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New Year’s affirmation.

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Welcome, New Year. I’m expressing my resolution as an affirmation:

Make room for the New. New Mind, New Health, New Balance.

This way, I can celebrate my renewal each day by affirming it … instead of referring to it as a number on my To Do List. As something I can get to later.

It is true; I am always refreshed by the start of each year – right now, a new decade, too – I like to mark it on the first day, then ease into my resolution routine thoughtfully, making sure it’s right for me. I tell myself this. Like starting a diet on New Year’s Day, only to re-start it on the next Monday, after cheating with a holiday desert. I was a perfectionist then.

No more. I’m not perfect. What a release.

This is day four.

Make room for the New. New Mind, New Health, New Balance.

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Winter solstice.

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A full moon.

A total lunar eclipse.

The first day of winter.

This hasn’t happened since 1638.

Traditionally a time of reflection for me, I am taking the next 10 days in gratitude for all the gifts of 2010 … and to rejoice in the wisdom of uncertainty, 2011.

ENJOY THE WINTER SOLSTICE, MY FRIENDS!

A lovely holiday message from my client, brainywoman.com, available to download from the home page!

Sparkle.

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The holiday season is full of light. Eye candy. Brilliant.

Signaling a time of reflection. Seeing things as they are. Or differently, perhaps.

Gazing into the crystal ball, as a year comes to an end – the end of a decade, this year.

A ritual for the thoughtful, ranking right up there with family gatherings, caroling, cookie baking and auld lang syne.

What next? What do you see?

Look, or you could miss the promise of something new. Bling.

Find your sparkle.

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The calendar says.

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The calendar says this month’s full moon and the first day of winter occur together on 21 December.

Fun update: Not only are the full moon and the first day of winter happening together – it’s also the first total lunar eclipse since February of 2008!

Christmas is 17 days away, and I’ve yet to decorate, let alone shop for gifts.

That 2010 is coming to an end. That weeks have passed by, months even, and I still don’t know what I’m doing today.

If I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up, I may be all grown up, by now.

Downtime.

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Sometimes the best thing to do is nothing at all.

Wake up at the usual time … but stay in bed. Set the coffee to brew … and finish the entire pot yourself. Prepare a meal just for the fun of it. No microwave. Read all morning in your pajamas. Finish the story. Put plans aside. Let the day unfold. Walk out the door and keep walking. Nowhere.

Listen to the clock ticking. Don’t say a word.

Enjoy the downtime.

Horoscope.

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You are often drawn to philosophical ideas and can usually talk about them with a deep passion. There’s no need to shy away from your emotions, even if they make you uncomfortable.

Go right to the very edge because your feelings can teach you much about life now.

Come to the edge. We might fall. Come to the edge. It's too high! COME TO THE EDGE! And they came and he pushed and they flew...

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Reunion.

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Flickr, Thomas Tolkien

As a wanderer of the Tolkien ilk (Not all those who wander are lost), the trip that perplexes me is returning to my childhood home.

It’s a long strange trip, full of forgotten emotions … and anxieties – depending on current circumstances. Many times, the town itself is dark and used, old and frail, rundown.

Not this time, though.

My hometown is looking spiffy.

Seeing my family again is heartwarming.

Reconnecting with good friends after quite a few years is making the difference.

 

Feel your lips.

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Today is Thanksgiving Day 2010. I am so grateful we are together, celebrating with friends, enjoying the fruit of our labors in peace … at least for a little while.

Here’s what Rumi has to say on this 25th day of November:

When you feel your lips becoming infinite

and sweet, like the moon in a sky,

when you feel that spaciousness inside,

Shams of Tabriz will be there too.

Turkey lips and rose hips. Thank you.

Ramona, CA was once known as a turkey capital. A group of lady turkeys roamed my old neighborhood. Here, you can see them on my friend's roof. These ladies provided a bit of wonder to my sanctuary.