The Truth About Christmas

Have you ever wondered about Christmas? From the time you first found out there really was no Santa Claus, did you ever question other aspects of this incredible holiday ? Did you ever wonder where Christmas came from? Why have a Christmas tree? Where did the idea of Santa Claus originate? Why is this day celebrated on the 25th of December? What do all these symbols and festivities really mean? What is God 's perspective on these things? If you were surprised when you first discovered the truth about Santa Claus, you will be even more surprised by the rest of the story.

Christmas Is Not Christian!

As shocking as it might sound, there is nothing Christian about Christmas. It was men who created the word "Christmas" from the phrase "Mass of Christ." In this way, Christ's name came to be associated with this holiday and millions have come to believe it is a Christian observance. The truth is that this holiday, with the same symbols and ceremonies, was practiced many centuries before Jesus was ever born. In fact, it did not become a part of professing Christianity until hundreds of years after the Savior's crucifixion and ascension to heaven.

This truth is confirmed by the testimony of both religious and secular authorities. The 1911 edition of the Catholic Encyclopedia illustrates that Christmas did not originate in Palestine but rather in Egypt.

Christmas was not among the earliest festivals of the Church...the first evidence of the feast is from Egypt... Pagan customs centering around the January calends gravitated to Christmas.

The celebration of Christmas was not embraced during the days of the apostles or the early New Testament church. Consider the words of the Encyclopedia Americana, 1944 edition which states:

Christmas... was, according to many authorities, not celebrated in the first centuries of the Christian church, as the Christian usage in general was to celebrate the death of remarkable persons rather than their birth.

The Origin of Christmas

Biblical authorities and secular historians agree that the celebration of Christ's birth did not enter the church until hundreds of years after Jesus' life, death, and resurrection. It was not until the fifth century that the Roman Catholic Church ordered this day to be celebrated. Furthermore, the church directed this celebration to take place on the same day as the pagan festival dedicated to worshiping the sun god.

The connection between Christmas and a variety of pagan practices is thoroughly documented. Not only the day, but its symbols are intimately connected to religious practices embraced by the pagan world. William Walsh, a recognized authority on Christmas, writes:

...the Christmas festival...is a gradual evolution from times that long antedated the Christian period... It was over laid upon heathen festivals, and many of its observances are only adaptations of pagan to Christian Ceremonies. (The Story of Santa Klaus p. 58)

...It was on or about December 21st that the ancient Greeks celebrated what are known to us as the Bacchanalia or festivities in honor of Bacchus, the god of wine. In these festivities the people gave themselves up to songs, dances and other revels which frequently passed the limits of decency and order. (The Story of Santa Klaus p. 65)

...the Saturnalia, held in honor of Saturn, the god of time, began on December 17th and continued for seven days. These also often ended in riot and disorder. Hence the words Bacchanalia and Saturnalia acquired an evil reputation in later times. (The Story of Santa Klaus p. 65)

Why December 25?

Today, most of the world celebrates Christmas on the twenty-fifth of December. Werner Keller writes in The Bible as History:

December 25 is referred to in documents as Christmas day in A.D. 324 for the first time. Under the Roman emperor Justinian [in the 500's] it was recognized as an official holiday. An old Roman festival played a major part in the choice of this particular day. December 25 in ancient Rome was the 'Dies Natali Invictus,' 'the birthday of the unconquered sun,' the day of the winter solstice and at the same time, in Rome, the last day of the Saturnalia,...a week of unbridled carnival... (p. 331)

It is clear from the record of history that Christmas originated during pre-Christian times and was celebrated by the pagan world for centuries after the death of Christ. This day then became embraced by the Roman Catholic Church in the fifth century. Where did the pagans get their ideas regarding such a celebration?

Through her politics and the use of her son's Nimrod's name, Semeramis became the queen of Babylon, the home of the Chaldee Mysteries. She was also regarded as the "queen of Heaven" and "the mother of the divine son." After generations of these idolatrous practices and traditions, Nimrod came to be considered the son of Baal, the sun god. He and his mother became the chief entities of worship as a Madonna and child.

This belief and practice spread to Egypt, where the names of the gods were Isis and Osiris. The son Osiris was born December 25. In Asia it was Cybele and Deonius. In Rome they were called Fortuna and Jupiter. Throughout the world we still find the remnants of mother and child worship to this day. It is no surprise that this same system still exists at the end of the age. It is called "Mystery Babylon" (Revelation 17:5). Shockingly, it is disguised as Christianity and is still practiced in Christmas.

From Paganism to Christianity

The great historian Will Durant described how paganism actually took upon itself Christianity and converted it to pagan purposes.

Christianity did not destroy paganism; it adopted it... From Egypt came the idea of a divine trinity... [and] the adoration of the Mother and Child... From Phrygia came the worship of the Great Mother... The Mithraic ritual so closely resembled the Eucharistic sacrifice of the Mass that Christian fathers charged the Devil with inventing these similarities to mislead frail minds. [Modern day] Christianity was the last great creation of the ancient pagan world. (The Story of Civilization, p. 595)

It is clear that a wide range of pagan practices became assimilated into the Roman Catholic Church. It began with embracing the birthday of the sun god and establishing the date of this celebration as December 25.

It is interesting to note that the practice of sun worship began in early Egypt. There the priests would make a round wafer to represent the sun. The celebrants would eat the wafer, symbolizing the sun god's life and the nourishment of man's soul.

