The Language of Letting Go, Jan. 1
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The Language of Letting Go, Jan. 1
January 1
You are reading from the book "The Language of Letting Go."
The New Year
Make New Year's goals. Dig within, and discover what you would like to have happen in your life this year. This helps you do your part. It is an affirmation that you're interested in fully living life in the year to come.
Goals give us direction. They put a powerful force into play on a universal, conscious, and subconscious level.
Goals give our life direction.
What would you like to have happen in your life this year? What would you like to do, to accomplish? What good would you like to attract into your life? What particular areas of growth would you like to have happen to you? What blocks, or character defects, would you like to have removed?
What would you like to attain? Little things and big things? Where would you like to go? What would you like to have happen in friendship and love? What would you like to have happen in your family life?
Remember, we aren't controlling others with our goals--we are trying to give direction to our life.
What problems would you like to see solved? What decisions would you like to make? What would you like to happen in your career?
What would you like to see happen inside and around you?
Write it down. Take a piece of paper, a few hours of your time, and write it all down--as an affirmation of you, your life, and your ability to choose. Then let it go.
Certainly, things happen that are out of our control. Sometimes, these events are pleasant surprises; sometimes, they are of another nature. But they are all part of the chapter that will be this year in our life and will lead us forward in the story.
The New Year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals.
Today, I will remember that there is a powerful force motivated by writing down goals. I will do that now, for the year to come, and regularly as needed. I will do it not to control but to do my part in living my life
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You are reading from the book "The Language of Letting Go."
The New Year
Make New Year's goals. Dig within, and discover what you would like to have happen in your life this year. This helps you do your part. It is an affirmation that you're interested in fully living life in the year to come.
Goals give us direction. They put a powerful force into play on a universal, conscious, and subconscious level.
Goals give our life direction.
What would you like to have happen in your life this year? What would you like to do, to accomplish? What good would you like to attract into your life? What particular areas of growth would you like to have happen to you? What blocks, or character defects, would you like to have removed?
What would you like to attain? Little things and big things? Where would you like to go? What would you like to have happen in friendship and love? What would you like to have happen in your family life?
Remember, we aren't controlling others with our goals--we are trying to give direction to our life.
What problems would you like to see solved? What decisions would you like to make? What would you like to happen in your career?
What would you like to see happen inside and around you?
Write it down. Take a piece of paper, a few hours of your time, and write it all down--as an affirmation of you, your life, and your ability to choose. Then let it go.
Certainly, things happen that are out of our control. Sometimes, these events are pleasant surprises; sometimes, they are of another nature. But they are all part of the chapter that will be this year in our life and will lead us forward in the story.
The New Year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals.
Today, I will remember that there is a powerful force motivated by writing down goals. I will do that now, for the year to come, and regularly as needed. I will do it not to control but to do my part in living my life
©1990, Hazelden Foundation. All rights reserved.
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I pretty much hope to do exactly this ^^^ today. Christmas is Christmas, w/all its emotional freight, but for a long time, I've made NY Day for ME. If at all possible, I've set things up so I don't work, and I take the day to look back and reflect as well as look ahead and hope. I also try to do things as I wish to do them in the New Year--I'll make sure to get out for a walk or run, I take the time to make good food, I might do some yoga or relax in a hot bath or meditate. It's kind of a reminder to take care of myself and to look to the spiritual rather than rushing along, thinking I'm in control and have all the answers. Even though I know won't always succeed in living this way, it's important to me to at least set the intention on the first of the year.
Just yesterday AM, I was feeling bummed out b/c I would have to work on NY Day, and I have not had to do so for many years. However, about noon, after I was done for the day, my boss called me at home and said a lot of the places we deliver to had decided to be closed on NY Day, so I could have the day off. This is completely unexpected, especially as we had a driver quit w/no notice just after Christmas and I've been working extra hours to fill in, so it seems this is purely the Universe making sure I get what I need...and I sure do appreciate it!
Happy New Year to all here at SR!
Just yesterday AM, I was feeling bummed out b/c I would have to work on NY Day, and I have not had to do so for many years. However, about noon, after I was done for the day, my boss called me at home and said a lot of the places we deliver to had decided to be closed on NY Day, so I could have the day off. This is completely unexpected, especially as we had a driver quit w/no notice just after Christmas and I've been working extra hours to fill in, so it seems this is purely the Universe making sure I get what I need...and I sure do appreciate it!
Happy New Year to all here at SR!
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*sigh* now I have 2 days of homework to do!? 
Thank you, Honeypig!!! Yes, I have Thank you notes to write, positive attitude adjustment exercises, and my own mini life assessment to complete....but at least I have coffee!
Thank you, Honeypig!!! Yes, I have Thank you notes to write, positive attitude adjustment exercises, and my own mini life assessment to complete....but at least I have coffee!
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I just spent a couple of hours with a new journal, writing goals for myself--spiritual, career, financial, parenting, relationship, household. It feels great! Some of them were already tumbling around in my head along with a few new ones.
The most uplifting thing was remembering that these are goals for myself! Not one of them is related to controlling others. Happy 2015 to me!!!
Honeypig, I dug out The Language of Letting Go after you started posting these. I had forgotten I had it. Thanks for the reminder and the inspiration!
The most uplifting thing was remembering that these are goals for myself! Not one of them is related to controlling others. Happy 2015 to me!!!
Honeypig, I dug out The Language of Letting Go after you started posting these. I had forgotten I had it. Thanks for the reminder and the inspiration!
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My only goal this year is to become and stay committed to myself. The last few weeks I've read two really inspiring quotes/shares that are summed up that I need to walk the walk and stop whining. I read a share about it being pretty damn difficult to successfully commit to anything in life if you cannot even make and keep commitments to yourself. And a quote about how if you ask for a path out of the trouble that you're in then you better be willing to follow the steps that lead you away. Those both really hit home for me.
So I'm focusing this year on making and maintaining commitments to myself and not making anymore excuses. I'm planning on starting small with just a few things (like consistently setting my coffee maker up the night before EVERY SINGLE NIGHT since it really is a small thing that really makes my morning just that much easier, writing one thing I'm grateful for every night and writing a to-do list of ONLY 3 items every morning) and I hope to create new small but helpful habits all year long this year rather than do my normal over zealous overhaul of my diet and workout habits in January and go back to my old ways a few weeks later.
This year, I'm making and keeping commitments to myself and that is my only resolution. If I can treat myself right then it's only going to strengthen my abilities to commit to others and my better treatment of myself will make me a better mom/wife/friend/etc. Everybody wins!
So I'm focusing this year on making and maintaining commitments to myself and not making anymore excuses. I'm planning on starting small with just a few things (like consistently setting my coffee maker up the night before EVERY SINGLE NIGHT since it really is a small thing that really makes my morning just that much easier, writing one thing I'm grateful for every night and writing a to-do list of ONLY 3 items every morning) and I hope to create new small but helpful habits all year long this year rather than do my normal over zealous overhaul of my diet and workout habits in January and go back to my old ways a few weeks later.
This year, I'm making and keeping commitments to myself and that is my only resolution. If I can treat myself right then it's only going to strengthen my abilities to commit to others and my better treatment of myself will make me a better mom/wife/friend/etc. Everybody wins!
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