The year is quic
kly coming to a close!
2012 is almost here and this is the week to think about our lives and make a plan for the coming year(s)!
I’m not talking about some silly resolution which will be broken in the first few days – I am talking about really making a plan towards happiness.
Begin by thinking about this past year – what did you like – what didn’t you like – about this past year? What can you do differently to make this coming year better? You must start where you are, and you must be very honest with yourself. You cannot make your life better if you don’t. There may be tough bridges that need to be burned. Transformation is not always easy, but it is worth it.
I wrote a 5 year plan 4 years ago – this year, as I look back, so much has changed, but I am so much closer to my goal! There will be major updates to my plan this year, based on where I am at this moment. It is so exciting! I love reading where I was and where I am now. It has been a long road home for me – but I have come soooo far!!!!
My hope is that we all begin to make choices to become who we have been created to be, and that on our path of becoming, we join together to share unconditional love with others who are hurting. In so doing we will change the world in every way for the better!
I heard the bells, on Christmas Day,
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth,
good will to men.
Henry W. Longfellow

May God be with you
and bless you; May you see
your children’s children;
May you be poor in misfortune –
Rich in blessings;
May you know nothing but
happiness
From this day forward!
may the eyes of God
twinkle like stars.
May the sounds of the world
become song,
become angelic.
May you always hear,
like voices in the next room,
glory.
May God come,
whole,
into your life.
May you receive
the most holy gift
of wonder.
May God give you the courage
of the young mother
in the darkness.
May you hear the song
of the presence of God
within you.
May your ordinary life
be a sign of God’s nearness
to the lowly.
May all the refugee families
in your world
find shelter.
May you always ponder
the mystery of your dear,
umbilical life.
May the cries
of the Christ child
keep you awake.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net