Clearly, the church was embracing paganism in an attempt to increase its numbers and draw in a non-believing world. In reality, it was the church being absorbed by those who practiced beliefs totally contrary to Christianity. In his book The Two Babylons Alexander Hislop characterized it this way:

Long before the fourth century, and long before the Christian era itself, a festival was celebrated among the heathen at that precise time of the year, in honor of the birth of the son of the Babylonian queen of heaven; and it may fairly be presumed that, in order to conciliate the heathen, and to swell the number of the nominal adherents of Christianity, the same festival was adopted by the Roman Church, giving it only the name of Christ. This tendency on the part of Christians to meet paganism half-way was very early developed... (p. 93)

The church eventually adopted and merged several different pagan ceremonies to eventually end up with the modern day practice of Christmas and the New Year celebrations we witness today.

Christmas Through History

During the latter part of the third century, Deus Sol Invictus became the official deity of the Roman Empire. At that time, a great temple was built in honor of the sun and the sun's birthday was officially set as December 25. This date was chosen because it was the accepted date of the winter solstice. Less than 100 years later, Emperor Constantine came to power in Rome. At the beginning of Constantine's rule, it was a violation of Roman law to practice Christianity. Christians were hated by the state and were subjected to great persecution.

However, Constantine saw something in Christianity he believed could be very valuable in holding the empire together. Despite great persecution, Christians remained dedicated to their faith. This commitment so impressed Constantine that he issued "The Edict of Toleration" in 313 A.D. and made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire. As a result, state persecution of Christians stopped. However, the news was not all good. Because Christianity became the state religion, the church became very political and the doctrines embraced by the church were watered down and seriously compromised. Jesse Hurlbut describes this period in his book, The Story of the Christian Church.

...the establishment of Christianity as the state religion became a curse... Everybody sought membership in the church, and nearly everybody was received. Both good and bad, sincere seekers after God and hypocritical seekers after gain, rushed into the communion. Ambitious, worldly, unscrupulous men sought office in the church for social and political influence...

The services of worship increased in splendor, but were less spiritual and hearty than those of former times. The forms and ceremonies of paganism gradually crept into the worship. Some of the old heathen feasts became church festivals with change of name and of worship.

Legalizing Christianity solved one problem for the church, but it caused another. Millions of pagans were suddenly made "Christians" literally overnight. These pagans had no desire to give up their pagan practices, however. Try as it would, the church could not prevail on the people to give up the paganism that they embraced. The church's answer was to finally "Christianize" numerous pagan practices.

This adopting of pagan festivals was not without opposition however. While many professing Christians welcomed the liberty to celebrate these pagan practices, others objected. Many at the time understood that such practices were rankly pagan, ungodly practices which should never have been brought into the church. Christian preachers of the West and the Near East protested against the unseemly frivolity with which Christ's birthday was celebrated, while Christians of Mesopotamia accused their Western brethren of idolatry and sun worship for adopting as Christian this pagan festival.

Despite opposition by Christians committed to pursuing the teachings in scripture, pagan influence simply overwhelmed the church, transforming it into something far different from that raised up by Jesus through Peter and the apostles. This fact is confirmed by The Encyclopedia Americana which states:

Christmas... according to many authorities, was not celebrated in the first centuries of the Christian Church... In the fifth century the Western Church ordered it to be celebrated forever on the day of the old Roman Feast of the birth of Sol.

As you can see, ancient rites practiced by the pagan world were eventually grafted into Christianity. Rome had been pagan centuries before the birth of Christianity and it simply was not going to abandon its false religion. When Emperor Constantine ordered Christianity placed on equal footing with paganism, people preferred their old ways. They enjoyed those things they had always known, and simply adapted the old to appear to conform to the new.

They changed from worshiping the "sun" to worshiping the "Son" and this was done retaining all their old practices.

Most people today know little or nothing of the pagan origin of Christmas. They are unaware that faithful Christians first opposed these heretical practices. Additionally, most Christians today don't understand that believers dedicated to keeping the truth of God were forced to go underground, some suffering martyrdom rather than allowing themselves to participate in such things.

The Christmas Tree

The Christmas tree is arguably the most prominent symbol of this season. Millions of people bring an evergreen tree into their homes and decorate it with beautiful glass balls, tinsel, and lights. These same millions would never think of the Christmas tree as an idol which God abhors.

The tradition of bringing a tree into the home and decorating it came from a fable regarding Saint Boniface. According to tradition, Saint Boniface cut down the "great oak of Jupiter," a tree worshiped by pagan Teutons in Germany.

The story is that Saint Boniface came upon a band of heathens who were worshiping a huge oak tree. This band was about to offer a human sacrifice. Boniface intervened, stopping the sacrifice. He then ordered the tree cut down. Legend has it that a small fir tree sprang up in it's place. Boniface proclaimed that this tree was the tree of life and represented Christ.

Careful examination of this story reveals striking similarities to the story of Nimrod and Semeramis. After the death of Nimrod, his mother Semeramis declared that Nimrod was reincarnated in the form of an evergreen tree which sprung up overnight. History reveals that the worship of trees and nature was a common practice among pagans and continues to this very day.

It is important to understand that such practices are abhorrent to God. The tenth chapter of the book of Jeremiah illustrates this point. Here, God commands his people to "learn not the way of the heathen." He then goes into great detail describing a tradition in which the heathen cut a tree out of the forest and decorate it. God goes on to characterize this tree as a graven image (Jer. 10:1-2).

