A NEW YEAR!
The traditional holiday of making resolutions that are rarely kept. This year I decided to undertake that time honored tradition a bit differently. No, I'm not going to take back my resolutions. God only knows I have enough on my plate. But I am going to remove many from that daunting RESOLUTIONS list that invariably haunts me for twelve months... and individually burn them. I've created my FIRST ANNUAL "ENOUGH ALREADY" LIST.
Inspired by a suggestion from the book SIMPLE ABUNDANCE, I created a list of things I place in the "Enough Already" category. Begin by completing the statement, "Enough already with _______________." For instance, one of mine was, "Enough already with being bothered by a noisy neighbor." I wrote that on a slip of paper, folded it and added it to the pile of concerns I wanted to torch. In the end I had written nine "Enough Already(s)" on separate slips that were folded then dropped, one at a time, into the lovely fire dancing in my fireplace. One of the slips drifted to the corner and I thought, "Oh, no, which one is it that won't be done with!" But alas, fire is energy and it seemed to seduce the escapee into the fold of golden-amber flames. Relief. Nine concerns no longer viewed as "have to do or my problem" but acknowledged and set free to the universe. In their own, rightful time, each will be achieved.
I still have a couple of resolutions requiring my attention, one day at a time. Some of the other stuff though, "enough already." Let it go. Maybe I'll have to let it go again next year, and the year after. But for 2009, I'm giving it an energetic lift-off and I'm just a little bit freer.
So fan the flames with "enough already" and enjoy the warm glow of letting go.
HAPPY NEW YEAR, 2009
