2007: The Mysterious New Year

Rarely am I ever skeptical on a new year -- it feels so good. A clean slate, starting fresh, newness...because I have so many projects that are flowing into this new year, it is more of a deepening of what I gathered and learned from 2006.

It doesn't feel at all like a clean slate.

Since I've never had this experience, I am not excited and not depressed and not indifferent. I am, I exist, I journey.

The circular movement is spiraling down into each area of my life that holds so much power and meaning for me. Something new will be born, but it may take a lot more time than I had anticipated. So much about last year was relinquishing control: first the trip to Brazil for two months, starting my dissertation, starting a new sacred travel business and starting a new job. A lot of starts, but in general things are ongoing, flowing at the pace that is being set by nature. As much as I sometimes want to push everything along, my inner voice is saying, "Slow down, stop."

I am breathing more deeply than ever before and meditating. Peace is within and without, along with the usual family chaos and messy room :-)

I am thankful for all of the lessons I have learned over the past year and welcome the new ones which will unfold gracefully and gradually.