Happy New Year!
My friend Mark Groves wrote this awesome message in his newsletter and I wanted to share the inspiration with you.
As we close the year and start the new…Consider this:
What is your relationship to endings of any and all kinds?
And, more specifically, when it comes to relationships ending, do you hold on? Do you resist the change? Can you hold grace alongside goodbyes?
Perhaps the greatest gifts in life are found in our ability to end things well… And to let things end.
Which of course makes sense — because how can we orient openly and wholeheartedly towards new beginnings and fresh starts if we can’t fully let go of and grieve what we have been holding?
To stand in the space between — of holding on to what was, while allowing what is to arrive, is a split none of us can truly hold, wholeheartedly.
Explore the following prompts (list multiple answers for ones you feel called to):
- The last year has felt ________.
- What I’m most proud of myself for is ________.
- The greatest lesson I learned about myself is ________.
- The person who taught me the most is ________.
- I’m grateful for them because ________.
- Some ways in which I could’ve shown up better are ________.
- Some ways I’m proud of myself for how I loved are ________.
- What I’m grateful for is ________.
- In 2023 I’m ready for ________.
- I’m committed to ________.
- What I’m most excited about is ________.
- What I’m going to create is ________.
May your new beginning be filled with abundance and grace. Sending you massive love from sunny Mexico. Enjoy, with so much love,
Shannon Kaiser
Empowerment Coach, Self-Love Leader, Bestselling Author
