It’s A New Year!
This year has been a bumpy one! But then again, the road never stays smooth for too long. While I am not a firm believer in “deciding to turn your whole life around” on New Years Day, I do look at it as an opportunity – An opportunity to let go of the past, wipe your hands, and usher in the new. To me, New Years is a reminder of the opportunity we have every day to control our destiny. So if you haven’t already this year, take some time out to reflect back on where you were last New Years, and what you may and may not have accomplished. What are you proud of? What do you regret? Now multiply your successes and minimize your mistakes.
Forgiveness is something easier talked about than actually done (this includes forgiving ourselves). There are some mistakes we are able to forgive with little difficulty, while others seem to bring an endless serving of guilt and or blame.
Life is about changes, and more of the little ones for that matter. It’s less about the changes outside us that we can’t control and more about the changes inside of us that we can.
“Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future.”
- Lewis B. Smedes
“A person who makes few mistakes makes little progress.”
- Bryant H. McGill
“Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.”
- Swami Sivananda
With that said,
Happy New Beginnings in 2010!
Tags: 2009, 2010, Forgiveness, New Years, New Years Eve
