Happy New YOU!

 

Yes!  Happy New YOU!  As we say goodbye to 2008, take some time to be intentional about what you are saying goodbye to.  Each year, many people make resolutions about what they will receive for the coming year.  There is, however, often one thing missing from this declaration: the release of what they must let go of in order to receive what they want.

 

I was reminded during the burning bowl ceremony at my church that exhaling and inhaling are a part of the same process.  And whether we are contemplating our habitual thoughts and actions, the air we breathe or the clutter in our closets, receiving follows releasing which follows receiving which follows releasing....

 

This is a process that begins with your awareness; awareness that you can be brand new right now.  The New Year can bring about a New You as you consciously decide to let go of the things that do not reflect who you choose to be in this moment.  No person, or circumstances, or past beliefs get to decide who you are.  Only you get to decide who you are this year and forever.

 

Happy New YOU!