Although many argue that Jeremiah is not referring to the Christmas tree, in these verses, their argument misses the point. What God revealed through Jeremiah is that His children are to avoid practices that resemble those embraced by the pagan world. He did not say that it was appropriate to modify their practices and call them Christian. The Christmas tree is clearly a symbol of a faith that was vastly different from anything advocated by the scriptures.

The Christmas tree's origin in paganism is thoroughly supported by the testimony of history. Consider the words of Alexander Hislop.

The Christmas tree, now so common among us, was equally common in Pagan Rome and Pagan Egypt. In Egypt that tree was the palm tree; in Rome it was the fir; the palm tree denoting the Pagan Messiah, as Baal-Tamar, the fir referring to him as Baal-Berith.

The Christmas tree... recapitulates the idea of tree worship...gilded nuts and balls symbolizing the sun...all the festivities of the winter solstice have been absorbed into Christmas day...the use of holly and mistletoe to the Druidic ceremonies; the Christmas tree [ It is clear that the Christmas tree is a powerful symbol and conjures many images concerning the celebration it pictures. However, there is one thing the Christmas tree is NOT - it is not Christian. Everything about the Christmas tree can be traced to beliefs that are strongly condemned in scripture. There is no connection between the Christmas tree and the birth of Christ. It is a pagan symbol that God condemns.

In 1974, United Press International, one of the world's leading press agencies, carried an article regarding the origin of the Christmas tree. This article spoke volumes about this symbol that has come to be strongly embraced by the Christian world.

Toward the middle of winter, as the sun began setting further in the south, and the nights grew longer, ancient pagan priests put candles which they called fairy lights on trees in an attempt to lure the sun back toward the north. (December 17)

Today, millions of Christian homes around the world are adorned with evergreen trees every Christmas. Tragically, people fail to understand what these trees picture because they simply don't ask.

Santa Claus

One of the most prominent images associated with Christmas is that of Santa Claus. Every year, children around the world long for his arrival, for he is the giver of gifts. Today, Santa Claus is depicted as a lover of children and a true giver. During the Christmas season, people are even encouraged to join his great army of elves so that children around the world can be touched by his goodness. So popular is Santa Claus that adults tell children stories of his exploits. These stories are conveyed with such conviction that children believe them without question. But who is Santa Claus? And where did his story begin?

Many articles and books have been written to explain that Santa Claus was a bishop by the name of Nicholas who lived in Asia Minor during the fourth century. It is true that such a bishop did exist but much of what is attributed to him is untrue.

The second Vatican council formally stated that while there was a Roman Catholic bishop named Nicholas, they acknowledged that many concepts associated with him actually came from pagan sources. William Walsh wrote:

Santa Claus comes from Saint Nicholas, the saint whose festival was celebrated in December and the one who in other respects was most nearly in accord with the dim traditions of Saturn as the hero of the Saturnalia. (The Story of Santa Klaus, p.70)

Tony Van Renterghem writes the following in his book, When Santa Was a Shaman: The Ancient Origins of Santa Claus & the Christmas Tree:

In the newly Christianized areas where the pagan Celtic and Germanic cults remained strong, legends of the god Wodan were blended with those of various Christian saints; Saint Nicholas was one of these. There were Christian areas where Saint Nicholas ruled alone; in other locations, he was assisted by the pagan Dark Helper. In other remote areas... ancient pockets of the Olde Religion controlled traditions.

Here the Dark Helper ruled alone. Sometimes in a most confusing manner, using the cover name of Saint Nicholas or 'Klaus,' without in any way changing his threatening, Herne/Pan, fur-clad appearance.

By absorbing such pagan feasts and traditions, the Christian Church turned Herne into Saint Nicholas' captive, chained Dark Helper; none other than Satan the Dark One, symbolic of all evil...

The Worldbook Encyclopedia provides some interesting insights into some of the traditions regarding Santa Claus.

Some of Santa Claus's characteristics date back many centuries. For example, the belief that Santa enters the house through the chimney developed from a Norse legend. The Norse believed that the goddess Hertha appeared in the fireplace and brought good luck to the home.

Other traditions from the Druidic time suggest that Santa's red suit is a leftover from the times when ancient peoples worshiped the god of fire. Tradition has it that this fire god came down the chimney. Consider too, that in ancient times, Druid homeowners would leave a treat consisting of milk and pastries to appease this god who came down the chimney into their fireplace. This is how the tradition of leaving milk and cookies out for Santa began. The idea of placing stockings on the fireplace mantel also comes from this legendary pagan practice. It is clear that the modern Santa traces his origins back to ancient pagan traditions.

Christmas Presents

Most people believe the tradition of giving Christmas presents comes from the Bible. The assumption is that the wise men gave gifts to Jesus, therefore it is appropriate for us to give gifts to each other. Christmas Poems

However, careful examination of this tradition will reveal that gift giving has nothing to do with Magi or the gifts they presented to Christ. Both religious and secular history reveal a clear connection between giving gifts during the Christmas season and pagan practices. Consider the following insights concerning this practice.

The interchange of presents between friends is a like characteristic of Christmas and the Saturnalia, and must have been adopted by Christians from the Pagans, as the admonition of Tertullian plainly shows. (The Bibliotheca Sacra, vol. 12, p. 153)

Tertullian wrote in his work, On Idolatry that during the pagan feast of the Saturnalia which was celebrated in December, gifts were "carried to and fro."

