How can we reflect on something that has not yet come to pass?
In a sense, all of the thoughts and plans we have formed and discussed
for the coming year have already occurred
in our mind's eye.
Reflecting on our plans and goals is an important part of realizing them.
We have a chance to commit to those thoughts and plans through action.
But we also have a chance to change our plans and take another route
in business, in our personal lives… a chance to make a difference in the world,
even if that means creating more harmony in our private lives,
or earning our first dollar online,
or creating jobs for thousands of people,
or writing a book that will change the lives of many people around the world.
They all have equal value
because we do things, create things,
to the best of our ability,
and there is, in truth,
no comparison in deeds
and no judgement of deeds,
"good" or "bad",
"higher" or "lower",
"more" or "less",
"better" or "worse".
Our thoughts and actions are simply reflections,
of what was, what is and what could or shall be,
all at once.
When looking back, we see what we have accomplished,
and we see our mistakes and our lack;
often seeing the glass half-empty,
instead of half-full.
Writing that seems almost like a stereotypical comment;
so abused…
but life, when seen from this perspective, is so much easier
when we see what we have
when we acknowledge what we have accomplished
and when we receive the love coming into us
than when we only see what is not there,
when we dwell on our failures,
and when we syndicate our sorrows.
We seldom have the ability
to just "be" in the present moment;
we either live in the past, or in the future,
and thus we feel remorse and sorrow
because we have forgotten the ever present,
and we constantly feel unsatisfied and unfulfilled.
When looking forward,
we often see far too many alternatives of what could come to pass
and thereby hinder the manifestation of our desires and our goals;
as our desires are many and our goals are diffuse.
But the ancients say
that we can clearly see
what we are in the process of creating,
when our minds and our emotions are still,
like a reflection in a clear, glassy mountain lake.
So, my New Year's wish for you,
and for me,
is that your mind and your emotions are still,
like a reflection in a clear, glassy mountain lake,
that our minds
are One Mind,
that our separate hearts
are One Heart,
and that our spirits,
become One Spirit
in Peace and Love and Understanding,
Angela Wickenberg
