Happy New Year Everyone, what an amazing year it has been for growth for myself and for my clients. When I look back it seems as though everything has been in hyper-drive. We live in a world where stimulation runs rampant. The day to day stuff can absorb us and leave us feeling disconnected and totally alone, if we let it.
It is so important to take many moments throughout the day to pause, reflect and connect with ourself and our higher power. It is very hard to be in the present moment in life and show up for ourselves and others in fast lane. If we are just running through are daily chores we will easily lose sight of our purpose here. I don’t believe our purpose is to work our asses off to retire and die! We all want to feel connected to each other and ourselves. We just aren’t going to get there by running around like we are chickens with our heads chopped off.
Stop, pause, look into your partners or children’s eyes and really see them. See their pain and suffering and see their joy. Stop and pause and look into your own eyes and self reflect. How are you feeling? Connect with that feeling. Slow down and smell the roses as they say. Sometimes we are moving so fast that we don’t even see the people next to us or feel our own feelings.
Next time you are at the grocery store really look at your cashier, look her in the eyes and ask her how she is. Connect with her, like she is important. Spend the next 24 hours connecting some way with each person you come in contact with. See how this feels for you.
Someone asked me yesterday if I was going to make a new years resolution and I said “no.” I said no because it seems silly to once a year set a goal that’s important to me. In my daily practice I bring my attention into what I want to create in my life daily. I have daily resolutions. My daily resolution is to be more present in my life and with the people in it, in every moment. To live my life like I might not be here tomorrow. Because quite frankly I might not be. Sometimes I’m really successful and other times I fall on my face. But I am always bringing my awareness back to the present moment.
Let’s wake up and start living our life like we might die tomorrow because guess what? YOU might!
