BY MONIQUE GUTERRES DOS SANTOS
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MY PATH TO A MOST AMAZING SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGH
DANIEL SCOTT
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TEN PERCENT LESS WORRY
MARK SWINNEY
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A PERFECT STANDARD
DAVE HOHLE
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MOBILITY REGAINED QUICKLY AFTER FALL
MARY MARGARET STEWART
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QUICK FREEDOM FROM ACUTE PAIN
ISAAC ALAIN BOUITY
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ARM AND SHOULDER PAIN HEALED THROUGH PRAYER
BERTINA NORFORD