To A More Meaningful Decade!

By this time, the new year has already rung in for everyone all over the world; and as I scroll through my social media accounts and read the posts of friends and families, the common theme that seems to emerge is remembering the challenges brought about by the 2020 pandemic, sharing the excitement of bidding it goodbye and hoping that 2021 would be kinder and happier than the past year. I share those same sentiments, too.

We all hope that 2021 becomes better. We all want 2021 to become better. And while we wait for vaccines and government responses to address the pandemic, in our own personal capacity, what can we do to help this new year become better for us? How can we become better versions of ourselves this new year?

One way to change our external circumstances is to look and modify our internal landscape. Our internal landscape includes how we perceive things – our thoughts, beliefs, and emotions. In the process of becoming better, we choose first to let go of things that do not serve us anymore. Only then can we make space for and welcome the new.

What beliefs do you have which don’t serve you and that you are willing to let go of? Maybe it’s the belief that you don’t have any chance in life. Or that you don’t deserve love and happiness. Or that there is no point in trying anymore. Once you’ve identified these beliefs and commit to say goodbye to them, you are then allowing yourself to not let them have power over you anymore.

And in letting go of these beliefs, what new ones will you welcome in and honor this time? Ones that will support you to become better and to have a better year? Perhaps it is honoring the idea that you are enough; that you are capable. Or that you are worthy to be loved. Or that you are your own best friend. Whatever that new, supportive belief might be, allow yourself to think them, feel them, embrace them and honor them as true for you and carry them throughout your new year.

It is true that there are some things during this pandemic that are out of our control. But, the things that are within our control are what is essential for us to own our breakthroughs this year. We do not have to wait for things to happen for us. Starting with your internal landscape, you can begin making things happen for you this 2021.

Happy new year and happy new decade!