I M Perfect lady

Wayne Dyer had an interesting viewpoint of the New Year Resolutions,

"This is the time of year that many of us make resolutions, or rather, reinforce the notion of living in the future, when really, the important question to be asking yourself is “How am I going to use my present moments this year?” It is simply a matter of asking yourself at the beginning of the day, “How do I want to conduct my life today?” When you get good at living your present moments one day at a time, you’ll see yourself changing right before your own surprised eyes. Remember, anyone can do anything for just one day, so tune out the sentences that keep you locked into your old self-defeating ways and begin to enjoy each day of your bright new year."  

There is always a lot of chatter at the beginning of a new year, when the year changes, we have this notion that we are turning over a new leaf, that our future will change, we just have to request the right goals…and like magic, a new world will be there…and we will be different.

Like the Year has the power and not you.

Who wants to know that you have the power?

Who wants to feel that it was each little choice that has lead you straight to here?

Imagine blaming a calendar number for your life.

When you look up ahead into the distance in a wishful and even resolute…placing your desires on the year to change you, you are looking outward, when all the power lies within.

You got you to this point. You are the common denominator in your life.  You are the choice maker or the "Not New Choice Maker".

As my brother used to say, "There is no one coming."  He knew he was the only one to rely upon.

And, I also believe lots have no faith in themselves, for their lives keep repeating themselves.  But, maybe, it was because you relegated your life to the year on the calendar.

What if you took it back.

What if you let the year go.

What if you only held you responsible for taking care of you?

What if you watched what you did.

How you ate and when….how you spent money, how often you were silent when you should have spoken, how many times you said yes, when a no was more truthful, how often you sat down instead of being active, etc. 

It is a full time, plus, job to pay attention to your self…and to be aware and responsible for each of your choices…before, during and after.

How do you feel before and what do you do?

How does it feel during?

And how did that choice leave you feeling about yourself.

You are the one doing and the one feeling…the calendar number could care less.

And, Wayne is right, anyone can do something for one day. Just run the One Days together…but do it one day at a time.

I start to get anxious often, when my mind begins planning or worrying about a tomorrow to come.  When I bring my attention and focus back to this moment in time, and I look around, I know what I need to do.  

It is up to each of us to set up our worlds today for the kind of life we want tomorrow.

The new life, the new change, begins here…it will require you to do something different now.

When I worked for the Census, the main boss man always wanted me to read the reports of the numbers…a blury page full of scales and percentages and lines.  I looked, but could not understand what they meant for my future predictions.  I would tell him, "you look at the reports and I will take care of the people….that If I do a good job taking care of the people, the people will take care of the numbers."

And they did.  I always finished first and my numbers were always ahead of the others and I did not look at the numbers on the paper, ever….for I knew that life lived and moved and was created in each action or non action of the people who worked for me.  We were the LIVE version of the reports.  I didn't need numbers telling me If I was doing a good job, I knew by what I did each day. 

We don't need a daily or monthly report to tell us how we are doing….our live version of our lives is already telling us so.

And, you can't expect a good report on paper, if you have not done the work.

When I hear people say, "I am so glad this year is over and that I have great hopes in next year", I feel that they are removing themselves from the Line Item in the reports. Failing to appreciate that they are the ones generating the report.

Each day, each moment, each decision is creating the outcome of this year.

How will you stand on December 31, 2013, will depend on you.

There are 365 lines in this report, will your lines be following the same path of last year, Or, will you see a completely new design.