According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, exchanging gifts at this time of the year may have been influenced by similar customs practiced by the pagans on January 1.

"Gifts are exchanged by the French on January 1, by the Spanish and Italians on January 6, and by other nationalities on December 25. In most parts of Europe it was the Christ Child who brought the gifts. After the Reformation, the day itself was personified, and the figure of Father Christmas was later combined with St. Nicholas, [who later became] Santa Claus." (p. 659)

William Walsh provides additional insights into the tradition of exchanging presents.

Christmas gifts themselves remind us of the presents that were exchanged in Rome during the Saturnalia. In Rome, it might be added, the presents usually took the form of wax tapers and dolls - the latter being in their turn a survival of the human sacrifices once offered to Saturn. It is a queer thought that in our Christmas presents we are preserving under another form one of the most savage customs of our barbarian ancestors. (The Story of Santa Klaus, p.67)

Gifts to a King

It is important to understand that the wise men did not give gifts to each other. Additionally, the gifts they brought to Christ were not birthday presents. Jesus did not receive toys from these visitors, but rather unusual offerings that many believe carry great significance.

It has been suggested that gold was is a gift given to a king, frankincense a gift given to a priest and myrrh-a spice used in preparing a body for burial-was a gift that was given to a condemned man. It is clear that the wise men presented gifts to Jesus because they understood Him to be a great King. The protocol at that time was to never approach the presence of kings or dignitaries without bearing a gift. Adam Clark's commentary expresses it this way:

"The people of the east never approach the presence of kings and great personages without a present in their hands." (Vol. 5, p. 46)

The truth is that gift giving at this time of year is not scriptural and has no basis in the story of the wise men. The giving of gifts at this time of year came from the practice of the ancient Saturnalia. Today, this worship of Saturn has merged with the worship of Mammon, the god of money.

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1. RESOLVE TO BE HAPPY!: If we consider deeply the aim of human life is to Be Happy! God created the world, and human beings added many things for people to Be Happy! Even when we go through hardships for some aim that also is a sort of happiness. Nirvana, Moksha, Liberation, are noting but eternal and permanent happiness. This includes such resolutions as enjoying life more, traveling, having more quality time with your family and friends, etc.

2. RESOLVE TO BE HEALTHY!: To enjoy this happiness we must be healthy. Here health is defined in its wider mental, physical, spiritual, and social, etc. context. We cannot Be Happy! without healthy body and mind. In fact, we cannot Be Successful! also without health. This includes all your resolutions like reducing fat, being less stressed, joining a gym, etc.

3. RESOLVE TO BE SUCCESSFUL!: Life is incomplete without realizing your full potential and being successful. However, the definition of success may vary from individual to individual. Whatever your definition is, you must resolve to be successful in life. Success is great tonic for happiness and health. This includes your resolution to earn more money, set up a new business, time management, and organizing oneself.

4. RESOLVE TO EMPOWER OTHERS TO BE HAPPY! BE HEALTHY! AND BE SUCCESSFUL!: No person is an island. One does not live for himself or herself. One cannot be happy without others around being happy. If one is happy, healthy, and successful, it is also because of the family and society at large. It is our moral duty and debt to make others also realize the goals of happiness, health, and success. This includes doing charitable work.

5. RESOLVE TO EMBRACE CHANGE: New Year resolutions are all about change. If you are not ready to change why resolutions? Change yourself, change your environment, if necessary, and change your relationships. Don't be afraid of change. Change your routines, change your habits, change your working habits (organize workplace and home), if necessary, change your job, your priorities, and the way you have been living. This includes learning something new, being tech savvy (utilizing full potential of computer, internet, social media, emails, mobile phones, etc.)

6. RESOLVE TO BE ADDICTED TO, OBSESSED WITH, POSSESSD BY YOUR TOP PRIORITY RESOLUTION: This is a must for success of New Year Resolutions. Be in touch with them constantly. Write them down, read them often, substitute your morning and bed time prayer and meditation by praying to God for realizing them and meditation on them. Review constantly and revise, if need be. Above all don't abandon them if forgotten for some time. There are many New Year days in a year (various religions and nations have their own New Year days). Utilize them and festival holidays to review your New Year resolutions.

7. RESOLVE TO DO BETTER TIME MANAGEMENT: The key to success is hard work and working more time than others. However, time is limited and distributed equally to all (so that in a competitive situation all have equal time allotted). Better time management can give us the required edge over others. Organize and better manage time. Generally, one can save much time by limiting or altogether eliminating time spent in reading newspapers, seeing TV, or surfing internet. Organize your work space, computer, etc. Even organize your thoughts.

8. RESOLVE TO SET YOUR PRIORITIES AND ACT ON THEM: Even after making our New Year Resolutions, we fail to implement them because we don't find time to do them! If I have made writing a novel my top New Year Resolution, I may be so much busy with other things that I may not even start writing!

9. RESOLVE TO PERIODICALLY REVIEW NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS AND CHECK PROGRESS MADE: Our New Year Resolutions may be too ambitious. A few weeks into the year and we will realize what is possible and what not. We may review our resolutions. Similarly, we must periodically check progress made. In case of total failure, we must remake our resolutions. The more time we resolve, the more there are chances of success.

10. RESOLVE TO BE READY TO ABANDON YOUR WORLDLY AIMS TO HIGHER VALUES AND THINGS IN LIFE: Sacrifice all your resolutions regarding worldly progress to higher things in life. For love forsake everything. For family forsake everything. Our New Year Resolutions should not be unadulterated to selfishness and self-centric life.

