This is probably my favorite holiday out of the year. I love the idea of saying goodbye to the past and looking forward to the future. Each year starts with a cold bleak winter but we all know that since Winter Solstice has passed, so have the darkest days. Each day will be a little bit sunnier and spring will be here before too long.
It's a holiday of hope. Everybody wants to be a better version of themselves. Many people create resolutions anywhere from being nicer to their loved ones, neater in their homes or healthier. Many of us create a plan on how we will stick to our resolutions, and back up plans incase we fail.
But to be honest with you I haven't made a genuine resolution in years. I make a half-hearted attempt at a resolution. The same one that I make every year, and fail miserably at. It is to be more lady-like by cursing less. I don't know why, but I really wish that I was one of those classy people, where instead of cursing I spit out some witty-humerous curse-free remark. Instead I specialize in poly-syllybic cursing. Perhaps it'd be easier to give it up if I didn't enjoy cursing in the first place, and sometimes, the situation just calls for a good old-fashioned curse.
Otherwise I think that most resolutions really are just a wash. Too many times have I gone along with the general public and made resolutions for outwardly things. Some years ago, Outwardly I looked fine. But inside I felt that I was a wreck physically and emotionally. Now I have chronicled my journey to address the physical symptoms that I was feeling, and my resolve to fix my diet. I KNOW, that a lot of my stomach issues were only partly caused by eating habits. I know that the other cause was stress. The stress that no one other than myself was responsible for. I truly believe that the body and mind are not separate entities, so the same time I started this journey, I was also working on my spirituality. I started going to a hot yoga class regularly, I found my meditation in long distance cycling and I decided to work on my own happiness by being grateful.
2013 was my year of gratitude where rather than kicking myself about all the things I couldn't do, or didn't do right, I became deeply grateful for all the things that I am capable of and accomplished. I began smiling during my yoga practice, I even caught myself smiling throughout the day at work, unsure if there even was a reason for it. I became more patient and better at communicating. I felt amazing. I had the confidence and energy to start some projects that will come to fruition later in 2014. One of them being my awesome kitchen! Which is pictured below.
Now I'm trying to decide the theme for 2014. I'm thinking it'll be focusing on uplifting others around me. I think it'll go well with a community project I'm trying to get started.
May you be happy, May you be healthy, May you be safe, May you be loved.
Namaste.