Gratitude in January of 2011
Today is the first day of January, in 2011. I wanted to start out my year right. This year feels SO much different than last year. They're all arbitrary numbers, dates - but because I'm focusing my energy on creating a new shift in paradigm for myself, it doesn't matter what year or day it is, this is the day I'm focusing that energy towards making a fresh start.
2011 for me is the year of flow.
There are many people on my list - many of you have known me for years, and some of you for months. I'm typically your “plan everything out and figure out my 10 backup options.”
The reason “flow” is a big deal to me, is because it's asking that I grow in the direction of listening to my inner voice more, and not my logic. I believe I will be working with the Right Brain a lot more than my Left Brain, in 2011. This means I'm not going to create your typical “structured” resolution format. This means my primary goal is to really live moment to moment, and not look into my future or judge myself based off of who I have been in the past. It's my belief that I've done structured plans my entire life, and it's time to try something different and new, to get different results for my life.
This is huge for me, but I know this is the way I will get the most from 2011. 11 has been my lucky number since I was a little girl. I'm not so little anymore ;) but, I'm carrying the intention in my heart that this year of '11 is going to my year. I'm going to make it a great year, no matter what happens to me! It is my joy to share this with you all, and please feel free to join in my journey! Your friendship means the World to me.
My gratitude for what is on my plate right now
MY CONNECTIONS! You people. The ones who matter to me, the ones who make every step of my journey brighter and more vibrant. The ones who keep my vibration high and my heart full. Particularly a small group of people I met in Vegas in October 2010, and yes - those of you who I met in October 2009. Thank you so much for being so lovable, so valuable, so special to me.
To my Yoga network. You helped Shepard me from a lost, depressed, hopeless person with day in and day out support and brilliance. The effervescence of your energy slowly but surely, combined with the practice of Yoga - has given my soul the respite it needed to continue growing. I am grateful for each and every day I step into Bikram Renton Yoga studio and have the blessing of being around these beautiful people.
To my chosen family, and those blood relatives who appreciate, support, and love me for all that I am, and accept me for all that I am not unconditionally. Thank You.
To the people I have yet to get to know yet, and to the people I have not been connected to that are going to return from the past: I Love You!
To those ex lovers, current lovers, future lovers, - you have given me a gift and I Thank you for sharing and opening yourself up and sharing great and rich expressions of Oneness with me. I will never forget you, and there will always be a place inside my heart for you. And Will Continue to keep this place open!
I am grateful for my home, the opportunity to worry about menial stuff like house keeping and day to day chores. I am grateful for my partner in crime, the one who has seen the worst of me and accepted the best of me for the past 5 years. I am not an easy woman to live with, always. I am grateful for anyone who has had to deal with me in my worst moments, grateful for their patience, their love, their tolerance of me at my wits' end.
To the people who have seen my tears and embraced my Love, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You.
I Thank Myself for persisting, and not giving up - for growing beyond depression, and being vibrational Joy from this point forward - with the tempered understanding of what it is to hit the bottom of the human heart state.
I hold extreme gratitude for my 12 pound Dachshund, my only Child. We appreciate him all the more now that Rufus has passed away. <3
I am grateful for 14 years of life, friendship, and sincere Love that I had with my beloved Rufus. There aren't a lot of words for what that dog meant to me. I believe Rufus was an Angel sent to me to help me grow through the first phases of my life. Now that he has left, I am in awe that an animal could have given me so very much. His soul was beautiful and I am fortunate to have shared the gift of his life with him.
I am grateful for exploring raw foods, for my commitment to fitness and my addictions to giving myself the gift of becoming stronger in every way I can. I am grateful to own a beautiful car, live in a beautiful state, and be a part of a community that I serve professionally and have for the majority of the last decade.
I'm grateful for Lianna Kenworthy. Of all the names I will pull for the year 2010, I am pulling hers. She has been a source of collaboration, understanding, and now she represents the thread of the past coming together with the promise of the future - I would hazard to say she is the sole friend who can offer me this :)
I would also say that I am grateful for the understanding that in our strongest and weakest moments, we accept each other unconditionally. We accept space and we accept closeness simultaneously. Some souls are meant to work together down here on the planet Earth - I suspect this is true of our friendship.
This year I intend to keep working on my constant project: My Body, My Heart, and My Soul progression. I'm unabashedly sappy and full of gratitude for all that I've achieved and received in life up until now - and I'm on fire with desire for things that I will create in 2011.
To all of my friends, I extend and share my strongest Love and Oneness. To 2011! Let's all make it a great year - KEEP SMILING through those tough times, and cry with joy during the best times.