The second set of New Year Resolutions should be totally different from the first set which deals with the bigger general questions of life. The second set is for personal life and the goals set for it. However, most of the people will ignore to formulate the first set. Therefore, I will include some overlapping goals in the second set so that it in itself is complete without the first set.

Here is the second set of goals:

1. RESOLVE TO START YOGA OR WALKING/JOGGING IN THE MORNING: Yoga is more than physical exercise. It is for physical, mental and spiritual development and a way of life. With yoga peace of mind, happiness, success, health will follow automatically. Our way of life and dietary habits will change drastically. Morning walking/jogging is the easiest yet very beneficial physical activity and it is generally easy to stick to this routine as in the morning there is hardly any distractions/engagements. One could combine both yoga and morning walking/jogging or set, for example, three days for yoga and three days for walking/jogging. One day rest is recommended. Of course, these activities can be done in the evening also.

2. RESOLVE TO START SOME OUTDOOR GAME/SPORT: Outdoor games/sports are easy to follow than exercise routine like gym etc. One enjoys games/sports and if part of a partnership/team one is bound to be regular. Any game/sport is good depending on your personal choice. Apart from playing game/sport, be generally active during the day.

3. RESOLVE TO EAT BALANCE AND NUTRITIVE DIET: Enjoyment of food is a matter of habit. We enjoy food eating which we have grown up. Variety is also enjoyed. Junk food can be enjoyed only occasionally. One can not, and of course, should not eat junk food regularly. If one becomes health conscious food habits automatically improve.

4. RESOLVE TO DEVOTE MAXIMUM TIME AND EFFORT TO YOUR SINGLE OVERARCHING PASSION: This is the main goal and aim of making New Year Resolutions. What do you want to do specially in life apart from eating, drinking, and be merry and working hard and earning money? Is there a writer, painter, or musician within you desperately trying to express him/her? Don't commit feticide. Resolve here that you will write ten pages of your novel daily or you will write your novel this year. Happy New Year Wallpapers 2020

5. RESOLVE TO ORGANIZE YOUR THOUGHTS, PLANS, COMPUTER AND HOUSEHOLD: Disorganization is the thief of time and energy. One wastes lots of energy in finding information and things if one is disorganized and works in haphazard way. Resolve to organize your life and things.

6. RESOLVE TO TIME MANAGEMENT: Though time is the most precious commodity in the world, most of us do not manage it properly. Are you wasting too much time in activities which are not related to your New Year Resolutions? Is newspaper, TV, or email/internet wasting too much of your time? Are you bogged down with the small issues of life never finding time for bigger and really important issues of your life.

7. RESOLVE TO BE ON TOP OF YOUR OFFICE/EMPLOYMENT WORK AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND MAINTAIN GOOD RELATIONS WITH YOUR BOSS AND COLLEAGUES: Generally office does not find a prominent spot in our New Year Resolutions. It is, in most cases, because in most work places just doing what is required is enough. In bureaucratic set up promotions and salary increases are time bound rather than efficiency bound. Office life becomes important only for those working in private sector where efficiency is demanded and rewarded. However, both in public and private sector not being able to cope with one's work and colleagues creates great tension and may not be good for one's health and personal goals.

8. RESOLVE TO VALUE HAPPINESS, HEALTH, FAMILY AND FRIENDS MORE THAN MONETARY CONSIDERATIONS: New Year Resolutions are generally for success. That is OK. However, don't make monetary gains the only measure of success. Be after success but at the same time don't sacrifice your happiness, health, family and friends on the altar of success. A fine balance is to be kept. On the other hand don't blame your family and friends for your failure or make them scapegoat. Here you should also be willing and ready to help others, especially the needy and poor. The more you are successful, the more you have a responsibility towards them.

9. RESOLVE TO WRITE DOWN YOUR NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS: A written thing is a commitment. If you write down your resolutions you commit to them. In writing you organize your thoughts and decide your priorities. You can refer to them time and again. Write them in your diary, write them in your Notes in your computer or desktop so that they are instantly available.

10. RESOLVE TO MEASURE YOUR PROGRESS OR ADHERENCE PERIODICALLY AND DON'T BE DISCOURAGED: This is very important. Making New Year Resolution is one thing, following them another. Measure your progress and adherence periodically. Revise your resolutions, if needed. Recommit yourself. Don't be discouraged if you fail. Making New Year Resolutions and trying is better than not making them at all. Don't develop the mentality of all or nothing. Follow your New Year Resolutions to whatever extent you can.

Brock Lesnar and Junior Dos Santos Announced As TUF 13 Coaches

Dana White announced today that Brock Lesnar and Junior Dos Santos will be the coaches on this season (TUF 13) of The Ultimate Fighter. The two fighters will continue the tradition of concluding the season by facing each other in the Octagon. Only two things were assured by Dana's announcement. The first is that there would be instant controversy amongst keyboard warriors everywhere on the blogosphere. Lesnar's authoritative coaching role relative to his inexperience as a mixed martial artist will add to his already considerable base of critics. The second guarantee is that TUF 13 will be ratings gold! Lesnar has proven time and again that if nothing else he draws eyeballs. Whatever method you use to track popularity, whether its Google searches, or pay-per-view buys, Lesnar is undeniably the proverbial goose that lays the golden ratings egg.

