Reflection on the New Year

 As we move forward into this new year of 2021, it's important to reflect on its first three ideals:

Believe
Balance
Breathe

Find something you believe in, and work toward realizing it.  We often consider these resolutions or goals, but they are actually beliefs about who or what we want to be in the coming year.  Change takes time, however, and without believing in the things we want to change, there can be no actual progress toward them.  So don't stop believing.  (Hold on to that feeling!)

Learning to find a balance between doing and being--between the ups and the downs that life inevitably will hand us, is as important as believing in our hopes and dreams.  If we do so much that we become burnt out or overwhelmed, it can make it harder to start again when the time is right.  Knowing when to ask for help, when to take a step back, and when to keep pushing for that last little inch is a lifelong endeavor.  Balance is something we learn to do over time--trial and error--falling down and rising up again.  But each time we fall, let it be a lesson learned so that it takes a little longer and we go a little further until the next time everything gets out of balance.

And lastly...breathe.  As important as we might believe everything to be, if we don't take the time to notice where we are, it may be harder in the future to know where we've been.  Take a moment for yourself--take a moment to remember that breathing sustains this life we are living.  And be grateful for this one little thing that makes all the other great ones possible.

And so onward into the new year, bolstered by these reflections, let us boldly go!