How many times have you committed to new year’s resolutions
only to find that the new year has barely begun and by January 5th,
the 10th or maybe, if you’re lucky by February 1st, you
have broken all of your promises to yourself. Looking ahead at every new year
like a blank canvas, where all things are still possible and where you safely
project all your hopes of a better future with more success, better discipline
and all annoying issues resolved has become your yearly beacon of hope.
Having
failed, yet again, you sink back into your behavioral slump, maybe interrupted
by a quick stunt in mid-June (just in time to get in shape for bikini season),
just to wait again for the New Year to roll around with the offer of its
immaculately clean canvas.
If this
strategy is not working for you, and really, as an old soul there is no shame
in admitting that (you have been at it for a few thousand years), I recommend
you change your approach.
A few years ago, I was caught in the vicious cycle of New
Year’s resolutions myself.
Not too impressed by my progress, to say the least, I
boycotted New Year’s resolutions all together, since they really always ended
up making me feel horrible about myself. In the beginning, I just skipped them
without replacement.
It was a relief, since I got to skip the whole self-loathing
portion of the cycle.
After a while, I noticed the desire for self-improvement in
certain areas nudge me first quietly than more noisily until I paid attention.
So I sat myself down to strategize a plan that would work in
the long run.
One thing I knew for certain was that I did not intend to
drag certain soul/karmic patterns with me for the next ten lifetimes.
There was the heavy burden of chronic soul guilt and the
trauma from 1372 and the unresolved heartache with my twin flame and my
rejection of earthly matters to name a few.
So I came up with some soul resolutions. I was going to take
whatever steps necessary for the rest of this life to resolve as many karmic
issues as possible and to put down the burdens and heal the trauma.
Good news, I can do the work throughout the year, as I
become aware of it and if I miss a few weeks of intense application it doesn’t
matter since I am working towards a larger goal.
Another benefit I found is that the soul resolutions don’t
change from year to year like my ego/personality New Year's Resolutions did.
When I fall of the wagon, it is easy to get back on
reminding myself that I am really already tired of these circumstances and that
I do not wish to drag them with me into any future lifetimes!
If nothing else, I recommend trying a new approach. What do
you have to lose?
