no more new year resolutions

today feels different. i have never experienced a new year day like today. the energy feels like freedom. ⁣

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2020 has a message for us all: let the universe do its job and you do yours; set intentions, have faith, ask and then surrender.⁣

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this year forget about resolutions, ask to be shown the way. ask to be shown exactly what you need to align with your higher self. ask to be guided towards the things that bring you peace and away from the things that disturb your soul. ⁣

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this year, focus more on yourself. ask yourself the hard questions, the big questions. look at death and look at your life. don’t be passive about how you feel, don’t be dismissive. show up for yourself. ⁣

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it isn’t selfish to hold yourself to high regard, to protect your time, energy and attention. this old paradigm has passed but it is still a choice to unlearn it. no one can do the unlearning for you; when you decide to, however, the universe will assist you. ⁣

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the hardest part about any type of change is deciding. when you decide, you are holding yourself accountable. new years' resolutions are meant to be decisions but they hold an energy that has changed the intention behind them. collectively, new years resolutions have just become things that people say they want. how about we change the resolutions to challenges? how about you challenge yourself to do and be the way you desire this year? ⁣

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and to add another layer to this, for every superficial challenge, set a deeper challenge that goes along with it. say for instance you challenge yourself to exercise more often, also challenge yourself to something like becoming a deeper listener. or say you challenge yourself to save more money this year, also challenge yourself to be more patient. ⁣

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yesterday the monk guiding our new years eve meditation spoke about patience. he said patience was being where you are and being content with it. every experience that brings something unexpected, every loss, every challenge … being okay with it all. ⁣

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and it made me realize how much of our precious time we spend wishing things were different. wishing that we could escape our current reality. wishing we weren’t doing what we were doing. ⁣

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this year make a decision to be okay with everything that you experience regardless of whether you perceive it to be negative or positive. ⁣

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the negative and positive perceptions come from our minds and what we have been conditioned to believe. all experiences are neutral. an experience can be perceived by one mind as a positive experience and by another, as a negative experience. this is all based on what we learned from our parents, cultures, religions, etc. when we decide to be patient with every experience regardless of how we perceive it, we open ourselves up to see the bigger picture. ⁣

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2020 is about the bigger picture, it is about looking at things from eagle-eye view and seeing it all. the good, the bad, the ugly … it is all okay. ⁣

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this year vow to trade in complaining for contentment. ⁣

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and trade in resolutions for meaningful challenges.

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xx.⁣

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#getoutthetrap ⁣