The new year is almost here!
It’s time for New Year’s resolutions and new beginnings. It’s a time to let go of the past and focus on the future and the New Year that is upon us.
Many people in life have a tendency to get caught up in the past, even though nothing can be done to change it. Some stay fixated on things like blame, denial, depression, wanting, confusion, obstacles, uncertainty, and loneliness. They find it challenging to get out of the rut that continues to plague them. I liken it to quick sand.
The more you struggle, the faster you sink.
This is true with staying fixated or focused on the past. It only serves to harm you and take you further from where you probably want to be.
Tony Robbins, the famous Motivational Guru has this to say about Focus:
“It’s not what’s happening to you now or what has happened in your past that determines who you become. Rather, it’s your decisions about what to focus on, what things mean to you, and what you’re going to do about them that will determine your ultimate destiny.”
Certainly, it’s a good idea to occasionally reflect on circumstances that you have gone through in your life, but remaining fixated on them, will only serve to stunt your personal growth.
When you’re facing certain situations, such as divorce, new relationships, new careers, or having children, you are forced in many ways to have new beginnings. In many ways you have to start over. Some of these situations are very difficult to face and endure, but you can
Use this as an opportunity to set Your rules and make the changes that you’ve wanted to make.
So, what new things would you like to try this year? Who’s the person you would like to be?
Would you like to go back to school, change careers, take up cooking, dancing, hiking, sports, traveling, scrap-booking, hunting, or exercise?
The point is Don’t let the past hold you from the future.
It’s now time to embrace the New Year and move forward to a vibrant, prosperous life. Like the old cliché states “There’s no better time to get started than the present.”
Don’t let your past keep you from happiness. And remember that your Happiness is found within yourself.
We can not depend on others to satisfy our needs or make us happy. That notion will not work. It’s been tried and proven and the result is it’s up to each of us to find our own happiness.
So what’s the key to happiness you might ask.
It is the peace of knowing that we try to make the right choices, that we live with integrity, that we’re honest, that we’re living with passion, and that we try to be the best person we can be.
Happiness is being the person you want to be.
Don’t let anyone, including yourself, hold you back from that.
Setting new goals for the new year and making positive New Year’s resolutions will help to propel you toward this happiness.
Don’t just say you’re going to take actions toward your New Year’s resolutions this year though, Get our there and do what you’ve been wanting to do. This is your time. Free yourself from the life that is behind you and begin to live with a vitality that has been deep inside of you, the one in which can propel you to the person you’ve always wanted to be and that you’ve always known you were.
Remember you are not defined by a moment, but a lifetime of moments.
Define yourself this year.
Start your New Year with New Beginnings
Find your happiness and New Life beginning now!
January 30, 2009 at 10:07 pm |
You are so right, this is the year to get up and do it. You can not sit around anymore and do nothing. Procrastinators will not win the prize. It is the year to let the Lord use you and move into your prosperous place.
God Bless,
Ruth