New Year's Resolutions vs. Resolutions for a New Life

I wonder how one little thing, or usually a number of things can happen that will cause a person to change their whole outlook on life and the situations they're in, have a whole new reason for pressing forward, excited about what's ahead, and knowing that this time things are really going to be different..........but then the slightest, minute thing happens that interrupts that feeling of awesomeness (couldn't find a better synonym) and raises the question and doubt that it really wasn't real or any different this time. It's always just the same old story right?

Despite my wonderment and numerous array of experiences in the aforementioned I think we can still choose to be optimistic and try again, give it another go, and persist in perfection....I know I'm going to. Some of my favorite stories from the scriptures are those of people and prophets that knew the sweet joys of persisting in doing what was right and what the Lord had commanded. Nephi in getting the plates, Nephi in not giving up on his brothers, the allegory of the olive tree, Abinidi, Samuel, Mormon, Ether, Israel (Jacob not giving up on his love for Rachel) Moses (how many plagues did he try?) Jonah, Peter, Paul, Joseph Smith (in getting the plates and in seeking redress and the establishment of Zion), Brigham Young (building the Salt Lake Temple) the Prophets of our day (still asking for our prayers and working towards having the Gospel preached in every land), and most of all, our Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ in their efforts to have their children return home to them. These scripture and modern references just off the top of my head seem like plenty examples to show that our Father in Heaven never gives up on His children. If we think it's bad and a hopeless case when we try to start anew but then fall short so quickly, how must it be for them when they know of every time that happens to every single one of us. And yet they still haven't given up on us. So we can't give up. Maybe our New Year Resolutions have already taken a hard hit, but that doesn't mean we have to give in.
"Shall we not go forward in so great a cause as this? Yes! Onward to victory!"

Hasta