Happy New Year

A very Happy New Year to everyone at blogoshere!

I know I haven't been posting in a while, but that is gonna change this year. Have you made your resolutions for the year? Here are mine (hopefully this year will be the year I actually stick to them :-()

The first is a perennial favourite - lose weight! I want 2008 to be the year when I finally shed this layer of fat and come out as the person I was meant to be. I also have oher ulterior motives for this - the ones that come to the mind immediately are to be a better role model for my children and to look more professional in my work. If I want to get a better job (more pay and a better profile), I know I better become thin pronto - coz this is Singapore we are talking about - where women routinely wear clothes with single digit sizes...

The second one is to write more - even if it is a couple of sentences. I started this blog mainly to chronicle my children's growing up days and by not writing, I feel I am failing in my task....

The third is not be negative (or failing that to avoid negativity) and be more positive in life. I want to do whatever that I am supposed to do with enthusiasm and a joi de vivre!

I'll write more tomorrow about the kids - today was for me - a lot has happened in their lives in the past month or so and I'll write all about it tomorrow.

Here is something that was in my inbox today. I get on a daily basis small notes from a service called The Daily Om. I liked what it said today and so here it is....

Starting New

A Moment Of Choice

There are times in our lives that lend themselves to starting something new. The beginning of a new year, finishing school, leaving a job, or changing homes-these all are times that turn our minds to fresh starts. Their advantage is that they bring with them the energy of that event, creating a tide of change around them that we can ride to our next shoreline. But we can choose to start anew anytime. In any moment we can decide that a bad day or a relationship that's gotten off on the wrong foot can be started again. It is a mental shift that allows us to clean the slate and approach anything with fresh eyes, and we can make that choice at any time.

Starting new is most powerful when we focus our attention to what we are choosing to create. Giving all of our attention to the unwanted aspects of our lives allows what we resist to persist. We need to remember to leave enough room in the process of new beginnings to be kind to ourselves, because it takes time to become accustomed to anything new, no matter how much we like it. There is no need to get down on ourselves if we don't reach our new goals instantly. Instead, we acknowledge the forward motion and choose to reset and start again, knowing that with each choice we learn, grow, and move forward.

Making the choice to start anew has its own energy-it's a promise made to you. The forward momentum creates a sort of vacuum behind it, pulling toward you all you need to help you continue moving in your chosen direction. Once the journey has begun, it may take unexpected turns, but it never really ends. Like cycles in nature, there are periods of obvious growth and periods of dormancy that signal a time of waiting for the right moment to burst forth. Each time we choose to start anew we dedicate ourselves to becoming the best we are able to be.

Happy reading...