Once one get past the initial awkwardness of appointing an intensely private individual with relatively little experience in MMA as a coach, this season offers many intriguing questions. First and foremost, what will Brock's attitude and personality be? Or rather, maybe the question should be how will the UFC choose to portray Lesnar? Lesnar has described himself as a lone wolf type of individual before. He hates large cities (instead of moving to an established gym he chose to build his own in rural Alexandria Minnesota) and must dread spending all that time in Vegas. Lesnar was recently quoted while describing himself:

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"It's very basic for me. When I go home, I don't buy into any of the b.s. Like I said, it's pretty basic: Train, sleep, family, fight. It's my life. I like it. I've been in front of the cameras for 10, 12 years. I was a star at the University of Minnesota. I went on to World Wrestling Entertainment. Wannabe NFL player. And here I am, the UFC heavyweight champion. I just don't put myself out there to the fans and prostitute my private life to everybody. In today's day and age, with the Internet and cameras and cell phones, I just like being old school and living in the woods and living my life. I came from nothing and at any moment, you can go back to having nothing"

What in that statement leads anyone to believe that he wants to spend over a month in Sin City, away from his family, under the glare of cameras? My guess is that the UFC must have paid him a mint to do this ratings stunt. Clearly they didn't do it for the fighters who will all be Welterweights (by necessity that makes the show different than this seasons' where GSP was a consistent training partner for his team). There is a rumour circling on many internet forums that Lesnar has made a backroom deal with White that sees him propping up The Ultimate Fighter franchise in exchange for being allowed to do Wrestlemania this year (which would likely pay Lesnar an even more obscene amount of money). While this would be great for Spike's ratings, it would likely turn many traditional fans of the sport off. The greying of the line between MMA and professional wrestling has a long standing history that many fans find frustrating. Lesnar seems to have become the symbol for this hatred, as well as for the predictable backlash from 'original' MMA fans toward the newer, more mainstream group (aka 'Ultimate Fighter Newbs') that Lesnar is a huge crossover hit with.

But the question remains: How will Lesnar be received? When the cameras turn on will he revert back to the brash, controversial, WWE-bred character that he showed when he initially came into the UFC? Or will he continue to reaveal his much more humble side that we have seen since his near death experience last year? Will he seek to intimidate Dos Santos, or accept his recent failings in the name of improvement? Will he gain a grudging respect from MMA insiders (as Kimbo Slice did a few seasons ago) or will he give them further ammunition to use against him? Lesnar has never even been part of a MMA team in the traditional sense of the word before (he hires fighters to come in and train with him in Alexandria on a fight-by-fight basis, but to my knowledge doesn't regularly attend other gyms) how will he adapt to camaraderie-oriented setting of TUF? Finally, as I mentioned before, how Lesnar acts on the show and wishes himself to be portrayed might be immaterial in the end. The real question is likely what Zuffa's editing crew will do with the footage of Lesnar. Does the UFC need another humble fighter in the Cain Velasquez mould? Or would it instead be further ahead to encourage the view of Lesnar as a controversial figure that many would pay big bucks to see get beaten? The answers to these questions will be very interesting to say the least.

The biggest issue that the show will no doubt have to deal with is the legitimacy of Lesnar as a coach, as well as the team he will bring with him. While JDS has experience as a professional boxer, and trains BJJ with the famous Nogueira brothers at Team Black House (his belt rank is widely speculated to be brown... good thing I don't place much value in belt ranks anyway) what does Lesnar really bring to the table? Well, he definitely brings wrestling chops. This is no small matter in the current climate of MMA. In my opinion this is without a doubt the most important base for a fighter. However, other than that, does he truly excel anywhere else? Can he really teach Welterweights to be a genetic freak like himself? With such little time with the fighters I often think that the coaching of the headliners is overblown. If Lesnar can communicate (such an overlooked aspect of coaching) his wrestling knowledge and work ethic, this might actually prove to be fairly valuable. Besides, it's the guys that you bring in that could really make or break a contestant's experience.

On that note, it is always fun to speculate which coaches each fighter might bring in. JDS would appear to have a natural advantage in coming from one of the most experienced teams in the world in the aforementioned team Black House based out of Brazil. With such notable training partners as the Nogueira brothers, Anderson Silva and Lyoto Machida, there is a bevy of options for Dos Santos to choose from. Interestingly, very few of the team's members are known for having any real wrestling background.

I would assume Brock will bring his boy Greg Nelson along for the ride (this is likely who will pick the other coaches and ultimately shape the training for Team Lesnar). He is fairly experienced in the world of MMA and has clearly done an excellent job in bring Lesnar up to speed in the relatively short time they have been training. I think the real wild card as far as Lesnar is concerned will be whose arm he or the UFC can twist in order to appear on the show. With the UFC having such a strong interest in promoting Lesnar I wouldn't really be surprised to hear any name at all thrown in. Any of the current WWs, MWs, and/or LHWs could asked to appear by Dana and Co. As well, if Nelson and Lesnar have any designs on improving his striking (which they should given recent results) they should spare no expense in bringing in a top flight striking coach (just pay whatever sum it takes to get Duke Roufus Brock). This would leave the door open for any number of trainers since both Brock's and Dana's cheque books and promotional pull could garner an appearance from pretty much anyone out there.

