So the New Year is upon us!!! :-) I always feel so happy when it's the New Year because it's like you can put all the shit of the previous year behind you and start afresh. A new slate, a blank canvas.
Not saying that I had a lot of shit in 2008...I had quite a fantastic year actually!!! From bummin around, to a fill-in job, to studying, to following my dreams and finally doing what I've always wanted to do!!! And not to mention turning 30!!! :-) It's been such a fantastic year!!! Probably one of the best from what's left of my memory...
So yeh, the New Year is upon us!!! About 17hrs and 20minutes as I'm writing this...Every year I like to write a New Year message...and set a theme for the year...This year my theme is "Embrace". Kinda like just going with the flow and to be wholly into whatever you choose to do...whether that be mundane tasks like washing up, or for some...the mundane task of what you call 'work'! :-)...or the things which give us joy in life, like spending time with loved ones, or a good massage or retail therapy! Whatever tickles your fancy!!! Just embrace it and own it!!!
"Embrace" is also about taking on new challenges, and fully embracing whatever comes from them. Sometimes they may be 'good' things and other times they just might test our strength, our courage and our patience. Whatever happens, it's all in the grand scheme of things...however cliched that may sound! But if we never give ourselves the chance, then we'll never know.
"Embrace" is about creativity and courage. It's about going beyond what you're comfortable with...even if it's just by a centimetre, a tad, a snippet, by a nose hair even!!! Whatever! You know, just paint your life, paint your 2009 to what you want it to be. And the thing is, you are the creator, so you can change it to whatever you like!!! You have all the colours in the universe, and beyond to paint with!!! Your canvas can be as small as a page or as big as Jupiter!!! How do you value yourself??? And what happens if you make a 'mistake'? Would anyone even notice? It's YOUR masterpiece!!! Just create, create, create!!! :-)
So to all my dear friends and family, and to anyone I don't know who's reading this...Make your 2009 count...every day, every minute, every second. Have courage, because no-one can give it to you. Be creative - you are the creator. Take on new challenges. And embrace everything that you are and everything that you aren't. 2009 will be as great as you make it!
Not saying that I had a lot of shit in 2008...I had quite a fantastic year actually!!! From bummin around, to a fill-in job, to studying, to following my dreams and finally doing what I've always wanted to do!!! And not to mention turning 30!!! :-) It's been such a fantastic year!!! Probably one of the best from what's left of my memory...
So yeh, the New Year is upon us!!! About 17hrs and 20minutes as I'm writing this...Every year I like to write a New Year message...and set a theme for the year...This year my theme is "Embrace". Kinda like just going with the flow and to be wholly into whatever you choose to do...whether that be mundane tasks like washing up, or for some...the mundane task of what you call 'work'! :-)...or the things which give us joy in life, like spending time with loved ones, or a good massage or retail therapy! Whatever tickles your fancy!!! Just embrace it and own it!!!
"Embrace" is also about taking on new challenges, and fully embracing whatever comes from them. Sometimes they may be 'good' things and other times they just might test our strength, our courage and our patience. Whatever happens, it's all in the grand scheme of things...however cliched that may sound! But if we never give ourselves the chance, then we'll never know.
"Embrace" is about creativity and courage. It's about going beyond what you're comfortable with...even if it's just by a centimetre, a tad, a snippet, by a nose hair even!!! Whatever! You know, just paint your life, paint your 2009 to what you want it to be. And the thing is, you are the creator, so you can change it to whatever you like!!! You have all the colours in the universe, and beyond to paint with!!! Your canvas can be as small as a page or as big as Jupiter!!! How do you value yourself??? And what happens if you make a 'mistake'? Would anyone even notice? It's YOUR masterpiece!!! Just create, create, create!!! :-)
So to all my dear friends and family, and to anyone I don't know who's reading this...Make your 2009 count...every day, every minute, every second. Have courage, because no-one can give it to you. Be creative - you are the creator. Take on new challenges. And embrace everything that you are and everything that you aren't. 2009 will be as great as you make it!
