my one wish
I read that in French, new year’s resolutions are called new year’s wishes.
The American in me resists that term – “but that means I’m not in control! That means I’m leaving it up to chance and shirking my responsibility to my own life!” But something else in me embraces this comforting term. It’s a wish, a hope a dream a desire, and yes – I am the only one in my life that can make this happen – but on the other hand maybe it’s about me taking the first baby step, suddenly perceiving that first tiny & subtle shift inside. And then, after starting to move in the right direction, the “universe will unfold exactly as it’s supposed to.” A mixture of will and chance, of freedom and fate.
And so, I was reading another blog whose author’s only resolution is to let go of fear. She challenges others to do the same and I think it’s a beautiful sentiment. After thinking and pondering what I want 2012 to mean for me, I think I have finally settled on a mantra of my own, very similar. My new year’s wish for 2012: to live with courage.
And that means a million things to me – it means having the courage to live according to the values I hold dear, and not according to the expectations of others, even family and friends. It means honoring my dreams, and following them wholeheartedly, now, while I’m healthy, free and able. It means never ceasing to learn and try to find work that I feel is valuable personally and contributes to the growth of humanity as a whole. It means choosing happiness, and my life.
I’m pretty stoked for this wish, and this year.
