As we close the chapter on one year and open the page to another, this is an excellent time to release and refine. And I really mean let it all go in a way that sets you free to do even the great things at an even higher level. When I look at my accomplishments I see aspects that could have been greater. So while I celebrate success, I also choose not to be limited by it as I go forward to take on future opportunities. When I account for my shortfalls I’m clear they don’t define me. They speak clearly of my results in a given instance, but they are not the sum of who I am or what I contribute. The same is true for each of us. The same is true for you.
As you take stock of your results this year, I invite you to also look at how you made the journey. When you “did the doggone thing” did you do it through confident action, struggle and strain or a healthy combination that allowed for your growth? Did you pause for acknowledgement and celebration…of yourself and others? Did you pause for learning and reflection…and did you carry your learning forward?
With all our reflection, we get to release old habits and conversations. We get to choose and practice new habits and speak clearly and confidently about what we’re creating next. It’s a time to refine the way we walk this journey of living.
I thank you for all the ways you’ve supported my journey this year, and I thank you for giving me the chance to support yours in kind.
If you won big this year – congratulations! My soul dances in your honor and with barefoot abandon.
If you struggled this year – congratulations – your track record for getting through tough times is 100%! However you did it…you did it. I know that wherever I struggled, I’m looking at what was a matter of my own choices and actions and what was beyond my control. I’m forgiving others and myself, and I’m ready to move forward.
If you flat out lost – know that all that is intended for you will be restored through right mind and right action or simply as a matter of grace. Be ready and willing for either or both.
Finally, if you look back and see that you worked hard, you planted seeds of new conversations and new projects, you nurtured them along, and you have yet to see the harvest, I celebrate and acknowledge you. You got things in motion! So many good ideas never make it to action. You’re already ahead, and I hope you have whatever is needed (patience, persistence, partnership, creativity, resources, wisdom and really whatever is needed) to see your initiative blossom and bear fruit in abundance.
Success with Joy,
Kysha