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12.07.2012
Brand New Day
Today I’m writing my very first blog post for my new health coaching practice site (heee-eeey!). This month marks the beginning of many things for me… a new career as a holistic health coach, a new social venture that has been cooking for some time now, new hardwood floors in my bedroom, and a new found allergy to cats (major sad face… didn’t say they were all good).
I like beginnings… I mean who doesn’t like beginnings (unless it
involves the beginning of a long exam, the start of a cold, or the
beginning of an end, but I digress). We’re constantly presented with new
beginnings at every moment and for the most part we take them for
granted.
Just think - here we are, going about our business, thoughts probably
running thru our heads at 100 miles/min and driving ourselves nuts
worrying about the little things that usually don’t matter. And yet,
every minute, new day, month, year, is a chance for new possibilities
and renewal. No second is like the one that just passed - nothing can
ever be replicated exactly as it was a moment ago. Let’s think about
this for a sec, shall we?
Most of the body’s tissues are under constant renewal. Because of
this, it’s believed that the average age of all the cells in an adult’s
body may turn out to be as young as 7 to 10 years. It’s been proven that the human body regenerates heart cells, meaning we are literally going thru a constant process of renewal at the cellular level!
So, then, why do
we wait til January 1st to make new resolutions? Why do we say “Ok, THIS
New Year I’m toootally gonna do what I’ve been saying for the past
five… I swear…”. Why do we need a designated date to give ourselves
permission to start fresh and anew? Why can’t we do this anytime and all
the time, like our cells?
Aha! BUT WE CAN. Each new moment
is filled with potentiality - it will be what you make of it. So how do
we do that? Well, we can start with a simple step:
Before an action, reaction, thought, decision, etc, take a moment - breathe in and breathe out - and ask yourself…
“what do I desire to feel the most?”
and act on THAT.
Will eating that entire box of
oreos make you feel truly satisfied? In the short term.. of course perhaps. But
most likely you’ll feel guilt, shame, regret, and probably a little like
throwing up afterwards (or you actually do throw up. It’s happened to
the best of us, believe me).
Or if you desire to feel
connected, then turning down your girlfriends’ invitation to get down on
a Friday night and opt to instead veg out on dorritos and Mafia Wives
is probably not the best decision. But sometimes it is! It depends on
how you truly want to feel.
So instead of waiting all year for
a single day to make resolutions in your life, how bout we see each
waking moment as a new beginning - filled with endless possibilities and
completely open for you to take it by the horns and ride that sucka the
way you want.
Just be sure, though, that you’re clear on what it is that you really want ;)
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