New Year’s Reflections: A reader comment
Debbie had a comment about the New Year’s Reflections.
If we reflect that mean’s we have to think right?
Just kidding I think this is such a great idea, because we alway’s make plan’s. But, if there in front of you in black & white. Some how that make’s them more realistic. I certainly think so. That way you can’t just forget them so easy and push them to the side. Thanks for the great idea’s and maybe I get things done this year, aside from the failure’s in the past years or so.
- Debbie R.
Thanks for trying out the reflections, Debbie - and thank you for sharing your comment!
When making life changes for ourselves with resolutions, we have a tendency to focus on what happened last year that we simply want fixed so we don’t have to deal with the same discomfort this year. It comes from a belief that the bad things that happened this year were the result of our level of “wrong-ness.”
So we take resolutions as the opportunity to correct our “wrong-ness,” and therefore, have a better new year.
My reflective approach to the new year involves some thinking, yes. But instead, you’re thinking about everything that went right last year. It does get easier to find these things after you’ve listed 5-10 items.
Writing it down or saying it aloud are powerful techniques, because like Debbie said: it’s right in front of us in black and white - and not just in our heads anymore. Engaging the body when we acknowledge a thought makes the thought “more real” - whether it’s a negative or a positive one.
So reflect on the positive: Say the positive, Hear the positive, Write and Read the positive. Do what’s positive!
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