- and your life is beginning again now.
Are you well on your way to get started on your intentions and your goals for 2012?
One thing I love beyond anything is the enthusiasm of something new. The excitement to do something new or differently, the hopes and desires for growth, and the curiosity for what might come your way. What I am indicating here is having movement in life, allowing the process of progress, letting your expectations take a hike and instead be in the present moment to see what you can make of it. What is the best you can do at any given moment, what is the best you can eat, what is the most kind you can be, the most loving, the most giving, the most grateful, the most caring…– I think you get it.
Life is a process of becoming. Progress is the nature of change. Goals can be helpful for some but a trigger that reminds of failure for others – so let’s call it desire, vision, and intentions. Make sure your intentions are not a mental measuring tool but rather a heartfelt desire for something you believe it. Our goals and intentions for 2012, need to be created from the heart. Make sure you are not creating your goals based on what you did not do well enough in the past. Accept where you are now, embrace who you are, and go from there towards your very own future.
So what am I really talking about here? I am talking about starting out on 2012 differently this time. Instead of doing what you always do; make promises to yourself and those around you, starting out full speed ahead only to find yourself not living up to your own unrealistic and too high expectations. Some even avoid the New Year resolutions because of past disappointments. Of course I often see this relative to health, dieting and exercise resolutions. Many feel lack of self-respect and hope because of the many promises they have made to themselves in the past, only to face the so-called failure of another diet.
So let’s wake up here to what it is really about: Get in touch with your inner self and learn to feed yourself, your body, and your soul. To fee you is more that just what is on your plate…I mean; eat from the inside out, eat from your heart, eat in a way that supports you, eat well so you can do what you want to do for 2012, and eat in a way that you can feel good about too. And self-care of course is not just about eating, it is about taking really good care of yourself, honoring your body, feeling and embracing your emotions, and letting your soul guide you.
Diets don’t work but life-changes do. We need to change both our choices and our habits, and it needs to be in a process that our body, mind, and soul can keep in touch with. What really works is a good deep look inside at the “why” you want to make changes. Change happens because we want to make them, not because we feel we have to. Sure it might feel as if you have no choice, but it still needs to be your choice for it to become a positive motivation. Once it is what you truly want it becomes part of who you are, how you do things, what you believe in, how you think, how you act and re-act.
So; take note of your intentions and why they matter to you.
The best you can do for yourself in 2012 is to learn to live in a way that feels true and authentic to you.
I often feel that we expect change and new beginnings to feel different, but the reality is that the first day in 2012 is not so different from that last day in 2011 unless you make it so.
So I just want to say this again: ask yourself; what do you want for 2012 and why? It makes a far more interesting journey to pursue something that you feel passionate about and have a reason to do, rather than working for something you feel you should do. Check in with your value system, what you believe in, and create your intentions from there. Go forward with compassion for everything you do instead of beating yourself up for everything you don’t do. Do more of what you do well, what makes you sing and dance, and stop focusing on what you are not good enough at.
Wake up, love yourself more, and eat well; beautiful, locally grown, cared for foods; hey – the worst thing that can happen is that you will feel and live better in 2012.
Enjoy your Self.













