2014 is almost complete! Seriously, it is almost finite, closed, put away, in the archives never to be seen again after 11:59 pm. Chances are good I won't see that time as unless my nose is stuck in a book, I rarely make it past eleven so let me just say a few things.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you for being in my life and for helping me to spread the work of this wonderful universe. Thank you for laughing along with me, and hey, if you are laughing at me, that's good too because at least you are laughing! If there is one thing I will do while in this human body is, I will inspire those to not take life so seriously. Have reverence for this life but lighten up people.

Thank you for trusting yourself, your path, your life, your loved ones and bringing those who have croaked in my office, on the phone, Skype, social media or the occasional conversation in the grocery store!

Thank you for the feedback of this blog and how you enjoy my view of this sometimes zany, often challenging and amazingly interesting life we share.

Thank you for being you. Thank you for contributing your unique energy to this last year and the ones before that. Thank you for stretching and growing even if you didn't particularly feel like you wanted to. Thank you for trusting me to help when you couldn't see where to go next or needed that blend of comfort and no b.s. I've been told I possess.

Thank you for teaching me how to be a better person. Some of you may never know it was your judgment and not so kind words that helped me be kinder. It gave me a reference point of who I do not want to be and inspired me to dig deep past the confusion, to look beyond your insecurities and embrace true compassion. For this, I thank you. You may never know because it was this behavior that helped me bid you goodbye as we will bid this year goodbye soon. I am truly grateful.

I have a very full heart and soul and am very excited to see the next year come but before I do, I will review and revere this 2014 masterpiece. I will open my arms up to change while appreciating myself for being willing to be here. I hope you will do the same. I hope you will look at this year and count all the amazing growth you have had. I hope you will be nice to you if you feel you could have done more. Of course you could, and you get another chance to. How cool is that?

Before you toss the year in the recycling bin, give it one more look and give thanks that you even experienced it. Open up to the love that is around you, be willing to receive that love and then offer it out again. That is a recycling plan we can all get behind don't you feel?

So, as we wind up this year, I wish you all the best your life has to offer and more. I wish you the feeling of contentedness of self with a dash of curiosity to keep you wondering....what will this year bring?

See you next year,

Vicki

www.vickibaird.com

If you join the band that is. Every year has it's own vibration. This year has had a theme of in your face. So, basically, anything that you were avoiding was brought to your attention. For some it was their health, for others relationships, career, spirituality and that long time question of who am I?

While each year has a theme, we are ultimately responsible for creating a life that works and is joyful so no blaming the year, ok? Take responsibility for your emotions and your choices and every year can rock.

The year 2015 has such a giggly feeling to it, I for one, am very stinking excited to see how that reveals itself for everyone. This year has a vibration of fruition with it. So, any energy you have put into creating your life will have the extra battery pack of this year. Now, that also includes if you are holding onto anger or blaming someone else for your issues. If you are holding onto that, you could very well create some challenges that will present as learning curves of their own. Don't do that.

This year represents, in my humble opinion, the moving forward point. For the last six years, SIX YEARS, we have been in a pattern of slowing down so our messages can be abundantly clear, although some still don't listen. After slowing down for the first three, the second half of the six years, starting in 2009, were about the messages being in your face. Did you see them? Did you pay attention to the messages that said this relationship has to change, that this job is no longer serving me, that YOU had to change?

If you didn't, you aren't doomed, you would benefit from some self reflection, but screwed you are not. It amazes me when people don't want to look at themselves and see where they could grow. I understand how scary that may be but you are the only one who can do it, so be brave for at least five minutes and take some inventory of yourself and be willing to see what you would like to change. No one is listening to your inner most thoughts, thank goodness right? If you don't listen though, your thoughts can become behaviors and then your behaviors become belief systems and then belief systems become habits and then you have to shift them again when you realize that doesn't feel good either. Sooooooo, if you were willing to hear them when they popped up first and willing to address what doesn't feel right, think of the time and self judgment you could save! If it seems too challenging to do by yourself, come see me and we will re-pattern those belief systems and have you on your way to creating the successful life you dream of.

So, what can you do to harness the energy of this year? You can be aware of some goals or success points you would like to experience this year and put some time into creating a loose plan to follow. You can clear your house with sage so you start the year in clean slate energy. You can reach out and connect with a support system to help create the best year yet! You could decide to be happy. That one can be challenging for some people. One must decide to be there in order to manifest it and the habit of happiness. It is a choice whether to be happy or miserable. Make a choice for the next year (Please choose happy. I honor your free will but come on people, miserable is NOT effective.)

