The sun is setting in musty red clouds. The trees have shed their ice and are mostly upright again. The crystalline palace of ice that petrified our city has melted, like giant sobs relinquishing the tress. It feels like a miracle. The year has come to a close and there is the tendency to reflect and make resolutions and determine how we will change our lives in the coming year. I’m done with lists, losing weight and promising to exercise more. Suffice it to say that I have ticked an all-inclusive ‘yes I should’ to accommodating, changing and rectifying any pieces of my life as required.
The past few nights I haven’t sleep much. How am I going to get everything done? How am I going to accomplish my dreams, create income, grow Recipe for Life Club and get my book published? My daughter is getting married in 6 months… I have a fundraising event that is coming up in May and needs much attention. My mind is filled with different scenarios, and what ifs and plans, and dreams. Somehow one minute it is January and then it’s May. There is so much to accomplish. But, most of all, in order to put all these pieces together I need peace of mind, balance and clarity.
Sometimes I feel like Alice opening doors, changing sizes and directions, and sipping potions along the road of happenstance. “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?’ said Alice. ‘That depends a great deal on where you want to get to,’ said the cat.” (Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland)
I am blessed to have the worry of such things. In these precious first days of a new year, of a beginning, I want to take the time to be still and allow my mind and body to come in to focus. To find a way to believe that all my aspirations are possible and that I have the power within me to succeed. For me, it’s a matter of keeping going, moving forward, not getting too muddled by the multitude of thoughts and ideas that are vying for my attention, and practicing the art of perseverance.
My wish for 2014 is to find that inner peace and clarity that translates to the kind of focus that makes dreams come true. “…as long as I get somewhere.’ Alice added as explanation. ‘Oh you’re sure to do that,’ said the cat, ‘if you only walk long enough.”
Peace and joy to all in 2014.
Image from Alice In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll – chapter 6.
Found at http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Portal:Cheshire/Selected_picture/Archive