New Year Guiding Principles

Sunrise over San Agustinillo , Oaxaca, Mexico

As the new year opened up, I found myself hungry…for understanding, for solid ground, for guidance. Looking on the opportunities that lay before me in 2014, I had a need to connect to my values, to what’s important to me. I jotted down many thoughts and ideas as they came to me during my quiet introspective time. I created a set of principles that feel like the right guideposts for me as I stretch into the wonderful possibilities that my relationships, my work, and my life offer to me.

I start each day with gratitude for my blessings.
I set clear intentions that provide direction for my life.
I consciously choose how I view and experience the world around me.
I stretch and grow, discovering new things about myself, others, and this amazing world.
I accept and celebrate ‘what is’ without judgment or attachment.
I open to opportunity and possibility.
I access joy in every moment.
I attend to my breath when I need peace and contentment.
I allow my life to flow from a place of love.
I go slow, with attention and focus – I don’t live too fast.
I am graceful, courageous, hopeful.
I value relationships and treat every interaction as as a gift.
I meet resistance with curiosity and free myself from struggle by letting go.
I act with integrity and seek alignment with my values.
I am a stand for health – I believe in enough sleep, a nutritious diet, exercise, rest and relaxation, meaningful work, and quiet introspective time every day.
I believe in balance and wholeness.
I can just BE, and everything will be OK.
I am brilliant, amazing, and worthy of living an abundantly delicious life.
I let my light radiate into the world.
I seek balance and wholeness.