How to make the most of the new year 2021

Consciously claim the new year

It's new year's eve in the good old US of A and folks everywhere are celebrating with family, friends, food, fireworks and fun. The idea of leaving the past year behind and starting a whole new one brings us gratitude for the goodness in our lives and a sense of relief from our challenges and the pressure of unmet dreams. We think, "Well, at least I get a fresh start."

Honor what was, what is and what will be

Some of us may be wondering how many fresh starts or new years we'll get. There is no way to know. In between this moment and our first, we might imagine and play, dance and sing, dream and dare, laugh, cry, hurt, love and lose. Some of us may even touch death.

Reaching the gateway to a new year reminds us of so many things we've been lucky enough to do, some things we wish we hadn't had to do and dreams we still have. Each year brings a new hope of maybe, just maybe, this will be the one, our year to live our dream life. Some may also reflect on the classic movie, It's A Wonderful Life and wonder, "Maybe this is it, right where I am, doing exactly what I'm doing."

Make the most of it

Isn't every day we breathe a miracle, a sort of dream? A gift? A special reason to celebrate? We don't have to be here. Why, for instance, did we survive the pandemic when millions of humans across the globe did not? One possibility is that we chose or were chosen to be here at this time, in this place with these people...a strange possibility, isn't it? Why do you think that is?

None of us knows, yet deep down many of us may wonder if there could be some truth to that notion. With a brand new year looming, what do we want to leave behind and what do we want to carry forward? That much is our choice, and our ability to choose in this moment is where our power resides.

Choose what to do

A wise man once said, "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us" [J.R.R. Tolkien]. Not bad advice for the start of a brand new year. Here are 10 simple questions to move you into 2021 with more clarity and focus:

1. What do you want to leave behind?

2. What do you want to carry forward?

3. What new things do you want to bring in?

4. What one change are you ready to make?

5. What do you want to devote your time and energy to?

6. What old habit are you ready to drop?

7. What new habit are you ready to start?

8. What resistance are you ready to release?

9. What openness are you ready to embrace?

10. What dream are you ready to manifest?

Whatever you decide you are ready to release from your life and put down, write it on paper. Then safely and ceremonially burn it to release it and all it contains from not only your life but from your auric field. As you walk away and leave the ashes of the past behind you, feel in your will, heart and mind that you are done with that and make a commitment to yourself not to pick it up again.

Whatever you are ready to bring into your life and grow, write it on paper too. Then fold up the paper and ceremonially bury it in a special place that feels good so it can be nourished into bloom. Decorate or mark the site if you want, so that moving forward you can feed it with your love and attention just as you would a seedling. As you walk away from this sacred spot, do so without attachment to how the dream manifests.

We plant our dream and let it go like a seed into soil. Then every so often we nourish that dream with our love and excitement over how great it will feel to have it in our life. But we don't try to formulate how it will get to us or what it will look like. We leave that to the Supreme Divine Source of All That Is.

Let's create an amazing 2021!

Remember, if we change nothing, nothing changes.