Today is 1/1/14… a new day dawns to remind me that once again I rise to the occasion. Tis very funny but on this first day of a new year - a Number 8 year for me - I actually did a very simple sacred ritual to usher it in (I generally wait until my birthday to reflect on the year and create a intent for the next year). I am not big on large expressions of anything…. I always sense the turning point of a large expression from true love, gratitude, awe etc to over emphasis and grandiose ego involvement. Perhaps it is just me who senses this change but I really don't think I am alone. Take a moment and watch the next time you are incased in a large expression. Feel for the moment when it moves from a simple genuine fulfilling sacred moment to one of over emphasis. Let your body mark that moment and ask your soul to help you to remember, so that when you are expressing it, remains simple and sacred.
Today I spent time sitting quietly in the morning waking to the sun rising to a new day, new year. I envisioned a light being carried by myself feeling the presence of so many others as I walked gently towards the opening in the clouds. With each step I whispered my gratitude for opportunities that lay ahead yet discovered, the love and care of my friends and family, for my health, my home, my body and my ability to go deeper into my relationship with soul, spirit, and the divine. I then sat with this vision allowing my body to feel the sacredness of the stillness, the blessing of the gratitude, and the love of the light. In the quietness of the morning I could feel the expansiveness of the Divine that is expressed through all things, allowing my body to embrace and feel that oneness that holds each of us though out our days. The expansiveness gave me a color to bring into my awareness - soft luminescent purple. Allowing this color to envelope me brought closure to the simple sacred ritual for welcoming 2014.
I do not make resolutions. I learned early that doing so emphasizes all the "things" I perceive as just not so right about me. Instead I listen quietly for the part of me that would like to speak to the world, a part that has been quiet, or perhaps a part that just wants to be so more present. Giving voice and recognition to more of me always leads me on an adventurous journey, guaranteed! For my 2014 journey I asked quietly as I sat drinking my morning tea and was gifted with an electrifying squeal of "Let's carry on with what we have designed these last 30 days of 2013 and see who, what, where, and when it takes us! It will be such a delightful adventure!" Before accepting this pronouncement, I scan my body of its willingness to carry on and looking for any reluctance and finally asking my soul, guidance, and Spirit for their input. I then follow with my sacred ritual to claim this request which allows for full participation of body, mind and soul.
Now it is time to step out into the world.
Welcome 2014 with simplicity and enjoy where ever your journey takes you.