Intention

Dear Friends,

How are you feeling, these first few days into this new year?

I have never much been a resolution person.  In fact, I would say my particular personality, while not rebellious in many ways, rebels against the resolution…if I resolve to do something, there’s a good chance I will do the opposite.  And so for years, because of that, resolutions were not part of my holiday practice.

However, in the past several years I’ve been trying to soften around the thought of pausing, noticing, and taking stock as the old year closes and the new year begins.  I do think there is real value in the practice of taking stock, so long as I can do so without judgement and with grace and love.  So while I might never become a resolutions person, for the past several years I have begun to try to integrate ways of noticing, taking stock and shifting without resolving.

As I took stock of last year, the thing I noticed was how fast I had to move, how full my life and my brain had to be all the time.  Now, I don’t regret having a full, fast life this past year…I had many moving parts that had to be completed, and it was a space I had to be in…but as I think about this year and moving into a different space and time when I have the ability to take things a little slower, that is my intention.  My intention, in this coming year, is to slow down.

My dear friend, do you have any intentions this coming year?  If so, I hope you can hold those intentions with grace and love and without judgement, no matter the outcome.

Have an amazing week, and a very happy new year.

Love
Krista