It is a long road leading up to when the two giants will step into the Octagon together, but the inner prognosticator in me can't help but speculate on the eventual outcome. Early poll results on several websites showed Dos Santos' to have a 60-40 edge in the minds of fight fans. The fighters are great opponents for each other. JDS' technical boxing acumen and overall power have left a laundry list of destruction in his wake as he has climbed the Heavyweight ladder. When you combine this with Brock's complete lack of kickboxing training, and subsequent inexperience with being hit, it seems like a large advantage for 'Cigano'. However, we have yet to see Dos Santos' ground game tested in the UFC. He does train with some great BJJ players, but that is no guarantee of anything. Lesnar was able to completely suffocate Frank Mir on the ground, and JDS is no Cain Velasquez in terms of takedown defence. At this point it is a complete crap shoot in my opinion. Both fighters have truly improved each time they have fought (this is an often overused cliché, but I really believe it in the case of these two behemoths). To think that they will not have worked on their respective weaknesses is ridiculous. I am interested to see what each man brings to the table for the show.

Making the Transition From Student Nurse to Working RN

Have you ever heard the pronouncing "Nurses Eat Their Young"? Unfortunately, it's far all too genuine usually. New Grads or New RN's are often given into the arms of folks that seem to want to spend their time torturing instead of coaching. Why is that this so? Power corrupts the ego of some of us. Because a number of us have suffered injustices at the fingers of others, we sense unfastened to "pay it forward" so that it will raise our ego's station. The questioning is "I changed into as soon as at the low rung, now that I actually have chastised you and put you for your region, you're on a lower rung than I am, and I even have extended myself." It seems no longer to be real, and is more individually and spiritually adverse than we are able to recognise, however on the time it seems so.

This disorder is time-honored in lots of professions, not simply nursing. It is all about the ego and the meant trainer's vanity. The newbie or scholar is seen as the lowest shape of lifestyles within the context of the operating surroundings. This disorder just stands proud greater in a career that is generally perceived as being concerned and compassionate due to the fact that compassion and empathy are not prolonged to the new nurse in lots of instances. There is also a deeper psychology. There are individuals who perceive themselves deep down as poor examples of what the career of nursing calls for of them. These are the "wing clippers." They clip wings because they themselves can not fly and want to carry others right down to their stage in order that their inadequacies are assuaged. The new nurse or scholar is the most susceptible to the assault and give the best increase to the ego of folks that need it due to the fact there is seldom effect for this behavior. Happy New Year Sms 2020

There is also a 3rd purpose. Some experienced nurses who have labored tough to earn their knowledge and standing, in particular in the strong point regions like ICU, Surgery, OB, are much less prone to be magnanimous closer to a brand new nurse who isn't qualified to paintings in that vicinity. Accordingly, they don't feel you have to be there except you're awesome and also you need to show that or face isolation. These days, new nurses without ok enjoy are being thrown into area of expertise areas that it actually takes years to analyze by means of determined management. In those vital areas there's commonly not time to teach except there is a specific Preceptorship software to keep you from killing a person whilst you're learning. It is vital to understand your very own limits and luxury degree. Insure that you development at a tempo that is for your comfort quarter. You'll get in which you need to be and you'll know while it's time to transport up to extra tough care tiers.

How to Survive the First Year

The first step in survival whilst you are assigned to a person to orient you or "teach you the ropes" is to decide if that individual has your hobbies at coronary heart. If they like to teach, see it as a privilege and not drudgery, and are type and affected person with you and your errors, then you definitely have found a treasure past price. If they're short with you, destructively crucial, impatient, demeaning, or truely fending off you, you then want a alternate of trainer. Go on your director and provide an explanation for in professional terms, and with out whining, that you do now not experience your orientation goes as deliberate, and that there is probably a persona war and you would really like to have the opportunity to orient with a person else to benefit a unique attitude. Be honest. In brief, discover a person to educate you that you may recognize and who respects you as a new nurse. This individual may have empathy, adulthood, and expertise. You will understand them without delay due to the fact they always stand out. If this character does now not exist to your new environment, take into account growing your armor and interpersonal competencies. However, it's miles a good deal greater simple to just locate a place to work where you are appreciated and revered. Don't grasp on in quiet desperation, questioning it'll get better whilst deep down, you comprehend it won't. Whining, crying, and banging your head at the wall will no longer accomplish anything besides increasing your anxiety and providing you with a head harm. Follow your coronary heart and your intestine. Your vicinity inside the circle will come when you create it for yourself.

Following are some things to reflect onconsideration on and comprise into your new nursing paintings existence.

Be Patient - with others and particularly with yourself. It isn't always feasible to recognize the complexities of nursing in a short period. Do not chastise your self if you do now not suppose you know the entirety. That is OK, existence is for learning, and also you aren't speculated to understand everything in the beginning. Learn to mention "I do not know" and recognize how to correct your lack of knowledge. You will no longer be respected if you try to faux you understand some thing whilst it is obvious to all concerned that you do not. You can be respected for saying "I don't know" and then actively looking for the information and demonstrating what you discovered and apply it.

It Takes a Year - any complicated process takes a minimum of a year to examine. However, we're seldom for the reason that tons time. In nursing, you should be reasonably assured after this time and be at an area wherein you take into account that you will be getting to know something new each day that you practice nursing for the relaxation of your profession.

If You Do Not Know, Ask - The fastest manner to fail miserably is to count on. There is an vintage announcing: To ass/u/me makes an ass of you and me. Well, it does extra than make an ass of you if someone dies due to a mistake that might have been prevented if you had virtually requested.

