So why do we feel the need to MAKE changes through resolutions or goals for the coming year? Haven't we changed enough? Can't we just give ourselves a break? Are we not convinced that this coming New Year will bring us enough abundant change as seasons and calendars re-cycle us once again?
Every year I write down my goals with a crisp vigour within my soul. And this year, it was all I could do to just THINK about my goals....much less write them down. I felt myself struggling with this:
"Why do I not want to get serious about all the changes that I want to come for me this year?"
Then it became clear to me. Its not that I dont want goals...especially New Year's goals (some of the best kind). And its not that I dont believe in the power of writing down my goals. Its this whole perspective thing that, I feel, drives many of our New Year's resolutions.....the perspective of needing things or ourselves to change MORE. What if we looked at our New Year's goals as our reward for changing so much over the past year... And a reward for showing up again this year? Instead of limiting our resolution/goal list to just things that we want to be better, why don't we include the things that are already great from enduring yet another cosmic year?
With my past year being 4 seasons full of change, I couldn't even stomach adding more to my plate with MORE goals to focus on. And I realized that perhaps my focus is to just to be more appreciative of how far I have come. Do we take enough time to do this? My own curiousity cannot help but write down a huge list of goals to see what I can achieve this year, but I have come to see the needed balance of self-appreciation for what we have already created.....NOW
Let New Year's Day be a day of basking in where you are NOW. The coming New Year will be sure to move you through plenty of life cycles to keep you growing. Thats life. The constant is change. And the change is constant.
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