As you stand at the threshold

The end of one cycle

And the beginning of

Something new

 

My wish for you is

That you take time

To reflect and feel

And let what you

Discover inform

Whatever is next

For you

 

Let your inner guidance

Show you what is next

Instead of allowing

Guilt or shame to dictate

What is and isn’t

Important

What is and isn’t

Right for you

 

Only you can know what

Is truly important to you

Only you can know what

You are being called to

Only you can know what

Is aligned for you and

What is not

 

Only you can say YES or

NO to the

Opportunities that

Come knocking

Only you can organize

And arrange your life

Accordingly

Or not

 

Some questions to

Ask yourself as you

Navigate all the choices

And all the pulls and tugs

So many and so much always

Vying for your

Attention and energy

 

What answers do you hear when you ask yourself

What do I want?

Does this make me feel alive?

Is the life-giving or life-draining?

What do I need right now?

What will feel good not only

Now but in the long run?

What do I feel called to?

Am I willing to answer the call?

 

All these questions can help

Guide you toward a New Year

That is fulfilling

Meaning filling your cup

To fullness

Not just a New Year that is

Productive or filled with

Achievements but a

Year of richness and joy

And all the things you cannot put

A price on that mean so much

 

I wish for you the courage to

Listen to the truth that lives

Inside of you

The audacity to make choices

Perhaps no one will understand

But you

The daring to play by rules

You create for yourself

 

I hope you discover and honor

The deep want inside of you

That hungers for what you

Haven’t yet experienced

The longing that is so

Palpable you can’t not

Pursue what is in your heart

 

I wish for you the beauty

That emerges when you

Fully listen to and surrender

Any ego-based ideas of

How things should be or look

Or feel

 

I wish for you the inner wisdom

To shrug off the rules you didn’t

Agree to

Wave goodbye to the expectations

That were never yours

To boldly walk in the direction

Of your heart because

You know that is the only

Way you will ever feel

Like your true self

 

I wish this journey of becoming

More of who you are

To be yours in 2023

And beyond

The journey of all journeys

That is yours to uncover

And explore for you

 

I wish for you passion

Constancy

And fortitude

I wish you peace

But most of all I wish

You love

 

Love for yourself

Beyond anything you’ve

Given to yourself up

Until now

Love for this life you’ve

Been given

Love for the adventures

That await

 

May 2023 bring you

Gifts and discoveries

Beyond your wildest

Imaginings

May this new year

Mark a turning point

In your life

When you finally decide

To start living

And when you discover what

That really and truly means

For you

 

All my love,

Alicia