A Welcome Embrace

And so it begins………the New Year.  Another chance to get it right - whatever right means for you.

Last night I simply spent time with me.  I made myself a yummy dinner and had a glass of wine.  I toasted the year past and set my intention to embrace the New Year soon to come.  So here we are ready to embark on yet another portion of our journey.  Where will it lead?  What wonders will make themselves manifest in this year of the horse?  So much possibility ready to unfold.  I, for one, am excited.

Last year was an amazing growth time for me….with respect to how I see myself.  I have become stronger as I finally embraced who and what I AM.  For most of my life I had been attempting to be or do what was considered normal by society’s standards yet I never fully appreciated my path.  I had chosen it but much earlier on IT had been chosen FOR me…by Spirit.

At times I resonated fully with my experiences as they occurred but, more often than not, I questioned me and my choices.  Never fully embracing the Path that I was on.  Never fully appreciating those same choices I still questioned. I made it so hard to simply be ME which brings me to present time.

The ever present fear and doubt appear to have vanished.  While the path ahead is still not completely clear there is trust and compassion for the journey, wherever it leads.  I know who I AM and I know that I am perfect just as I AM.  No longer do others opinions and beliefs control me.  No longer do I defer to others for my sense of self. I am responsible for me and no other. All that has ever occurred, both good and bad, has been the choice of my Soul. 

Yes, I fought for a balance between what was occurring around me and what was occurring within me yet, it was not until the year newly passed that I finally accepted me…ALL of me.  Why did it take so long I used to ask myself - but no longer.

It was in perfect divine time and order and. while some of the experiences that arose were incredibly painful, I realize that those same experiences made me so much stronger.  I found a strength deep within by simply allowing myself to see clearly what it is that makes me smile…what it is that makes me shine.  It most definitely IS the simple things.  Like hearing my granddaughter say “Come on Grandma, take my hand, let’s go” wherever GO happens to be in that moment. 

While most fear the aging process I appear to be one of those who finds herself in her later years.  I enjoy me now and embrace my Crone-dom, as I call it.  Becoming a Grandmother has been one of the catalysts for me to learn to LOVE unconditionally.

I am very much a single woman at this stage of my life but for the first time EVER, I love it…I love me and the life I am now living.  In the past I always felt like something was missing.   What was missing was ME!
 
So for this coming year of 2014, the year of the HORSE,  I intend to stand taller and honour my unique talents and gifts.  I am ready to own who I am becoming.  And now, on to what's next!

Remember to embrace the Blessings in your life as they unfold on a daily basis for Blessings abound - all around!

Namaste