This is the time of year when, typically, we people make resolutions.

However, this year it’s time for “We The People” to make resolve our most personal resolution ever.

Here’s some perspective. We’ll include both the definitional differences and, perhaps, help stimulate your own thoughts as to why those typical resolutions rarely last more than a few days  or weeks into each new year.

Let’s start with the noun “resolution.”

Webster (Merriam, not Daniel) defines resolution as “a firm decision to do or not to do something.”

Affixing a political lens, Webster also defines resolution as a “formal expression of opinion or intention agreed on by a legislative body, committee, or other formal meeting …”

Don’t you just love it: “expression of opinion or intention”? But, at least in this instance, a pleasant surprise:

The political lens that typically filters out truth actually provides insight for us, who so choose, to see.

Example:

Our New Year’s resolutions, such as “I’m going to lose 15 pounds,”  represent one’s intention. Especially with diet, these tend to be especially short-lived Most don’t last through the next pass by the holiday desert table. Of course, the problem with all intention always is the octane rating of the resolve necessary to fuel any resolution. That moves us to Webster’s definition of “resolve.”

First, the noun: “Resolve —  a determination, personal or otherwise.”

Example: The incumbent’s statements were intended to weaken the resolve of citizens struggling to pay their taxes.

Another example: More citizens every day are unwavering in their resolve to roll back government to become truly free.

Second, the verb: Resolve — that is “to distinguish between … make independent judgment … reach a firm decision.”

Example: The president’s speech did nothing to resolve doubts about so-called Obama-care.

Another example: Republicans haven’t been able to resolve their differences about current candidates.

We can go on and on, but, while the few examples cited here are indeed issues of importance, there are other issues of more importance:

Those are centered on the principles of our founding and the very documents declaring independence and constituting the framework of all government, including government’s assigned duties, as well as specified limits.

Here’s one New Year’s Resolution for your consideration:

Each state passes resolution(s), followed by state legislation reinforcing it, telling the federal government to immediately cease all encroachments on its citizens and desist in all efforts to impinge on the rights of each sovereign state.

And, to fuel the individual and state resolutions necessary to restore all freedoms, individual citizens need stoke their personal resolve necessary to make it happen.

Beginning New Year’s Day 2012, citizen resolve is the most important resolution ever.

Richard Olivastro is president of Olivastro Communications. Contact him at: RichOlivastro@gmail.com or by phone at 1-877-RichSpeaks.