Creating an intention sets the tone and guides your decision making. Instead of setting the same ole' goal every year and giving up half way through, try to connect to the overall theme or a feeling you'd like to experience more often in the new year. If you were writing a book chapter or a movie, what would it be called? Give your new year a title and consider what kind of person you would have to be in order to have those types of experiences. What would you have to give up in order to welcome more of what you want? How can you connect to the energy of what you want to welcome and attract? Stuckness is a state of mind, not a fact. Maybe you are at crossroads, having to choose which way to go. Maybe you’re standing still because you’re scared to make a decision and the longer you’re waiting and negotiating your options, the more stuck you feel. Stuckness may feel safe, but it’s an illusion of safety. It may even be comfortable because it comes with no risks, rejections, or failures. But as soon as you pick a direction (any direction) and make a decision, you will no longer feel stuck. Be honest with yourself. Let yourself know what you are scared of. Name the choices you have. Connect to the feeling of each choice. Remember that when things don’t turn out the way you hoped, you can always make a new decision. You are not a tree, you’re never really stuck. You always have the power to re-decide and choose your direction. Being awake to life and living it bravely sometimes means we will be faced with difficult things we didn't want or choose. It is simply the fact of life. Bad, uncomfortable, scary, unpredictable things happen. We do, however, have a choice around how we relate to those circumstances and the meaning we give them. And this part that is ours can amplify our pain and suffering or it can ease it. Resisting something we don't want takes energy. So when we give energy to what we don't want, we are strengthening it. If we can be with our pain in a curious, compassionate way, instead of resisting it, it no longer has power over us. It is just there. It is just a feeling to be experienced and information to be taken in, instead of a problem to be solved. Let your feelings and experiences be, don't push them away. Be curious and ask: What message do you (feeling) have for me? What am I invited to learn through this? We use the power of our imagination all the time, but we often use it to imagine scenarios that disempower us and make us feel limited. Instead of imagining more of what we don’t want, we can use the power of imagination in the way it empowers us - by imagining possibilities. How? Intentionally set aside time and imagine yourself in a situation you would love to experience. The most important part is to connect to the feeling of what you'd like to experience and let yourself be anchored in that state for as long as you can. What seems possible for you in this state? What actions can you take? This can be a great exercise if you have a difficult conversation coming up or if you are anticipating a situation that makes you feel uneasy or anxious. It is a wonderful tool for manifesting fun, exciting things in your life. |
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