A Clean Page

Hello Dear Friends,

There is something refreshing about starting with a new calendar each year. The empty calendar stirs our desire to get organized and to get our life back on the right track. It seems to provide us an opportunity to reinvent our lives, again.

Now is a great time to reflect on what has occurred over the past 365 days. We may see wrong turns that we seemed to have taken, mistakes that we seem to have made, and choices that have led to painful consequences for ourselves or others. Perhaps we don't like what we see when we reflect on our life for the prior year. If we linger too long when looking back, a sense of sadness or hopelessness may set it. Don't despair… if you don't like where you have been and what you have become… you can change it by reinventing yourself.

Reinventing ourselves is a gift that is given with the expectation that we will continue to recognize our true capabilities. However, this gift comes with certain requirements. First, we must decide what we really want and be disciplined enough to stay focused on the target. The second requirement is that we must write down our desires, the means for obtaining them, and the happiness that we will experience as we reinvent ourselves. If the desire is only lukewarm, the results will be less than desirable.

Another requirement of the gift of reinvention of self is that we must change the mental picture of how we see ourselves. Each day, review the written description of our “new self” and feel our newfound joy, satisfaction, and peace.

It is not possible, you might say… Well, it happens in Hollywood all the time. The latest example is that of Jim Carrey who portrayed Andy Kaufman in the movie “Man in the Moon.” Much has been written about the extent to which Carrey went to become the character Kaufman. Perhaps this may not be the best example, but it does demonstrate the power that desire, imagery, passion, and enthusiasm have in creating changes within us.

Select someone whose behavior, actions, or life you admire. Evaluate what it is about that person that is so impressive to you that you would like to emulate him or her. Put his or her picture in a place that will be a frequent reminder to you of what changes you would like to incorporate into your life. Act as if you have already become the person you would like to be, based upon those qualities that this person demonstrates.

The last requirement in reinventing ourselves is the use of affirmations, the “I am” tool. Enthusiastically repeating positive statements that begin with the words “I am…” will take a firm hold in our mind. Ultimately, we will become what we think and say about ourselves. Why not create a new self on the clean pages of your life's new calendar?

Affirmation for the week:

“I am reinventing myself every day. I am the best me that I can be. Each day I will reinforce the qualities that I choose in the reinvention of myself. I will act as if I have already become the person that I would like to become.”

Have a wonderful week and a memorable end to this millennium and beginning of another millennium.

Mary Rau-Foster,
 
 
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