Welcome to 2011! If you are like most, you made some resolutions for the upcoming new year. And, if you are like many, you will have forgotten about them come February. Why is it we can be so determined to make those changes for ourselves one day and back to the same behaviors the next? Patterns are deeply embedded in our psyches. Along the way we have gathered many associations that now defend those patterns. To create the shift we are searching for we need to begin the long and dedicated process of unraveling those associations. And who are we without our patterns of thought and behavior? Who are we without our ways of being that have been our companions for so many years? Determination alone will not assist us as we seek our authentic nature. A true surrender to our humanness is a beginning. Our humanness brings with it a relentless desire to connect with others and to the divine. It also brings with it fears of loss. Our desire to be known and our fear of being known is a paradox that weights on us. As we begin 2011, I wish you all the strength and courage to surrender to your human nature, your fears and doubts, your needs for connection and conversation with the divine. I wish you all quiet hours in nature where the sounds of our collective human longing can be heard. |
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