I read this somewhere. That this person's resolution was to learn to love herself more. I don't know what that would look like...probably a little like what each of you has posted about her resolution, already. I think that for me, that means doing things I find risky or difficult, getting out of my comfort zone at every opportunity (or marking that I chose not to, if I don't), keeping a gratitude journal.
Just reaching down and trying to be more real, trying to be awake in the moment. One of the concrete things I am working on is being on time. I always run it right to the edge. I am going to try for five minutes early. Another is identifying fear and taking the action I am afraid of. We live near a high traffic, multiple lane freeway area, now. I have been afraid to drive in it, and this has limited my life and curtailed my independence. I am already reaching out a little further, driving places I am a little afraid of. Just the actions I have already taken have been beneficial. It's like I know I won't always be stuck in that fearful place, because I have already taken little steps to change my situation.
I was watching a Buddhist monk on Oprah one Sunday in her Super Soul series. She asked how he dealt with anger, frustration, disappointment, etc. He said, "This is my practice." Meaning, he knows who and how he wants to be, and keeps that as his guiding star, understanding his challenges to surmount things he wants to change about himself as an ongoing practice.
So, it wasn't like a set thing, where if you don't make it, you lose. All these good things we want to be or do or create, those are our practices.
I thought that was a good way to see it.
Cedar
