I always feel a certain little twinge of weird optimisim on New Years Day. I think most people do. And I think it's all about the R word. Whether or not you admit to being into the tradition of making a list of ways you plan on becoming perfect over the next 365 days... I think the hope passes through all our minds that we could possibly forge a great divide (precisely at 12:01, New Year) that separates us from our inept past (the old years), and enables us to tap into some place inside where our intentions and our actions will magically merge and turn us into our best Self.
Yet... for the vast majority us, that hope is never enough to bring about anything more than a brief upstart... and an eventual fizzling out. Why? Because there's nothing particularly magical about New Year's Day (unless you bring something magical)... so we're all setting ourselves up. Setting our sails in the direction of no-wind, and then beating ourselves up, by mid-January, because we failed, once again, to move steadily forward in the direction of your Best Life.
So... let's try something different this year. Instead of making a list of Resolutions for changing your life... let's take the next few days and take a good look at your life just as it is.
And ask yourself a few self-questions:
“Am I at peace with my life . . . and how it’s going?”
“And, am I at peace with myself about how I walk out my days?”
“Am I living by faith or do I live by fear?”
“And... do I truly believe that I could be living a life with more peace, more wisdom, more purpose, more passion, more abundance, and more joy?”
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I've just finished writing a new book called From Trouble to High Places: Meditations for Women Who Are So Ready to Cross the Bridges that Lead to Joy! (For now, you can find it on http://www.lulu.com/ and on my website - http://www.reinventingyourwomanspace.com/) In a nutshell, it's about finding ways to walk away from the life you don't want and moving forward toward the life you do. I'll be sharing excerpts from the book through this blog. Enjoy!
Love & Light,
Esther
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