Learn Where Things Are - tour your unit with a person knowledgeable. Do it with multiple person. Find the whole thing and bear in mind wherein it's far, even if you have to keep notes for yourself. It will prevent so much valuable time within the destiny you may not accept as true with it. Volunteer to do the outdates at the Crash Cart - know it internal out. Straighten the med room and deliver room for your "spare" time. Do something that will help you take into account wherein to get things and find things. This will foster your independence and make you experience tons less of a "newb."

Get Organized - How in many instances will you run down the hall with out tape or scissors for your pocket? How a whole lot time (which you already do not have) will you waste in chasing your tail for components? Ask any skilled nurse what they bring about in their wallet, they will tell you and even show you. It could be very individualized and a few literally carry everything they could want. Do no longer purchase scrubs that do not have big pockets just to appearance stylish, you will regret it in case you are simply there to offer nice patient care. You will probably now not regret being fashionable if you are only there to marry a medical doctor and stop nursing. Find work clothes that meet both needs if you are dumb enough to want to marry a health practitioner but nevertheless want to be a respectable nurse.

Take Care of Your Feet - they're the handiest ones you have got and that they take a beating each shift. Buy the maximum comfortable footwear you can locate, irrespective of price. Take a survey of your fellow nurses and find out what works and what would not.

Buy a Good Stethoscope - It is your primary assessment tool. A cheapie will not do something however confuse you with all the artifact they produce. It is your process, and expert duty, to accurately determine coronary heart and lung and bowel sounds. You will use your stethoscope a dozen times a shift if you are assessing your sufferers correctly. Beware: stethoscopes are accidentally (and every now and then on cause) stolen. Especially a truly nice one. The medical doctor borrows it, usually because they by no means have one, and then you definately do not see them once more for weeks. Amazingly, whilst you do see them again, they come what may do not consider what they did with it. It is in their office, assured. Put your call on it in order that it can not be removed. Have it engraved on the bell. Get a thorough colour. There are new digital ones available now that are in reality top notch. It is an investment you may no longer be sorry you made and it's miles an funding because they're not reasonably-priced.

Trust Your Instincts - If your intestine is telling you something is inaccurate, it possibly is. Develope and exercise this skill every day. It is equally genuine if something is proper. Consult your gut and your heart, they may no longer steer you wrong. Unless of course, you've got some sort of psychological pathology, but then you may no longer recognize anyway due to the fact the honestly crazy do now not understand that they are.

Knowledge breeds Confidence - If you're uncertain of some thing... Appearance it up or ask. Meds, approaches, something of that you are unsure. Before you visit the affected person's room.

Then keep in mind that you want to be adaptable because the book generally does not cover each situation. Apply your knowledge to the state of affairs and think outside the container or if wanted, depend upon a mentor. Ask them to show you how to do some thing or stroll you through it or truly be there for moral help. See one, do one, teach one. Remember, common experience isn't always all that common, but it can be learned and progressed to some extent. Then, learn how to suppose seriously.

Learn to Chart - If you probably did no longer chart it, it became no longer completed. Simple as that. Learn to take away the vain verbiage and chart simply the crucial points. Avoid generalities, they've little that means and that they can be your downfall legally. Chart as if you had been being sued ten years from now. Because this is usually while it occurs. You will now not recall details ten years from now, you believe you studied you will, however you may no longer. There will be too many comparable situations and sufferers. Accurate, succinct, thorough charting will save you time and again. Take the time to take a seat down and study the charting of a nurse who absolutely knows what is vital. ICU nurses are usually superb examples due to their revel in and skill degree. Have certainly one of them that you appreciate evaluation your charting and provide you with suggestions on a way to bring the most records with the fewest phrases.

Have Confidence - Especially in the front of your sufferers. Be capable to mention, "I do not know, but I can find out" and nonetheless conduct yourself with confidence. And recollect, nearly all people can tell in case you are blowing smoke. Practice self-self assurance by expanding your know-how base, each day. Do now not cross into a affected person's room to present meds without understanding what you are giving, why you are giving it, what it does, and what it method to the patient. It is the same with any tactics as nicely, irrespective of how habitual. Why, you ask? Because they will ask YOU! That is what you are there for.

Become a Good Teammate - Get true enough at what you do so that it will have time to assist others or be a useful resource for them. If you're always in the back of, then you are constantly relying on others that will help you. That is nice on occasion, we all want help once in a while, however it have to be the exception in place of the rule of thumb. Do not be afraid to invite for assist when you need it. Just make it your intention to create time by being extra prepared and efficient and not usually be strolling. When you've got this time, provide to assist your fellow nurses whilst they may be at the back of. Then, because you're properly at what you do, typically caught up and able to provide help to others you'll be growing massive appreciate for yourself and your talents, whether you actively are seeking popularity or now not. Nursing is a group recreation, a few are simply better at it than others. Be one of the higher ones.

These are just a few recommendations to don't forget out of the loads you'll come to realize but those fundamentals will stand you in suitable stead in getting started and locating your directions inside the first year. Most of what you research will come through osmosis and experience, however take into account the books just due to the fact you graduated and never want to look them once more. Learning is a career long and lifelong process. There is always more to recognize and nursing and remedy both trade continuously.

Remember, when the scholar is ready, the teacher will appear. When the instructor appears, take respectful advantage of him or her. The state of affairs will no longer be hard to understand, as it is meant for you and you will just recognise