Well it’s the 28th December and we’re right in the middle of the festive celebrations of Christmas and the entry into the new year 2012.
So how is it going for you? Was it a great holiday because you were with your loved ones, or disappointing because you never got that fabulous pressie you were hoping for? Maybe you just wanted to use the time to take a break from the stress of your work, or even just enjoy looking around the sales.
Regardless, it’s done now, as Christmas day has now passed! So if you’ve any resentments, disappointments or irritations lurking around, that have been caused because of Christmas, then please let them go now! As there’s absolutely no point in carrying this type of negative energy into 2012, as unless you are prepared to find a way to resolve it, you will make life harder for yourself.
I don’t know about you, but my mind has been filled with things I need to work on for the future. And whilst it would be usual to categorise these intentions as ‘New Year Resolutions’, I’m having to be really careful I don’t. As like many other people, my new year resolutions last approximately one week before they are broken or forgotten about!
However, I have decided that my life and my health can be improved, so whilst I’m resisting the impulse to announce I’m doing this or that from January 1st, because it would correct a problem, I’m taking this opportunity to see the bigger picture of how my habits have created the life I have now. Not easy viewing, I can tell you!! As it’s obvious how I, myself, have been the creator of many of my life problems! Drat! Why can’t life be simpler and easier?
So, as taking ownership and accepting self-responsibility is a great place to start any time, regardless of whether it’s a new year, that’s what I’m aiming to do. But not for just a week, but at all times. As when I start treating myself and my life with more consideration, then I should start to feel better, shouldn’t I?
During the middle of 2011 I had a channelled message saying…….
‘Your health is the most important thing in your life. Without it there is no life. Go back to the drawing board and design a way of living that supports good health. Only then will you feel like you’re living the life you want!’
I thought I’d been making positive changes to my health, yet here I am at the end of 2011 with the same problems of feeling unfit, being overweight, feeling unmotivated, lacking and disappointed with who I am, etc. etc.! Just like other years, other resolutions, other so-called life-changing decisions!
So now, instead of just thinking I’m making proper improvements to my life, I need to somehow ensure I’m physically doing all I can for me, to assist me as I cope with life, and to help me feel healthier, fitter and happier. As then I might get to see some positive results emerging, that let me know that what I’m doing is actually working to create what I need! Then I think I will feel like I am managing my life, rather than feeling like I’m powerlessly riding in a carriage on a roller-coaster.
This feels like a huge challenge, as it actually means changing the ingrained habits of a lifetime! And although I’ve spent many years changing who I am, I wonder whether if I’ve not been able to fully reconstruct my destructive habits before, will I be able to do it now! Time will tell eh!
Anyway, this blog is meant to be short. As then I might be inclined to blog a little more often. So all that’s left for me to say is …..Happy new year to you all, and good luck in all you do, to improve your own existence!
Hi Chrissie. Very interesting post. You’re expressing a lot of what I’m feeling myself (especially about wanting to be fitter and healthier). My plan is to blog about this in the new year as I think that will be a good motivator (if I can be motivated to blog of course!).
Don’t forget to celebrate your successes for the year – like getting your inspirational cards out there and ready for sale – very impressive.
Very best wishes to you for the new year.
Thanks for your encouragement Sally, and good luck with any new 2012 projects x
Lovely blog Chrisse. What you say about our health being the most important thing resonates with me too.
17 years ago, my mother died of a degenerative and incurable kidney disorder – polycystic kidneys. My sister and I were told it was hereditary and that there was a 50/50 chance it had been passed on to us.
My sister went for her scan first and was given the ‘all clear’. It suddenly felt that since my sister was in the clear, my chances of having it were doubled! Very luckily, not so, my scan result showed that I was in the all clear too.
I used to smoke like a chimney, and never took exercise, but it was at this point I realised how important my health was. I gave up smoking (after a long battle), and started taking regular excerise. I became interested in nutrition, and learnt which foods are good for you and which aren’t and why.
It took my mothers illness to make me appreciate how precious my health was and how only I could be responsible for it. Sometimes life gives us hard lessons to learn.
The present moment is totally empowering. It lets us choose what to ‘feed’ ourselves with at any given time. Lets hope 2012 will provide an abundance of ‘present moments’.
Happy New Year to all x
Thanks for sharing your experiences Helen, and well done on the changes you’ve incorporated into your life. We would all be so much healthier if we did what we know we should, instead of waiting until the damage has been done and it’s too late! But I guess it’s only when we have found the true desire to live that we find the will-power that keeps us on our toes!
Our destructive impulses are the most destructive thing in our life. So I hope I can find my inner resolve this year, before it’s too late, and do what I need to do for me, just like you have x