I know today is "just another day".
NOT!
I hear the people saying on social media, "does anyone make New Year's Resolutions anymore, and if they do, does anyone actually achieve them?"
Today is just another December 31st, and yet something special happens for me as the number clicks around to the next...
For me, it's like a new chapter in a book... It's just another page, but it's the beginning POTENTIALLY of something new.
For me, it's like a new part of a musical piece.... It's just the next note or measure, but it's the beginning POTENTIALLY of a new sound, a new rhythm... CRECIENDO!
If you are someone that believes that you can improve as a human being,
If you are someone that believes that your past does not have to define your future,
If you are someone that believes that you are constantly learning,
If you are someone that believes that your actions deliberately make your life...
Then today is just another day, another magical day that marks an end and a beginning.
Just because I have failed at accomplishing "goals" or "resolutions" will NEVER stop me from making more... I will try to understand why I have failed... and set a better vision for myself.
Just because I have failed at achieving things I have hoped to achieve I will NEVER stop trying to grow and improve myself and my life and my relationships...
And, a NEW YEAR provides a REAL opportunity to do so...
I get excited about every NEW DAY... Every sunrise is an opportunity to do it over again, and do it better...
And, in the spirit that growth takes time, a NEW YEAR is a brand new collection of new days...
As 2015 turns into 2016, you get to open a whole new box of days... and you get to apply your very best and latest self to showing up and enjoying them, and attempting to make the most of them.
I know its just another day... and for that I am grateful.
But, it's also the last one in the 2015 box and all the "stuff" that I found with the days in that box. A lot of great and fun stuff in that 2015 box, and a lot of stuff that inevitably shaped my mind and flavored my world...
Tomorrow, we open a fresh, new bag of days....
And, I for one, may not set a lot of goals... but I will more clearly define who I want to be and the life I want to live for those days.
I will try harder to simplify my life,
I will work smarter to eliminate the things that don't matter.
I will breathe deeper to enjoy the moments.
I will be more honest with who I am, those I care about and what is important to me.
I will dig deeper to find the courage to be true to myself.
I will show up and focus more on BEING than on TRYING.
I will recommit to the moment, to understanding the IS, to leaping for my wants, and to harmony.
Today is a magical day...
in part because it is simply just another day,
and in larger part, if you allow it to be, because it's the last one of its kind...
And, tomorrow, your life can begin anew, your story can change and improve, your character can grow and evolve... and anything and everything is possible again...
Tomorrow, I get to open a fresh set of days... and, I get to decide how to make them even more the delicious than this last batch...
Tomorrow will have that "New Year" smell ;-) And, I love the smell of a brand new year!
I don't believe in magic.
I believe in harmony.
And, the results of a brand new day and year can be awe inspiring and mind blowing...
If we wave our wand and open our minds and hearts,
and are willing to try again, to try differently, to try better, to try harmony.
In 2016, I am looking forward to creating a new chapter, a new sound, a new flavor, a new pace and peace... that builds on all that I am, all that I believe in, and all that I value.
Not necessarily because I have done it before, but because I know with certainty that better is possible... and I know that the moments of attempting to achieve a better version of me and my life are the moments where I experience success and happiness.
Tonight, open a fresh new set of days... smile, laugh and break the seal on a brand new year...
Cheers to all that is possible...
Cheers to harmony,
Nestor