Wednesday, January 2, 2013 in brain food, creativity, growth, health, meditation, motivation, nourishment, reflection
The Un-Resolution way to make Meaningful Changes
It's the day after New Year's Day, or, as I'm going to be thinking of it "Un-New-Year's-Day."
That's
kind of like an Un-Birthday for those who know how Mad Hatters and
March Hares operate. There's a heck of a lot more Un-New-Year's-Days
than there are New Year's Days but somehow we feel obliged to fit all
our celebration and renewal into one solitary day. Maybe you have to be
mad to see the abundance of other days on which you could be evolving.
If so I'm quite possibly completely bonkers. Just bonkers enough to
think maybe you'd like to join me on this journey...
Change is an ongoing
process, and resolutions made because of an arbitrary date are, in my opinion, more of a
psychological "out" and a way to make ourselves feel like we are
addressing change rather than fuel for real, substantial evolution.
Change is a constant process and should be embraced each day. Just like an Un-Birthday you can have your Un-New-Year's-Day anytime.
If you
only resolve once per year to get "better" that is perhaps only a few
dozen changes you may make in your life, only some of which will
actually stick. If you approach change (and really change is growth) as
a daily pursuit not only are your changes more likely to stick but the
progress that can be made is virtually infinite. The very practice of
embracing challenges and new thinking each day prepares you to be
successful at it each time you make a change in the future. You can be
fluid instead of stagnant, a master changer, and greeting your full
potential openly.
If enlightenment is possible in a single
lifetime then that is a big, but achievable mountain to climb. Just
think of the constant path you'll need to get there. You certainly
won't ever arrive at the summit by putting the climb off until tomorrow.
Come to your life with beginner's mind each day. Pick a corner and start nibbling away at the big things you want. Instead of making a resolution say "I'll just do this new thing for today."
Allowing yourself to
experiment and practice a new behavior once or twice may make it less
scary than resolving and "failing". Then the next time you just do it
for a day it feels fulfilling instead of guilty and is associated in
your mind with success instead of failure.
You can find the things that
nourish you by experimenting and experimenting again, gradually
incorporating the things that work and eliminating the things that
don't.
Go completely mad with me. Let's be crazy! Live in the now and let's Un-Resolve together. Don't wait another whole year to embrace your desires. After all it's Un-New-Year's-Day today and for the next 364 days. That means it's time to celebrate some change, and you might as well celebrate it because some is on the way. Love your now, but be ready to be better.
Now is all you have. Be
Present Now.
Welcome, I'm Julie Longyear.
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