To approach the event horizon of a new year/month/state/county/notebook is to look into the face of Infinite Potential. In that moment we believe in the Clean Slate. We believe that the troubles & heartache of the Past can not hold sway on the beauty & excitement of the Future that is before us. We believe we can do better. We believe the World can be better. We see Hope. We anticipate Good Things.
Infinite Potential.
I gotta think we can use that in our magickal practice.
Traditionally, people make resolutions for the New Year. I think it sad that those are made and then quickly forgotten. What if we didn’t forget? What if we wrote down our resolutions, burned a candle, said a prayer, made a promise, to see them through?
What do you want to change/do/fix/maintain/increase in the coming year? Think about that tonight.
I challenge you to not forget it.
I won’t.
2 Responses to “Here’s a wave. Ride it.”
morgana268
January 2nd, 2012 at 5:38 am | edit
I think this could very easily be turned into the next full moon ritual, which if I’m not mistaken takes place in about 2 weeks, give or take. However, for all intents and purposes, I’m placing my promises here, so as not to be able to come back in two months and say “oh yeah that, ummm….maybe next year”. I’ve often joked about making resolutions because lets face it, I suck at keeping them. Promises to others? Sure, unless something happens that is beyond my control. Promises to myself? Sure.. for a bit. And then I get lazy. Or I just don’t have time, or maybe deep down its because I don’t care about/for myself as much as I probably should.
So that being said, these are my new year’s resolutions:
Diet. MUST lose at least 10 pounds, I’m setting small goals so as not to overwhelm myself. Final goal is at least 40 pounds. I could deal with that. In addition to the weight loss, I need to cut down the starch/sugar intake. Replace the mountain dew with more water. My sugar levels (thanks to poor dieting and stress) have been kicking my ass and I really don’t want to have it get worse. I’m not diabetic, to my knowledge, but there are ways of controlling it and I’m sure I can do so until I can see a doctor about it.
Next on the list is stop smoking. Yes, really. What good is it doing me? I’m still stressed, and I have quit 3 times cold turkey (each time I learned I was pregnant). SO again, signs of that whole “I care more about someone else than myself” thing.
After that is putting more time and effort into keeping a clean, or at least less cluttered, home. Seriously, there’s no excuse for it. No one feels more loved or more “at home” when there’s things literally taking over the house.
I have been putting together an idea for a story for quite some time now, and it’s gone through so many stages, writes, rewrites, infinite researching that has actually gotten me nowhere. I’ve been saying I’m gonna do it for 4 years, longer really, but 4 years since the birth of this most recent idea. However, I think if I set short-term goals, by the week, with certain hour-based requirements for certain things, I might have something I can post somewhere on the net, or maybe even get published? Who knows. I don’t care if large groups of people even see it, I just want to complete it.
And finally, I got a wacom graphics tablet last year about this time, and I still can’t do much with it at all. That, too, will change.
There are a multitude of other things I want to do or change or accomplish, but these 4 things will suffice for now and I can always add the other things in later. I think perhaps keeping a blog posting on my own page, specifically for these sorts of things, AND being consistent in updating it, will help tremendously in staying on target.
I, too, despite my usual pessimistic cynicism about the holidays, always look forward to the new year beginning. Clean slates, starting over, trying to do better, BE better, those are the things I look forward to. Granted there’s the nagging thought in the back of my mind that every day is lather/rinse/repeat, and so much of it is lately, but I can already feel the weight lifting. Just gotta keep pushing, keep breathing, and all will be well.
Mari Adkins
January 5th, 2012 at 4:41 am | edit
have you seen the new year, new year experiment? i’m taking part on my blog.