Five things I did not accomplish in 2005, but hope to do in the year to come:
1) Clean my studio: since the robbery last Spring, I have not had the heart to clean the mess that was made. I think that I am finally beginning to feel the nudgings of my creative spirit pulling me to sort and to organize my remaining treasures....so who knows, maybe this will happen sooner, rather than later!
2) Open myself more fully to love: deep down, I still believe myself unworthy of love. Won't you join me in prayer for both myself, and for all of us who believe ourselves unworthy of gentleness, hope and compassion? Pray that our hearts soften and that our eyes open to the truth that God has created us in love and beauty. Pray that we touch upon our own precious belovedness, and that once we do, God's divine love will spread throughout our hearts and souls, flowing like a glorious river out into the world around us!
1) Clean my studio: since the robbery last Spring, I have not had the heart to clean the mess that was made. I think that I am finally beginning to feel the nudgings of my creative spirit pulling me to sort and to organize my remaining treasures....so who knows, maybe this will happen sooner, rather than later!
2) Open myself more fully to love: deep down, I still believe myself unworthy of love. Won't you join me in prayer for both myself, and for all of us who believe ourselves unworthy of gentleness, hope and compassion? Pray that our hearts soften and that our eyes open to the truth that God has created us in love and beauty. Pray that we touch upon our own precious belovedness, and that once we do, God's divine love will spread throughout our hearts and souls, flowing like a glorious river out into the world around us!
3) Take an art class...any class! Glass fusing, pottery, felting, bookbinding, painting, you name it, I'll sign myself up. I'm finally ready to admit that I need the tutelage of other artists, if I am to grow myself as an artist.
4) Watch less television. I mean, c'mon, do I really need to watch "Unwrapped" on the food channel? No matter how much I love my television shows, whatever "connection" I experience there, isn't real. I want real connection, the kind that means something. The kind that has impact, that is ripple producing...not mind numbing.
5) Try new foods. Would you believe that I tried creme brulée. for the first time yesterday? For years, I've thought "Ugh, custard? Why would I want to eat that?". All these years I've missed the velvety heaven of melt in your mouth vanilla creme brulée.! What other culinary delights have I missed due to my own judgmental, dismissive (and perhaps fearful) attitudes?
5) Try new foods. Would you believe that I tried creme brulée. for the first time yesterday? For years, I've thought "Ugh, custard? Why would I want to eat that?". All these years I've missed the velvety heaven of melt in your mouth vanilla creme brulée.! What other culinary delights have I missed due to my own judgmental, dismissive (and perhaps fearful) attitudes?
As you can see these are simple, realistic goals for the year 2006! Yet, if you read carefully, you will notice how each and every goal listed above is grounded in fear of some form. Whether it be the fear of trying something new, the fear of admitting that we do not know it all, the fear that we are not perfect, or the fear of simply letting ourselves be loved as we are, I think we are all held back from a beautiful and amazing future of possibility by the snares and entanglements of fear.
Won't you take some time today, and reflect upon what, if any, fears are evident in your life which limit and minimize the fuller life that I promise is available to you, to me, and to all of us?
Close the door on one fear and it becomes easier to face, confront and banish another.
Make 2006 your year!
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