I love fall. For me fall ~ rather than January ~ is always the beginning of a new year. And I always see the coming year as full of endless possibilities, like a specially wrapped gift waiting to be opened.
And the kid in me can't wait to see what's inside. After all, we all love presents, right?
And what's waiting to be opened is YOU and YOUR NEW LIFE ~ more authentic, more vibrant, more YOU than ever before.
And once we get a glimpse of who we are and what's possible, how can we possibly put ourselves back in our too-small box of a life? As Thoreau so beautifully wrote, "lead(ing) lives of quiet desperation."
Makes me want to cry!
And there are so many joyous and beautiful possibilities around us. The following are a bunch of things that have recently brought me joy . . .
• 3 Inspirational Movies ~ The Help (fabulous, fabulous!), Midnight in Paris (unchangingly lovely), and The Happy Movie (what more can i say?)
• 3 Amazing books ~ Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth, Rebirth and Everyday Magic by Martha Beck (the best book about spiritual awakening I've ever read!), Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink (I could not put this down ~ it'll make you question everything), and I Shall Have Some Peace There: Trading in the Fast Lane for My Own Dirt Road by Margaret Roach (leaving Manhattan and the job as Martha Stewart's editorial director and settling in a fixer-upper in upstate New York ~ funny, real and amazing!).
• Hiking in nature-filled spaces always fill me with awe and a wider belief in what's possible ~ both for me and for the world.
And, of course, check out the upcoming possibilities through A Woman’s Way and watch for the 2012 schedule to be posted SOON ~ www.awomansway.com. Until then . . .
Warm wishes . . . from my heart to yours,
Karen
