Happy New Year, Dearest Friends!

On Dec 21st, 2011 we celebrated the Winter Solstice, the shortest day and longest night of the year.
The word Jul or Yule means wheel in Norwegian, and our ancestors believed a mystic wheel stopped turning briefly at this time of year, as one cycle ended and a new one began.

The Winter Solstice is traditionally a time to look back in reflection, and a time to look forward to the returning power of the sun, Lighting a Way in The Dark.

I hope you have written and declared your intentions for 2012.  If you haven’t, here’s what I am doing…

In the process of simplifying my life, I have decided to select just One Word that will be my intention for this year:  FORWARD! 

In order to move forward, I know that I also need to make room in my life and in my heart for whatever fine adventure or new friendships come my way.  Each time a new opportunity arrives at my door, I want to be ready to let it in.  In order to create that available space, I will be working on Letting Go!  This is the hard part.

To make this intention more than a mental exercise, I am going to select five stones, each one representing one of the things I want to Let Go Of.  Then I will take each stone and throw it into our pond, where it will (eventually) sink to the bottom.  I think that will feel really good.  I invite you to do the same.

I want to let go of:

Expectations
Criticism
Self Doubt
Judgment
Procrastination

What is your One Word for 2012?
What will you be Letting Go Of?

I’d love to hear from you.

Ciao!