Let this New Year be the beginning of a new life in each of us
wherein "old things are passed away." Let all blessed old things
stay, but let the clutter of our heads and hearts be removed, that new
inspirations and new affections may come in to gladden our lives.~~Chester Burg
Emerson~~
It's the New Year. Personally I think I have entered a parallel universe where time is accelerated, how can it be another year already!?! But here we are. the entire culture is health obsessed for the next few weeks. All of the grocery store have 'healthy' foods on sale, the TV is plastered with ads for this and that crazy weight loss product. Everyone is motivated. As the weeks go by, and the quick fixes are just too hard to keep up, or the same old issues keep rearing their ugly heads, that motivation will slip away, and it will be back to business as usual. Except for those of us fortunate enough to have figured out that it is not about a quick fix, or the newest fad diet. It is never about not eating. It is about making the best choices we can make at any given moment, learning to find the old issues and deal with them, so that we can kick them to the curb and get on with the business of learning that we are indeed beautiful, wonderful, intelligent, articulate, deserving, worthy individuals.
It's the New Year. Personally I think I have entered a parallel universe where time is accelerated, how can it be another year already!?! But here we are. the entire culture is health obsessed for the next few weeks. All of the grocery store have 'healthy' foods on sale, the TV is plastered with ads for this and that crazy weight loss product. Everyone is motivated. As the weeks go by, and the quick fixes are just too hard to keep up, or the same old issues keep rearing their ugly heads, that motivation will slip away, and it will be back to business as usual. Except for those of us fortunate enough to have figured out that it is not about a quick fix, or the newest fad diet. It is never about not eating. It is about making the best choices we can make at any given moment, learning to find the old issues and deal with them, so that we can kick them to the curb and get on with the business of learning that we are indeed beautiful, wonderful, intelligent, articulate, deserving, worthy individuals.
We are deserving of the best that life has to offer. So in order
to achieve that we will let those old negative thoughts and untruths hat
clutter up our minds be the "old things that are passed away." They
aren't worth keeping around, they are ugly non productive lies that were told
to us by others our ourselves so often that we began to believe them and live
them. Just as a child will live up to expectations or down to expectations, so
will we. So we must get rid of that junk cluttering up our minds, and replace
the old things with blessed new things. The TRUTH of who we are and what we can
accomplish when we realize that it is our choice to accomplish it. New
inspirations, new affections, affection for ourselves. Loving ourselves enough
to know that when we take care of ourselves we take care of the others in our
lives better. Loving ourselves enough to only let true things hang out in our
memory, and to make the best choices we can in any circumstance. To know that
the choice we make may not always be the best, and to forgive ourselves for
those times and to make the best choice in the very next moment. So bring on
the New Year, we are ready to meet it, ready to do the work we have to do to
make it the best year ever. Choosing to let our choices be the things that
gladden our hearts.
Happy New Year!
Peace and Blessings,
EstherBelle
Happy New Year!
Peace and Blessings,
EstherBelle
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