good-bye.
It has finally arrived, the day. The last day of this year.
There are lots of ways we can feel into today. Good-bye is one. The feeling of letting go, moving on, onward, it’s been real but see ya. But there is also an honor which this day deserves. Respect for what we have lived through the past 365 days. The gratitude for what we have learned and how we have grown. The acknowledgement that while we faced great challenges, there have been so many pockets of goodness.
Thank YOU.
Thank you for showing up to read my writing, thank you for sending me your words of encouragement, thank you for being there for me and for Inner Bliss. As a reader, you urged me onward in ways you cannot imagine. Thank you.
I encourage you to take a few moments today and sit quietly and reflect on the goodness of this past year for you. On the outside we will be reminded of the tragedies of 2020 - and there have been plenty. But remembering the good - even the mini triumphs, the little successes, the moments of insight, the growth, the shedding, the new ideas, the moments you rose up - remembering those pieces of goodness, creates the energy for more good to come.
Below is a blog post for today from one of my favorite writers, Seth Godin. I like how he frames up the day and gives ample respect to the past year and yet pulls in uplifted optimism for the new one ahead.
Big love,
tammy ♥️
By Seth Godin:
Toward better
Well, that was interesting. Tragic. Heartbreaking. Painful. Difficult.
Have more people ever been happier to see a year go away? I’m posting this a few hours early just to clear the decks a bit faster.
Our attitude doesn’t have to be driven by the outside world, but sometimes, they overlap. The outside world provokes, persists and insists on changing the story we choose to tell ourselves.
And one reason we invented the calendar was to keep the outside world at bay as we reclaim agency over how we’ll choose to act–to respond instead of to react.
For those of you keeping track, 2021 is the product of the prime numbers 43 and 47. If you were looking for a reason to be optimistic, that’s as good as any.
Thanks for caring and thanks for leading.
Here’s to justice, health and peace of mind as we choose an attitude of possibility and resilience in 2021.