As we sit up for all the things 2024 has in retailer, I do know many people are craving for an easier and selective vary of life experiences within the yr forward — the happier days, the conventional occasions, the settings and experiences that make us really feel extra snug. And but, the total vary of actuality typically brings one thing very completely different. The yr forward will inevitably give us an in depth array of experiences that evoke emotions starting from disappointment to wrestle to satisfaction to progress to hope, and extra.
So now we have a selection beginning at present. We are able to revolt in opposition to actuality — the truth of getting to cope with discomfort, of getting to deal with uncertainty, of getting to really feel upset typically. Or we are able to embrace each expertise life offers us, together with all our highs and lows — all of the blissful moments, and irritating ones, and all the things in between. Life is not only glad and comfy 24/7. It’s well-rounded and it’s very actual!
Embracing the total vary of life’s experiences in 2024 means embracing each second with our full presence, being open and susceptible to actuality, being light with ourselves when moments are harder than we anticipated, and training honest gratitude at any time when attainable.
It means accepting life as it’s, and accepting ourselves as we’re.
It means not anticipating the perfect to occur each step of the way in which, however as an alternative accepting what occurs with every step, and making the perfect of it.
And it gained’t at all times be simple after all, however it’s value remembering and training, collectively…
Let’s Preserve Our Finest Intentions High of Thoughts
Over the previous decade Marc and I’ve written varied “notes to self” like those listed beneath (lots of that are excerpts from our books), after which we evaluate them every day till they turn out to be ingrained in our minds. These memorized notes have helped us keep on observe in varied areas of life by empowering us to make the perfect and simplest use of the ever-changing actuality in entrance of us. So I hope you discover worth in them too. I problem you to memorize no less than a couple of of those notes by the top of January. Flip them into wallpaper in your cellphone, or just write the phrases down on sticky notes and go away them in areas the place you possibly can see them all through your days…
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Now, it’s your flip…
Though not one of the aforementioned “notes to self” instantly pressure you to do something completely different, they characterize a well timed shift in perspective, and a great perspective is the place progress begins. For instance, with the precise mindset you possibly can change your posture from one among rigidity and resistance to one among acceptance and alternative as you progress ahead. In the end, the aim isn’t to do away with all of your adverse ideas, emotions or life conditions within the yr forward. The aim is to step by step change your perspective and response to them.
However earlier than you go, please go away Marc and me a remark beneath and tell us what you consider these notes. Your suggestions is vital to us. 🙂
Which one of many notes above resonated essentially the most at present?
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