Happy New Year!
Today I have seen endless social media posts with the same tired New Year message – ‘New Year, New You’.
Don’t get me wrong, in previous years this would have been me! Determined to make lots of changes to myself just because a new year had started. Ready to join the gym, start the latest fad diet, work harder, keep my house cleaner; absolutely buckling to the pressure of setting resolutions and sticking to them.
But what are we really saying about ourselves when we do this?
We are not good enough.
We need to change ourselves.
We must succeed.
We cannot fail.
We must start over.
We must restrict.
We must try harder.
We must be perfect.
Doesn’t sound like much of a happy new year, right?
So, this year I have decided to challenge this theory.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO CHANGE. YOU ARE AMAZING JUST AS YOU ARE. THERE IS NOBODY ELSE LIKE YOU ON THIS PLANET, YOU ARE GLORIOUSLY UNIQUE. YOU ARE ENOUGH EXACTLY AS YOU ARE.
Instead of making changes to yourself this year, I encourage you to step into your full power. Just be you. Embrace your authenticity and let your uniqueness shine for all to see!
Now, let me get something straight. There is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to make positive changes in the new year; it’s the perfect time to do so, especially with the super moon. I certainly will be making some upgrades to align myself with my higher vibration. What I am trying to stress is, don’t go changing yourself because you think you have to be a better person. You are already an amazing person loved by many.
So let me offer this alternative, instead of seeing it as ‘making changes’, instead see it as ‘unlocking your full potential’.
Alternatively, please don’t feel pressured into this ‘2018 is going to be the best year ever’ story. It absolutely can be the best year ever for you, if you want it to be. It can also just be another year of you living your life the best way you can with the tools you have been given. This does not have to be the year you change your life. We are simply blessed with another year to just live and just be.
So, an important message I would like to give each and every one of you reading this:
This year make choices based on what makes you happy. If it makes you happy, do it. If it doesn’t, don’t do it. It really is that simple. Just be.
Be true. Be you. Be kind.
Love and Light,
Self Love Sarah x