On Table Talk today, I offered ideas for your New Year’s Resolutions. Why not, I suggested, base your resolutions on “allowing”? (You can listen to our show via the player at the bottom of this post.)
So, in 2010, resolve to allow:
1. Vulnerability. You are incredibly strong. Be strong not only in your stoicism but in your vulnerability when it hurts. Because it does, and will, hurt.
2. A different perspective. Caregiving can be so lonely. And, when we feel alone we can get caught up in a loop of our perspective. We look at our situation from our place of aloneness. This year, open up so you see different perspectives so you can feel their comfort.
3. Mistakes. Fearing mistakes can keep us from trying, which keeps us in a place less than we deserve. Make peace with mistakes.
4. Compromises. Meeting half-way is a trip worth taking. An unbending branch breaks.
5. New beginnings. It’s not about giving someone a second chance to hurt or disappoint you. It’s about giving yourself the freedom to be better and stronger in challenging situations and relationships.
6. Forgiveness. It really is the best gift you give yourself.
7. Bad days. They happen. Re-group, move on, then give your best shot the next day.
8. Faith. It can seem like it will never be good or right again. It will. Keep the faith.
9. Companionship. Be a friend and make friends. Our life’s joy reside in our relationships; nurture yours.
10. Miracles. They happen every day. They happen to you. When they do, thank them.
Finally, allow yourself to shine. You may dim at times, but allow the world to see how you light it.
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