New Year's Resolutions

Why do we set ourselves New Years resolutions? Each and every year, the majority of us resolve to do something better or different or indeed change ourselves in some way, i.e lose weight, get fit or give up smoking etc.... As the days and weeks go on, our resolve seems to weaken somewhat and before we know it, our plans for the New Year seem nothing more than a distant memory.

New Year is a new day and indeed a new beginning, a time when we reflect on the past twelve months - predominantly in a negative way - as that seems to come more natural to the majority of  us.

New Year is a time that invokes in us a sense of renewed hope and optimism to change our past ways and become 'better people'. A time when historic misdemeanour's are wiped clean and it's as if we are born again to a better and more optimistic world.

This New Year has much hope and promise - like every other year, but it will only live up to its expectations if we go out there and get what we want through an Inner Transformation.... Paying lip service is no longer enough... An inner change needs to take place enabling that renewed sense of self to strive forward and change...

Of course, we do not need to wait for New Year's Day to come around... each and every day is a new beginning; a sort of mini new year, a time to take tiny steps to achieve that which is in us that yearns for change.

Through past experience, it has become apparent that change is a personal thing... no one can make us do it, only we as individuals have that power. Change predominantly comes about through discernment of self... External changes can be fleeting but internal change seem to have a more lasting effect.

My father often used to tell me that 'a saint is the sinner that falls and then picks himself up and carry's on...' That seems to ring true for me! No matter what happens this year, this month or even this week,  each and every day is a gift - an opportunity to pick ourselves up and dust ourselves down, to learn from the past and continue to strive towards our inner goal....

I wish you all the best with you're journey through out 2015 xx