Your individuality is your gift to the world - preparing for 2012

 

Here are a few thoughts I penned this morning and perhaps, as we are on the threshhold of a new year it's
a good time to ask ourselves a couple of questions.

If you are not being your authentic self, then who are you being?

If you're not living up to your own standadrds then who's standards are they?

Whether it's putting flowers in a vase or driving your car every thing you do is a unique expression of who you are. When you compromise your own values you water down what you create and who you are. If you stay true to your own values and present possibly a less palatable version of yourself to the world, you also give others permission to be their authentic self.

Putting what's important to you first, also allows others to do the same. There comes a point in life where if we don't respond to the urgent calling of our inner voice ( which may have been gently urging us for years even decades) then we may miss the boat. Of course there will be other boats but not this boat. Some chances only present themselves once and it's up to us to decide whether to sail into unknown seas with the possibility of adventure and perhaps danger or whether to sit in our safe harbour in a boat that may be slowly rotting.

Growth is always daunting but it is also what makes us feel alive. When it comes down to it, we are either
growing or withering. Admittedly there is a time for everything ( including standing still).

Perhaps 2012 is the year to allow you, to be completely yourself and to live with abandon ( as opposed to fear). Some people say they don't even know what it is that they want. Start by doing small things that make you happy and watch them grow, before you know it by simply pleasing yourself you will be living an authentic life and in doing so contributing to the Universe.

 There is only one YOU. No one else can be YOU!

Follow your Bliss and may 2012 be filled with joy, expansion and unconditional love.