What do I know now that I didn’t know in the past?
Where and with whom do I experience gratitude?
What was always there that I now see everywhere?
How have I been surprised recently?
What was something I once thought to be true and now I know was a lie?
Where are the places I find myself saying or thinking “Yes!”?
Where do I need to say “No more!”?
What do I want?
Who do I want to be?
Your answers should make for a lovely 2017.
Nothing will cost us more meaning, freedom, or fulfillment.
First, there are no rules.
Just look at Warby Parker, Amazon, The Compassion Collective, and who the next POTUS will be.
But we do have laws. Universal laws. It’s just how things are where we happen to be.
Like the law of compensation (you get what you give) and the law of the harvest (you reap what you sow).
There aren’t many places left where if/then scenarios are consistently reliable. They are, however, with laws such as these.
So don’t just obey them. Enjoy their natural tailwind. That’s why they’re there.
Truth > Trend.
It starts in our eyes.
We must understand that the mediums and moments that transform us are rarely convenient or easily welcomed.
What if we were able to see traffic jams, slow wi-fi, misunderstandings, miscommunication, challenging relationships, and inclement weather to be our teachers?
What if somehow, someway, we could believe that the cosmos aligned these teaching moments for us?
For us.
For our good.
For our transformation.
Would compassion become our compass?
Would grace become the gifts we give?
Would Love become our language?
Would vulnerability become our value system?
Would transformation become a habit?
Yes.
May we all remember that The Flow is always in our favor, and because this is so, may transformation become habitual.
…waking up this morning.
or
…drinking a glass of water.
or
…walking to school, driving to your job, or strolling through a park.
or
…inhaling and exhaling.
or
…noticing the colors of the changing leaves.
What did you get?
Incalculable.
Exactly.
Ashton.Gustafson 