“Of all that is wonderful in the human being, our most glorious asset is the capacity to change ourselves.” Eknath Easwaran

Shhhhhhhh…… Do you hear it? Do you hear the silence?

As I began opening my eyes this morning, I felt the darkness. The room was dark, but so was the place I resided. 

Lately, I have been going down deep, not to get away, but to discover.

To Discover who I am today and how I arrived in this place a year later.

Are you where you thought you would be today when you entered 2023?

Where did you go this year? Where did your heart and soul take you? What have you learned about yourself? I have been asking myself these exact questions, as this has been one of the most emotionally challenging years since my divorce in 2007.

Today, on New Year’s Day, I am standing at the precipice of 2024. Ready to leap. I have been working hard on cleaning out the heaviness from within and so wanting the expansion of life that stands in front of me. 

Instead of hanging on to life’s bank of pain I have decided to let go and flow with life’s river of growth.

I had a choice, I could dig down deep into my darkness and illuminate all that I have pushed down, disregarded, and chosen not to feel. Or I could choose the alternative, in a year’s time I would find myself standing right here in this same spot staring at the future, but still anchored to the past.

I know for sure that ignoring that which has hurt you keeps you from expanding in life. The attachments of life’s emotions are like a spiritual door unwilling to open. There is a truth to the expression “feel and let go.”

When you let go, there is such a feeling of freedom and excitment. The world is your oyster. 

I have done the work, I am ready! Ready to jump into the future me.

Will you grow? Will you dig down deep, find what remains hidden and let it go?

At some point in life, we stop looking outside for the answers trusting that what we need to know and need to let go of is nestled inside of us. 

I challenge you my friends, go down deep, bring it all up, release what no longer serves you.

Then take the leap, jump off the precipice. Leave the past where it belongs and embrace your authentic beautiful self into 2024. 

What are waiting for? Because life is waiting for you. It’s time to grow!

Happy New Year!