At one point or another I think pretty much everyone gives up on making New Year’s Resolutions. We get tired of mapping out what our ideal self would be like, giving it our best, falling back to some level of reality, and then living with a sense of disappointment that

Hineni (pronounced hee-nay-nee) is an important Hebrew word meaning “Here I am.” It is much fuller of meaning than the informal and casual poh (“I’m here”). Hineni connotes being completely present, completely available, immovably surrendered, yielded, having a readiness to do whatever is asked, etc. Hineni was the response of