The first day of the year is a fascinating specimen isn't it? It is both a day of revolution and of reflecting. We've made our way around the sun and have seen another year of how life revolves. I, for one, am a little road weary while remaining grateful that I am here to experience who I am at this moment.
I say at this moment because it really does change from moment to moment. I meet with so many people who are focused on who they want to be and who are running from who they perceive themselves to be. Rarely is someone present enough to be who they are in that moment. Of course we are a compilation of all of our experiences but does that mean we have to carry all that stuff with us everywhere and either be stuck in it or running from it?
Reflection is great and I do believe a great tool for each of us to use, but if you are staring in the mirror with the intent of finding all the issues, I promise you, you will find them and only them. Reflections can be altered by the surface in which you are using to see yourself. Consider a calm lake; if someone throws a rock in and it creates a ripple, there is no longer a flat surface to observe ourselves. Life has ripples. It has some pretty amazing waves sometimes and we can't always reflect in the same place we are when we experience the ripples.
I know I did a fantastic job being present for Howard during his transition journey. I KNOW it, but yet there are times when I question if he knew how much I love him and was I my best self during that time or any time in our marriage for that matter. I know this is part of my process and while I am not always a fan of the feelings, I embrace the fact that I enjoy reflection and am so grateful to be able to realize that if I'm reflecting on something that happened even yesterday, I am looking at it from the place of having dropped the pebble in to create a ripple. I can't ever recreate the situation as it was. I can't have the clear reflection of the moment back. It has passed so I have to be willing to appreciate that I did the best I could with what I had at the time.
This is a challenge for many people. I often have to suggest they leave the billy club that they beat themselves up with in my office and not take it with them any longer. We can't ever go back to where we were. No one else can either so stop expecting them to know how you felt yesterday, last week or a year ago. Get in the game and evolve as we revolve. We can use our lives as mirrors but if we are going to abuse the mirror or criticize it, it will never be a helpful tool.
- What if for this year you reflected on the ripples you experienced this last year and how you could appreciate yourself for being there?
- What if for this year you set the intention of using your personal mirror as a tool to see what you do WELL and how you can enhance that?
- What if for this year you allowed your reflection to show the amazing being it sees whether calm or with ripples?
- What if you accepted that your presence in this life is a gift and reflecting your greatness is what you can gift back?
- What if, just what if, we showed up in the moment, present and willing to see the beauty in each of us? Can you imagine?
I intend for this year to leave my own billy club by the door and not take it with me any longer. As I was preparing the attached info to help you create your own great 2016, I found pictures Howard took on the last trip we made together two weeks before he went in the hospital. At first it was a big ole ripple and hard to look at but then I found a picture he took of me kayaking. I probably should have expected him to be there with the camera but I was in my own world and so present I didn't see him on the dock.
There is a series of pictures of my concentrating on my approach ( I am not known for my grace in paddling into docking stations!). As I looked through the pictures my critic wanted to chime in on how they weren't good pictures, but then I saw the one where I realized he was taking pictures. The look on my face as I realize it's him shows how much I love him and am happy to see him. It is at this moment that I realized if he didn't know how much I loved him at that moment, then he wasn't present and as observant as I gave him credit for and there isn't anything I can do about that now. It was really freeing to have that, thank you Howard and my guides for reflecting in pictures what the greatest meaning of the word can be; showing each other our light and love.
Let's set the intention to show this love this year, for self and then radiate it out. So much so that next year when we reflect we will have to wear shades!
I'm going to get a bigger mirror,
Vicki
Now for some manifesting fun:
The
New Year is a great time to affirm what you want to bring into your life and
your path. As the year shifts, it allows us an opportunity to focus
on our own shifts.
This year
encourages us to fly, to use our intuition and to create out of the greatest
possibility. Does it get any better? So, I intend for you a year of
manifestations that bring all that you feel is in your highest interest. I
encourage you to keep in mind to be mindful of what you ask for as you may just
get it. Luckily, the stages and shifting of energy continue so we get to do it
many times all year!
You can't do
anything wrong with the process below so have fun and dream well.
You may want to
print this out, just a thought.
1) Write out a
list, (write it out so it has your energy attached) of all those things that
you would like to be done with. This can be literal such as clutter in the home,
a person in your life, weight, sadness, whatever you would like to not have in
your life anymore, write it down.
2) Take this list
and wrap it with a red ribbon, yes yarn will work too, any shade of red. Put it
aside.
3) Now, take a deep
breath and center back in and write all those things or experiences that you
would like to bring into your life, such as financial abundance, love, travel,
fun etc. Whatever makes your heart sing and roll that up and wrap it with a red
ribbon. (Red ribbon is not necessary but does amp it up.)
4) You will take
these lists outside, to keep the energy out of your house and to send into the
universe, and starting with the one where you let go, burn it, being safe to
catch the ashes in a fireproof object. When it completely burns out and there
are no embers, blow the ashes out into the universe wishing them well and
feeling lighter because you have released all that stuff you have been
carrying.
5) Now, take the
other list, the one you are wanting to bring to you and burn that as well. You
are following up with positive energy and a statement to the universe that you
trust. Even if you feel this is silly, it will still work so no worries. Repeat
the part about blowing it out into the universe and then take a moment to
"see" your life as it will be.
6) Remember to say
thank you before going back inside, to the universe but also to yourself for
participating in your own journey.
Kids love this
ceremony, yup probably because they get to burn things, but also because it
makes sense to their energy so have them do the above mentioned process as
well. Just be sure to respect their privacy and allow them to write whatever
they would like. Teaching them it is ok to ask is a great thing too!
Be safe in your
burning and let the manifesting begin!
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