Starting this blog was a big thing for me. I wanted a way to document my life so I could track my spiritual, emotional and physical growth. With a few glitches here and there, I’ve been pretty faithful. I’m not going to get too rigid and beat myself up or give up because I haven’t blogged religiously. So, now that we’re thisclose to 2009, I’ve been thinking about what I want to accomplish in this new year: I want to meet my husband and move forward with my photography biz. More importantly, I’m hoping that I will finally find God’s true calling on my life and pursue that whole-heartedly…without fear and anxiety.
Here’s an encouraging email I received from a life-coach. I hope it lifts you up as much as it did for me:
What I love about the New Year is the thought of beginning again- starting
over. In fact I love the word new and all that it means. I am reminded by
the words of the Apostle Paul in Philippians “Forgetting those things
that are behind and pressing on to what’s ahead.” It occurs to me that
you can’t press on to anything new really if you are still clinging to
the old. You can’t embrace tomorrow if you are holding on to yesterday or
the past.
So what would happen if you just let go of some of your mistakes,
shortcomings or even failures of this past year? What would happen if you
gave yourself a clean slate? Well, why not? For just a moment close your
eyes, take a deep breath and visualize a clean slate. If you could wipe the
slate clean, start over or reinvent yourself who would you be or become? If
you could do something else what would it be? I know it’s hard to do
because our minds can come up with a thousand reasons why it won’t work.
But what if, what if you actually see the New Year as a new slate to
become the person that you have always wanted to be? What if you saw the
New Year as a gift being given to you, a permission slip for you to step
out of your comfort zone and pursue some of the things you’ve always
wanted to experience or even become? Well, why not?
I believe the New Year is a great time to begin again and even reinvent
your life. Give yourself a gift this year, a gift of a NEW YEAR- new goals,
new experiences and new horizons to explore. It really can be a time to
start over, begin again and move towards greater experiences, meaning and
excitement. So, what are you waiting for?
Happy NEW Year!
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