Another year coming to an end? How is that? Didn't it just begin in a way? I remember Christmas last year at this time, where millions of families were torn apart, almost forced to stay away from each other as the unknown threat of Cronia lurked around...taking over many lives. And now here we are again, another Christmas passed, another year end.
Seriously, where did the year go?
I'd like to say I have a bunch of great new year's goals to strive for. Yet really, I don't want to strive for anything different just because the calendar reads January 1st. Any differences I make, I want to make because deep down inside I feel a calling. Deep down inside I feel the need for change. Isn't that the only way any of us can change? For it can't be just because we 'want' to make a change, because, as we know, that is much easier said then done. Of course most of us want to make positive changes in our lives and within our selves. It definitely can't be because of a calendar we follow because that is all too easily forgotten a few weeks in...that is, unless, we are extremely intentional with our choices.
And that's the word right there. Intentional.
Maybe that is the word to guide us through this coming year. Intentional. Couldn't we all make more positive changes within ourselves if we were all just more intentional with our choices in the first place?
I know I could.
And as this year comes to an end and a new year rolls around with new light and new hopes I want to carry that word with me...intentional. Because, like many of us, the new year approaching does create within a deep calling for me. A calling to try my best, do my best and be my best.
I choose to hold with me that word when I talk to my boys. Even when the days are long and hard and I have repeated myself for the millionth time. Maybe I'll be more 'intentional' with speaking in the first place. For maybe I can learn to say things only once. I want to carry that word with me in time. Perhaps decluttering even more then I have already, freeing up more 'stuff' to give us more time to just be and not have to spend time cleaning up over and over again. 'Intentional' in the books we read, the subjects we study and the shows my boys watch. Not that I am not already, but there is always room for improvement, right? I want to be more intentional with my writing and my art, perhaps promoting it in more of a focused, intentional way.
I guess my point is, the new year coming always pushes us for change. It gives us that new hope that things will get better or we will better ourselves personally. And that's an amazing feeling. Yet it will never happen because of a January 1st date on the calendar. It will only happen if deep down within the things we strive for, the things we hold in our heart, arise from us...intentionally.
So let this coming year bring you all the new hope and light it can. Let it bring you peace and joy. Let it bring your dreams closer and push your fears away. Let this new year bring to you space to sit and reflect often, to listen to your inner voice. Let it bring you the best of people in your circle. Let it bring you good, rich books and bring you to places that feed your soul. Let this year bring you a million choices, as every day does, that you will not only choose, but choose intentionally.
Wishing you all the best with these new days to come. For everyday is a new day, ready for a new intentional start. 🙂
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