Gregor Butterfly

The year is new. Fresh as a baby. It is morning in the world. What are we going to do?

Same as last year? Do the same things, perhaps just a bit better? Is yesterday, last week, last month roughly the same kind of day, week, month we want to have this year?

Most of us want some serious change, but most of us have a hard time making that change happen. What is transformation about? Or better, what brings it about? What has to happen for the fat man to become skinny? The lethargic woman energized. The blocked flowing. The undid done.

Don’t ask me. I don’t have the answers to that one. Of course it’s different for everyone, but that’s not the root of the difficulty. It’s in the power of the pattern, the habit, the rut, the groove.

I have some ideas, though.

One - believe change is possible. Drastic change. Transformation. It happens every day to every kind of person. You don’t have to believe it’s probable, but believe it’s possible.

Two - Make space for it. Open your schedule for new plans, your world to new truths, your head to new possibilities.

Three - Be willing to let go. Some things we want to trash, others we cling to like a teddy bear on wash day.

Four - Want it. Just want it. Don’t be afraid to want it. Let that want soak through your body. Wanting isn’t the most comfortable feeling, but don’t fight it. Wallow in that want. Breathe it in and out. The want has power. It is your ticket, hold on to it, and don’t let the fear stop you.

Does it sound like I’m talking to myself? I hope it does. I am. But I’m talking to you, too. Take what I write with a grain of salt. A handful of salt. But if it points you to wisdom, drop me a line and let me know what that is. I can always use more wisdom.

Happy New Year, fellow traveler.

This just might be an excellent year for us.