Most importantly, let's all make it our priority to being Real, Being Genuine.
And don't worry. I'll be posting on my feed the entire time ;)
<3
Light and Love,
-Angela
2011 for me is the year of flow.
There are many people on my list - many of you have known me for years, and some of you for months. I'm typically your “plan everything out and figure out my 10 backup options.”
The reason “flow” is a big deal to me, is because it's asking that I grow in the direction of listening to my inner voice more, and not my logic. I believe I will be working with the Right Brain a lot more than my Left Brain, in 2011. This means I'm not going to create your typical “structured” resolution format. This means my primary goal is to really live moment to moment, and not look into my future or judge myself based off of who I have been in the past. It's my belief that I've done structured plans my entire life, and it's time to try something different and new, to get different results for my life.
This is huge for me, but I know this is the way I will get the most from 2011. 11 has been my lucky number since I was a little girl. I'm not so little anymore ;) but, I'm carrying the intention in my heart that this year of '11 is going to my year. I'm going to make it a great year, no matter what happens to me! It is my joy to share this with you all, and please feel free to join in my journey! Your friendship means the World to me.
My gratitude for what is on my plate right now
MY CONNECTIONS! You people. The ones who matter to me, the ones who make every step of my journey brighter and more vibrant. The ones who keep my vibration high and my heart full. Particularly a small group of people I met in Vegas in October 2010, and yes - those of you who I met in October 2009. Thank you so much for being so lovable, so valuable, so special to me.
To my Yoga network. You helped Shepard me from a lost, depressed, hopeless person with day in and day out support and brilliance. The effervescence of your energy slowly but surely, combined with the practice of Yoga - has given my soul the respite it needed to continue growing. I am grateful for each and every day I step into Bikram Renton Yoga studio and have the blessing of being around these beautiful people.
To my chosen family, and those blood relatives who appreciate, support, and love me for all that I am, and accept me for all that I am not unconditionally. Thank You.
To the people I have yet to get to know yet, and to the people I have not been connected to that are going to return from the past: I Love You!
To those ex lovers, current lovers, future lovers, - you have given me a gift and I Thank you for sharing and opening yourself up and sharing great and rich expressions of Oneness with me. I will never forget you, and there will always be a place inside my heart for you. And Will Continue to keep this place open!
I am grateful for my home, the opportunity to worry about menial stuff like house keeping and day to day chores. I am grateful for my partner in crime, the one who has seen the worst of me and accepted the best of me for the past 5 years. I am not an easy woman to live with, always. I am grateful for anyone who has had to deal with me in my worst moments, grateful for their patience, their love, their tolerance of me at my wits' end.
To the people who have seen my tears and embraced my Love, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You.
I Thank Myself for persisting, and not giving up - for growing beyond depression, and being vibrational Joy from this point forward - with the tempered understanding of what it is to hit the bottom of the human heart state.
I hold extreme gratitude for my 12 pound Dachshund, my only Child. We appreciate him all the more now that Rufus has passed away. <3
I am grateful for 14 years of life, friendship, and sincere Love that I had with my beloved Rufus. There aren't a lot of words for what that dog meant to me. I believe Rufus was an Angel sent to me to help me grow through the first phases of my life. Now that he has left, I am in awe that an animal could have given me so very much. His soul was beautiful and I am fortunate to have shared the gift of his life with him.
I am grateful for exploring raw foods, for my commitment to fitness and my addictions to giving myself the gift of becoming stronger in every way I can. I am grateful to own a beautiful car, live in a beautiful state, and be a part of a community that I serve professionally and have for the majority of the last decade.
I'm grateful for Lianna Kenworthy. Of all the names I will pull for the year 2010, I am pulling hers. She has been a source of collaboration, understanding, and now she represents the thread of the past coming together with the promise of the future - I would hazard to say she is the sole friend who can offer me this :)
I would also say that I am grateful for the understanding that in our strongest and weakest moments, we accept each other unconditionally. We accept space and we accept closeness simultaneously. Some souls are meant to work together down here on the planet Earth - I suspect this is true of our friendship.
This year I intend to keep working on my constant project: My Body, My Heart, and My Soul progression. I'm unabashedly sappy and full of gratitude for all that I've achieved and received in life up until now - and I'm on fire with desire for things that I will create in 2011.
To all of my friends, I extend and share my strongest Love and Oneness. To 2011! Let's all make it a great year - KEEP SMILING through those tough times, and cry with joy during the best times.
Most importantly, let's all make it our priority to being Real, Being Genuine.
And don't worry. I'll be posting on my feed the entire time ;)
<3
Light and Love,
-Angela