I’m sitting at my computer tying up some loose ends and I just heard a news item saying that we shouldn’t make New Year’s Resolutions! I just had to write something about this.
What is the world coming to when we are being told that having hope and making goals is bad for us? How can this be?
The spirit of New Year’s Resolution is not a new phenomenon. It is something that has been around well before the calendar as we know it has been used. In fact in ancient pagan beliefs the summer solstice has always been a time for rebirth: for dispelling with the old and bringing in the new.
In fact I attended a summer solstice party and did exactly that. (Visit the Centre for Energy and Love to learn more about this http://www.meetup.com/EnergyandLove/boards/view/viewthread?thread=8266611) We burned our old thoughts, feelings and hang ups that we no longer wanted – and sent out a wish for the new, positive, healthy and beautiful for the new season.
It’s a rejuvenating and joyous feeling to think that we can close this short year long chapter of our lives and begin a new one. We can essentially remake who we are in many different ways.
For me, I like to make resolutions for all aspects of my life. I send my prayer out to the universe that for the new cycle I will have:
1. A healthy body image – I don’t wish to change the way I look but rather to change the way I feel about how I look. I resolve to be happy with the beautiful body I have and to cherish it more often that I have before.
2. Sound mental health – I wish to be happy and healthy and to be free from guilt, depression, grief or despair
3. Physical health – I wish that all my bodily functions continue to perform well and that I am fit and capable
4. Achievement – I wish to achieve at work and in my study and in my business endeavours
5. Beautiful relationships – I wish to maintain loving relationships with the people that matter to me and that I continue to appreciate them and cherish the time we have together
Resolutions can only be a positive thing. When I look at my list I feel hope for the new year and feel energised, ready to take on whatever awaits me: looking forward to life!
Making New Year’s Resolutions is like goal forming at a basic level. If we don’t wish for great things – how on earth can we hope to achieve them?
But if we reach for the moon – we are bound to fall amongst stars!
What is the world coming to when we are being told that having hope and making goals is bad for us? How can this be?
The spirit of New Year’s Resolution is not a new phenomenon. It is something that has been around well before the calendar as we know it has been used. In fact in ancient pagan beliefs the summer solstice has always been a time for rebirth: for dispelling with the old and bringing in the new.
In fact I attended a summer solstice party and did exactly that. (Visit the Centre for Energy and Love to learn more about this http://www.meetup.com/EnergyandLove/boards/view/viewthread?thread=8266611) We burned our old thoughts, feelings and hang ups that we no longer wanted – and sent out a wish for the new, positive, healthy and beautiful for the new season.
It’s a rejuvenating and joyous feeling to think that we can close this short year long chapter of our lives and begin a new one. We can essentially remake who we are in many different ways.
For me, I like to make resolutions for all aspects of my life. I send my prayer out to the universe that for the new cycle I will have:
1. A healthy body image – I don’t wish to change the way I look but rather to change the way I feel about how I look. I resolve to be happy with the beautiful body I have and to cherish it more often that I have before.
2. Sound mental health – I wish to be happy and healthy and to be free from guilt, depression, grief or despair
3. Physical health – I wish that all my bodily functions continue to perform well and that I am fit and capable
4. Achievement – I wish to achieve at work and in my study and in my business endeavours
5. Beautiful relationships – I wish to maintain loving relationships with the people that matter to me and that I continue to appreciate them and cherish the time we have together
Resolutions can only be a positive thing. When I look at my list I feel hope for the new year and feel energised, ready to take on whatever awaits me: looking forward to life!
Making New Year’s Resolutions is like goal forming at a basic level. If we don’t wish for great things – how on earth can we hope to achieve them?
But if we reach for the moon – we are bound to fall amongst stars!
