As we bid a farewell to the year that has passed it seems inevitable that things that we want to change or like to go back and redo start creeping into our minds. Things we should of said or didn’t say. Actions we took or didn’t take. There becomes this moment when the calendar is ending and we start pulling down the Christmas decorations that we start judging and analyzing patterns and behavior that didn’t give us the outcomes and answers that we wanted or what we think we needed over the course of the year.....

We have all been a victim of the new year resolution … "Right that’s it" we say "No more… starting tomorrow, no wait, starting Monday urr no. Starting when I go back to work I am no longer going to … insert habit/pattern/ here. And what really sucks is that our intentions are so true. We do honestly want to let go or change these things in our lives that are no longer serving our highest good. We truly do want the best for ourselves. But sometimes change needs more than will-power, more than just intention. Sometimes we need to bloom before we can start pruning.

So what if this year we made a New Year Revolution... What if instead of coming from a place of negativity and criticism of ourselves and our lives. What if we came from a place of love and gratitude? What if we started saying thank you for everything that has happened this year? What if we opened our hearts and let the good in and let the bad go. Now I know some of you are saying… "I have had a terrible year… everything that could go wrong has … I could write a list 10 inches long of all the crap that went down! Why would I be happy about that?" But the truth is I bet it wasn’t all bad… I bet you shared moments of pure joy. Of divine love and uncontained bliss. Fleeting moments of surrender and uncontrollable bouts of laughter. I bet you saw things that made you giddy with pride and I bet you shared moments in time that will stay with you long after the year is through. It seems to me that coming from a place of graceful acceptance of the "bad" things went down is far easier to sit with, far less work for the soul and so much lighter to carry, than to keep beating that ‘poor me’ drum over and over again. I mean let’s face it we all have shit to deal with, anything in our lives can fall apart at anytime, it’s what you do with all the pieces afterword that matter.

Continuing the Revolution… and what if instead of thinking of the things we don’t like about ourselves or what we want to change in our lives. What if we started thinking about what we want MORE of? What if we decided to love ourselves and cherish what is important to us and do more of that? What if we thought of ourselves as complete right now and committed to being kind and generous to our spirit by only giving it what it thrives on.

Instantly we have shifted our energy from "not good enough" to "loving who we are right now" and how uplifting does that feel... "You mean I am awesome right now… Not after I lose the weight, stop smoking, become more organized, do more, be more, do less, have more?" "You betcha !" And I would think that the happier and fulfilled we are, the less hungry we will feel, the more motivated we will be to quit smoking... The things in our life that are not working will begin to slip away because we are not focusing on them, we are moving toward into that which we want…love and happiness, we ALL want that, right?

So what is it that you love doing that you are not making the time for? What fills you up, makes you sing, and brings you to a place that allows you to immerse yourself wholly and soul-fully in? Begin that this year and move through 2012 in love and your own divine light. Give thanks to who you are and how you have got here and let your soul fly. Sounds corny right, you won’t think so when you’re bouncing off the walls in joy xx Much Love xx Tabitha

Tabitha is a holistic women’s counselor celebrating the divine expression of the feminine. You can read a little more about her here or visit her website sacredsistar.com.au

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