Happy New Year to you all!
I began my blog journey eleven years ago with a New Year’s blog so this is
always a special day for me to write & reflect. What is it about the not-so-simple
turning of the calendar that makes us reflect & urges us to be grateful for
another year? I, personally, am so glad we have that demarcation in 'time’ for
quiet thought and resulting hope for the upcoming year.
So I
am always one to put aside a resolution and try something new. In my mind I
think it may be easier than 365 days of that certain deprivation or something
we look to attain in that coming year. The reality is that what I tend to choose
is essentially harder than a resolution. Let me explain this year’s reflection
on the matter.
I’d
first like to say thank you to some of the most thought provoking
authors/speakers who have had a positive influence with helping me to move
myself, my spirit forward in 2022. They are Mike Dooley, Sonia Choquette, Lorna
Byrne & Rhonda Byrne. They all have contributed to a better understanding
for me of the universe, my angels & guides & my life in general. So
they are the reason I chose this year’s New Year’s topic.
Gratitude Given in Advance
Four words ~ Sounds simple? Well, I do practice
gratitudes. That is to say that every day I am grateful for friends &
family, for a lovely home & job. At the end of the day these are ‘easy’ to
remember. Mike Dooley emphasizes ‘Thoughts Become Things’ and that is a
cornerstone for me. What I have found is that the imagination it takes to be
thankful for something that has not yet occurred is way more difficult for me
but I know so powerful if I can finally learn to be consistent with those
thoughts. So for this morning of New Year’s Day I will keep it simple and say
that I am grateful for the successful dinner meal that I served to family &
the improved breathing I have been able to do (since I have a cold). I want to
emphasize to myself that I am grateful for the freedom & imagination I have
in abundance that it will take to successfully begin & be consistent with
this journey today, January 1, 2023! So much better than a resolution! Happy
New Year!
