We say we want to eat better, feel better, and look better. But in order to make our goals materialize, we have to take responsibility for what we want by taking appropriate actions. Here are three simple steps to help you turn your healthy goals into concrete accomplishments:

Step One: Blame No One. Pointing fingers at fast food industry, media or your mother is not going to move you one step closer to reaching your goals. Blame invariably inspires guilt and reproach, so that when we start out blaming others, before we know it we are faulting ourselves. There is no time for that. Besides, minute you blame something or someone for shape of your life, you are denying yourself opportunity to take action you need to transform your circumstances. It isn’t a question of whose fault it is that you are where you are today. The point is to shoulder responsibility for moving your life in a more positive direction.

II Kings 20.7 "And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on boil, and he recovered."

In late October, I was picking up pecans. It was a beautiful fall day, and I enjoyed being outside. Late in evening, I was picking up pecans under moneymaker tree, near my old spring garden spot. In late January or early February, I usually plant new red Irish potatoes. My family always enjoyed them, especially Eva, my youngest daughter. That previous April, I had gathered a bumper crop of them but now they were just a memory. I looked over plowed ground and saw some green shoots about eight inches high. I went to take a closer look and discovered four hills of new potatoes. This time of year, I didn't expect to see such a sight -- I had not planted them -- they had volunteered.