2011, Unwritten

Like working on the next chapter in a book, 2011 is unwritten.  When we are entering uncharted territory, we need a compass or a map.  Without it, we can end up lost.  The same goes for life.  Our past choices and decisions have led us to where we are today.  Sure, life happens, requiring us to alter our course or make the most of a difficult situation.  But how can we make our life dreams come to fruition if we can’t think ‘em, write ‘em and speak ‘em?

So I propose the following questions for the coming year. Get out the pen and paper.  Turn off the phone and take some quiet time alone.  Close your eyes and take a few slow, deep breaths, just focus on your breath as you breathe.  Then ask yourself these questions.  Write down the first thing that comes to mind when asking each question.  If nothing comes to mind just let your stream of consciousness flow from the pen, this will help you gain clarity of the question.

What do I want in the next year? 

What do I want my life to look like? 

What do I want my life to feel like?

What direction am I going in?  How am I going to get there?

What do I want to accomplish?  What are the steps to doing it?

What do I want to attract in my life?  What do I need to let go of so there is room for the healthy new in my life?

What do I want in family? Friendship? Love?

Natasha Beddingfield’s song, Unwritten sums it up here:

“I am just beginning

 pen’s in my hand

ending up planned

Staring at the blank page before you

Open up the dirty window

Let the sun illuminate the words that you can not find

Reaching for something in the distance

So close you can almost taste it

Release your inhabitions

Feel the rain on your skin

No one else can feel it for you

Only you can let it in

No one else, no one else can speak the words on your lips

Drench yourself in words unspoken

Live your life with eyes wide open

Today is where your book begins

The rest is still unwritten

I break tradition

Sometimes my tries

Are outside the line

We’ve been conditioned

To not make mistakes

But I can’t live that way

Staring at the blank pages before you

Open up the dirty window

Let the sun illuminate the words that you can not find

Reaching for something in the distance

So close you can almost taste it

Release your inhibitions

Feel the rain on your skin

No one else can feel it for you

Only you can let it in

No one else, no one else can speak the words on your lips

Drench yourself in words unspoken

Live your life with eyes wide open

Today is where your book begins

The rest is still unwritten”

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