Posts Tagged ‘new beginnings’
I have a confession to make; you know they say confession is good for the soul. Well, here goes: I’m a born pack-rat, coming from a long line of pack-rats. If you don’t know what a pack-rat is, it’s a furry mammal that lives in the dessert and makes its nest with twigs and all manner of rubbish so that it appears these creatures are living in a small dump. It’s easy for me to buy stuff (esp. books) and very hard to part with things. I have a friend who is a minimalist, so you can see a potential source of conflict right there. I am not always grateful to her efforts to keep my collections in check either!
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This morning I was reading about a 10 year old kid in England that put out a 10 track CD. He is making waves online and social media. The key point for me was that the kid doesn’t speak because he is autistic but he can sing. Hmm. What is stopping me again from being a beneficial presence in the world? I love reading these stories as they remind me to keep going. I often think about the minds of people with autism. What are they hearing, seeing or feeling? How is the world through their filters?
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In the first 48 hours of the new year over half of New Year’s resolutions will already been broken. We all do it… we make promises to ourselves (or others) that we cannot keep. What promises will you make in your upcoming New Year’s Resolution as the clock strikes midnight? Perhaps losing weight,reinforcing your relationships, perhaps quitting something that you’ve hoped to do for years or starting something new that will move your life forward in powerful ways. The statistic is that only 8% of all people are successful in achieving their resolutions. What will it take for yours to stick this year?