You can also take this next week to assess where your dreams are and if you even have any. Be nice to you as you do it. If you find there aren't any dreams there, allow yourself to daydream and see what happens. Use the phrase what if... but use it in wonder. What if I really did trust myself to hike alone? What if I took that class and I aced it? What if I believed I matter, imagine what could happen?

(My gift this year from my husband so I guess it really is true! I'm not the only one!)

What if you made this the best year you have ever had and you shared the joy with others. Imagine the world we could have. In the words of John Lennon, "You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one." Join me in the dream that life can rock and the intention to have it do so.

I wish you the best of 2015 and am so grateful to have all of you in my world.

Blessings,

Vicki

www.vickibaird.com

Let's face it, even the best intuitive out there can't know everything. While there really are crystal balls for some people, I know they are not one hundred percent accurate. For that I am grateful. Sometimes we fear so much what we don't know, we seek out the people who apparently do and yes, I can see your path and what could potentially happen, but it can't be guaranteed because you have free will and make choices that alter that path a bit. I had a lawyer say to me one time that this was my loophole. I laughed for days about that because while it may sound like one to some, it is really my honesty and letting you know that you have the power to create your life the way you want it to be and if you are willing to see that, oh man, the amazing things that can happen!

If anything I see on a regular basis, it is that people truly do not know their own potential. When someone comes to see me, I see their whole self, their true self and then encourage the meet up of that energy and their human self. It is amazing when you see it click in and people start to believe in themselves. It would be all the payment I would need if I didn't have a mortgage and a ridiculously spoiled canine.

Why is it people don't see this for themselves? I believe it has to do with that fear of the unknown. What if I do exceed all perceptions of me and completely fly and be amazing? What will people think? Will I have to maintain it? How will I know what to do next? Will there be people who don't like it and decide to leave my life? The last one is almost always a yes and can keep people locked up in non movement for a very long time. My question is always, why would you want someone in your life who doesn't want the best for you, even if they aren't it? I have had many friends and family move on and decide I wasn't the cat's meow (I know! Can you imagine? LoL)  and while initially I had a hard time with it, now I can honestly say, I wish them well and hold no hard feelings when they decide this. I honor myself by looking and seeing if I did anything that could change the outcome. When it comes back as a nope, I was being me and they felt they didn't want to be part of that, then I can let it go. Sure, it may take reminding myself that I only want to be surrounded by those that have mine and their best interest at heart, but it is so worth the work.

These people aren't always yes people either. Some of my greatest friends are the ones that will say very bluntly what they feel and help me to continue to grow. They see my potential even when I don't. So, if this is the probable outcome for moving forward and going for that all out, this life rocks, place, why wouldn't you do it?

Where is the fear for you around not knowing what the next step is? Is it really about the next step or are you looking too far into the future and creating a much bigger monster than is really in front of you? Like I suggested last week, bite size pieces people!

Often when I do business consulting (yes, I do that too and I LOVE IT!), the business owner wants to look at the ten year plan. I get that it is a wise idea to have a goal and to set an intention and include spreadsheets of where you want to be, but if you don't take the small steps now, chances are you won't attain that ten year goal. It will keep getting put off because the focus is too far in the future.

What is one thing you would like to see happen in the next few months leading up to 2015? Maybe it is just get clear about what you would like in 2015 (hey, there is a class for that this Saturday! Check it out and see if it resonates for you).

What if you weren't afraid...what if you were curious? What if you shifted the vibration from a place of fear to one of anticipation? What if you realized you have already lived through the unknowing of last year and you are still here to rave about this life process?

What if you believed in you the way I do? Imagine that! Get good with the unknown. See it as a wonderful gift you get to open every day and allow that gift to power you through new opportunities. Fear and excitement have the same vibration in the universe. Use that to your advantage. Shift how you see it, so you can embrace change.

Not knowing is fun! We don't need to know to have a yearning to know. We can continue to grow without all the answers and maintain a balance of wonder.With belief in self, that not knowing is a non issue because you will realize that no matter what comes up, you will thrive in the experience when you are curious.

Curiouser than Curious George,

Vicki

www.vickibaird.com