I learned a valuable lesson while volunteering with our church high school group last year. I'll spare all the details, but the lesson was to "be intentional."
If you care about someone, let them know. If you appreciate something that somebody has done in your life, let them know. Go help your neighbor - today. We have no guarantee for tomorrow, we have today to make it the best!
To borrow the old saying, "We judge others by their actions, but we tend to judge ourselves by our intentions". We all get caught in the trap of saying to ourselves, "I meant to go help", or "I sure appreciate so-and-so" but we just don't follow all the way through to put our intentions into actions.
This is my continued resolution, to act rather than just intend to act.
All the Best to All of You This New Year!