Bring on 2007 - I'm Ready!!

Well, here we are ... 2007 is upon us. A new year, pregnant with possibility. What shall be birthed this year? What new roads shall I take? What new sights shall I see? What new lessons shall I learn? What new friends shall I make? What new life shall I live? Resolutions - the making of resolutions date back many moons. As far as the Babylonians, apparently! Dictionary definition? to resolve to do something, a course of action determined or decided upon. Common New Year's Resolutions for us include things like losing weight, or quitting smoking ... for the Babylonians, it was returning farm equipment! Oh, how far things have come since then! Theirs seemed to be about community relationships and growth; ours seems to be about self improvement and betterment as compared to others. Over the years I have made resolutions; but like most people, by the time December rolls around, they are all but forgotten. In the last few years, I have altered my thinking a bit and decided to give my year 'themes' to focus on. Last year was " The Year of Cleaning Up My Shit". I was doing quite well on it until February hit - and my computer crashed. Why is this important? Because one of the areas I cleaned was all the random documents, all my computer files, etc. ... and I had just gotten it all cleaned up ... and I lost it all. After that, it was like my mind went into 'survival mode', and not much else was accomplished. Summer ended up being a 'healing time' of sorts, and now here I am again. What will this be the year of? I pronounce this "The Year of My True Path". Over the last bit, I've realized that I have been 'derailed' - for many reasons. Some of which I am aware of and contributed to, and some of which have been forced upon me and I was unaware and unable to stand against the forces. Right now, I'm not sure if I am on or off that path. Therefore, this is the year to make that path conscious, deliberate and by the end of it - I will be ON it and moving in the right direction. Sure, this will include things similar to before - like healing parts of me that are 'broken', re-teaching what I have been taught wrong, cleaning up the clutter in my world, becoming healthy (both eating and living), etc. But the primary reason will be to focus all on doing what I need to do to get this life of mine moving in the direction that I need to go ... to contribute what God has designed for me when He created me. So, we shall see where this takes me ... and what God will reveal to me along the way. Perhaps occasionally I will post "True Path" entries - where I will 'report' on what has transpired thus far, what I have DONE. Not what I want to do, but steps I have taken along the way. I keep a 'Morning Pages' journal (basically stream-of-consciousness writing, of 3-5 pages a day, loosely) based on Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way which has been invaluable to me, so a great deal of this will be wrestled with in there. I guess that my thought is that if I identify one thing as a focus, then all else will be brought into my world according to its connection to that focus. If it doesn't' apply, then it will be set aside, perhaps for another time. Here goes then ... may it be that by the time December 31st hits, that I know where I'm going (God has done directing required), and that I am well along the path to get there. And that God and I are having a blast along the way. So, here's to 2007. Drink a toast! ... and let the adventure begin!!

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