Well this is my first post for for the New Year .. it's hard to fathom that yet another year has traveled on by and boy didn't it move fast.
As the sun set on evening of 2010 I felt excited anticipation and ready to embrace a new Gregorian year... 2011!
As the sun set on evening of 2010 I felt excited anticipation and ready to embrace a new Gregorian year... 2011!
I felt excited for two reasons
1. I was pleased to kiss 2010 goodbye and relieved to make it through what was a very challenging & worrisome year for me. I've not written of all of this in my blog out of respect for those concerned and will still not; but it has been a year of life-threatening illness, of deaths, of depression, of poor fortune and other unforeseen tragic events. I often felt like, just when it were safe to allow myself the leisure to relax again some other horrible thing would happen. I am generally a very positive person but would have to say that this year really tested this quality in me. I'm pleased to say though, that we made it through, and although it was tough I have also taken away much good from these events. My mother taught me that it is through life's adversities that we grow & learn to appreciate life..... I know she it right.
So upon reflection of this last year, I can see that although it felt bad a lot of the time, it really wasn't all bad. Sometimes it is just hard to see the forest for the trees. As I looked back in my blog I was reminded of the many good times we had and for this I am grateful.
2. I'm excited at the possibilities that this New Year may bring. I've a new canvass to colour and my endeavor is to make it beautiful. I know I can't control everything that happens in life but I can have some control over myself and the way I choose to receive & perceive things or events. So at the dawn of this new year I made a promise to myself to embrace my life, as it is, and make the most of all that I've got, while I've got it... because every second of every day is a gift and it's a gift not to be wasted.
So my ' Life Words' for this year 2011 are:
Dream allow myself the privilege to dream & embrace new possibilities for myself
Laugh a lot more because it is soul lifting and good for my health
Believe in myself & my abilities more
Explore new things & places because this is such a beautiful world
Play more with my family & friends
Trust myself more, I don't want to be paralyzed by indecision anymore.
Touch more ...I love to hug because it makes me feel safe & comforted.
Forgive because I know that this can give a sense of peace & is also an empowering feeling
Communicate because relationships are important and in nurturing them I am nurturing myself.
Gratitude for all I have and all that life gives me
Appreciate myself more & my loved ones because they are truly the most blessed gifts in life Give more of myself, my time to others
Read more because I love it
Write because I love words and the power within them
Relax because there are more important things in life than having a spic and span house.
What may be your life words??
I would love to wish each and every one of you a truly wonderful New Year in 2011. May your year be filled with love, peace, good health & contentment.
So upon reflection of this last year, I can see that although it felt bad a lot of the time, it really wasn't all bad. Sometimes it is just hard to see the forest for the trees. As I looked back in my blog I was reminded of the many good times we had and for this I am grateful.
2. I'm excited at the possibilities that this New Year may bring. I've a new canvass to colour and my endeavor is to make it beautiful. I know I can't control everything that happens in life but I can have some control over myself and the way I choose to receive & perceive things or events. So at the dawn of this new year I made a promise to myself to embrace my life, as it is, and make the most of all that I've got, while I've got it... because every second of every day is a gift and it's a gift not to be wasted.
So my ' Life Words' for this year 2011 are:
Dream allow myself the privilege to dream & embrace new possibilities for myself
Laugh a lot more because it is soul lifting and good for my health
Believe in myself & my abilities more
Explore new things & places because this is such a beautiful world
Play more with my family & friends
Trust myself more, I don't want to be paralyzed by indecision anymore.
Touch more ...I love to hug because it makes me feel safe & comforted.
Forgive because I know that this can give a sense of peace & is also an empowering feeling
Communicate because relationships are important and in nurturing them I am nurturing myself.
Gratitude for all I have and all that life gives me
Appreciate myself more & my loved ones because they are truly the most blessed gifts in life Give more of myself, my time to others
Read more because I love it
Write because I love words and the power within them
Relax because there are more important things in life than having a spic and span house.
What may be your life words??
I would love to wish each and every one of you a truly wonderful New Year in 2011. May your year be filled with love, peace, good health & contentment.
