Sit right down and write yourself a letter…. by Anne Nayer, msw – Coach Paradise

I finally got around to writing my New Year’s letter. I figure that any day can be the beginning of something big – of a new year, of starting now. I dated it December 31 2012 and I addressed it to my Divine (my inner guidance system) but you can address it to yourself, to your higher power or to Dear Diary. It just helps to be writing to someone.

I started by giving thanks for a most amazing year and looked back over 2012 to acknowledge the changes in all areas of my life: spiritual growth, love, career, financial situation, health, my relationships with my family and even the state of my beloved puppies. I carefully considered how I would like to see things evolve and develop in each area and how I would like to feel. Some things were easy and predictable and grew out of seeds that I have already planted and been tending.  I made sure to leave room for surprises and unexpected twists and turns. I made sure to acknowledged inner growth, especially an ability to roll with the punches, stay light on my feet, be flexible and curious.

I really got on a roll  imagining how I’d like things to be: what I’d like to stay the same and what I’d like to discard. I felt as though I were in a giant cosmic try-on room where I could play with alternate scenarios, push the envelop, be daring and even discover desires and parts of myself that were shy and in hiding. I got to create an amazing year for myself – and in so doing I got the chance to explore and examine my own heart and its deepest longings and create my year from that place.

It’s a work in progress and I get to change it. Today when I reread it (as I have done each day since I wrote it) – I was struck with how cool my year is shaping up to be, how exciting it’s getting and how eagerly I am anticipating everything all that is about to happen.

I made sure to include in my letter that “what is troublesome and difficult will work out even if I don’t know how” and that solutions emerge to all that makes me anxious, including my own ability to soothe my energy, see things differently and stay grateful.

From where I now stand at the beginning of 2011 AND in my imagination on Dec. 31st 2012 – all is well. I have imagined a year that feels wonderful, entirely plausible, possible, likely and includes everything that floats my boat – adventure, romance, spiritual connection, health, personal growth and  I’ve left room for surprises, for not knowing, for being taken somewhere I had no idea I wanted to go or even existed.

When I referred back to my letter to tell my sister how a particular situation was going to work out, I realized that it’s working, that I believe myself and that I know in my heart that the seeds that I have planted have been nourished by putting them in writing. They are already sprouting.

I signed my letter and placed it in an envelope that I’ll open on Dec. 31, 2012. In the mean time, I am enjoying how this ritual has changed how I am stepping out into my life. I am eagerly anticipating what I already know (it was in the letter) is at this very moment, simmering into a most delicious recipe for abundance on all fronts. I set forth this morning curious about the details and expecting to be surprised. Like ‘enhancing a photo’ – there’s a new level of clarity and color and energy that wasn’t there before.

Since What you can do with your life has little to do with what’s going on in the world And everything to do with what you see as possible, I suggest that you ‘sit right down and write yourself a letter….”