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Monday, January 2, 2012

Pacing Yourself

In the coming year, it is important that we pace ourselves carefully in order for us to achieve our goals successfully. Most of us have the best intentions at the beginning of the year. We enthusiastically join programs that focus on taking care or improving ourselves, but after a month or so we may find that what we are doing takes too much of our time or we may lose focus all together. It's not that it wasn't a good idea, but we need to take more time to develop a plan for the year. How important is it to accomplish your goal? How will it to impact your life? What is a realistic time frame or is this a life long goal? Planning is the first step towards achieving our goals. The second step is taking action. The third step is to maintain the goals we've achieved. Know that we are worth the investment we make towards improving ourselves. Today, take time to relax and be at peace with who you are. Think about your strengths and how they will help you to reach the goals you will be setting. Plan on one or two goals, no more than that. Know that whatever your heart's desire you can attain, for you deserve the life you were meant to lead.  


This looks a lot easier than it is...

(Meditation is a life long effort. Quieting the mind is challenging when there is so much noise going on in my head. Looking at this statue gives me incentive to continue my efforts, at this for today.)

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