A Fresh Start

Take advantage of this chance for a fresh start.  It can seem cliche’ but there is power in a new year and turning a corner. (Thanks Rose Parade!)

The Dalai Lama said “Every day is a new opportunity to begin again. Every day is your birthday.’  Maya Angelou famously said: “Each of us has that right, that possibility, to invent ourselves daily. If a person does not invent herself, she will be invented. So, to be bodacious enough to invent ourselves is wise.”

The idea that we can reinvent ourselves every day, a fresh start each morning, is actually thrilling.  Nothing in our past can hold us back, as each day is a new opportunity.  This idea can be overwhelming, but the idea of a fresh start at the new year is clearer and simpler.

Don’t overdo it, just choose something you want to improve and start today.  Allow yourself to be human, to have days when you don’t accomplish your new goal, but just keep at it.  Do something 10 times and it can become a habit.  Do it 10,000 times and you can master it.

Don’t be overwhelmed, just take things a day at a time, a hour at a time, a moment at a time.

For me, I’m working on body flexibility and taking time for self-care and rest.  This fall’s intense renovation as we build our new Bed & Breakfast left me exhausted but accomplished.  I still need more rest, even with some productive down time during the holidays.

I believe in you!  You can accomplish anything you want.  You have a fresh start every day!  Use the new year to propel you in a new direction.  You can do it!

Tim Hinton
January 3, 2023

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