Simple Abundance - A New Start

Hi, all!  I see it has been a month since I last posted.  I never planned to wait that long at all.  In fact, I had planned to post on or near the 1st to wish everyone a Happy New Year and to post about my thoughts and plans for this new start to the year and to the new decade.  I still will do such a post.  For now, I just want to share that I have had a month of "hibernation" it seems, with a lot of time for rest and introspection.

One thing I do want to share about today is that I have started reading a book entitled Simple Abundance - A Daybook of Comfort and Joy by Sarah Ban Breathnach.  It is a book of readings, one for each day of the year, with simple short essays about living a life that brings one back to the essentials of self-authenticity.  The back of the book states, "Simple Abundance shows you how your daily life can be an expression of your authentic self... " I have been reading it now for 10 days and it is bringing me much peace and is very thought provoking.  The opening page also says, "This is the month to dream, to look forward to the year ahead and the journey within."  That has truly what it has been for me so far.  My intention is that by going inwards, my life will be enhanced a lot, as well as my creativity.

Some of my thoughts so far have been about (re)discovering who I am truly on the inside and about deciding every day what it is that makes me happy.  In fact it is about deciding each day to BE happy, and what I need to do to feel and express this happiness.  In addition to that, I am reminded about noticing small, "unimportant" things and realizing that there are NO unimportant moments.  How important it is to live our lives recognizing and appreciating all the little things that make up our lives.

I appreciate so many things and people that I have in my life.  My intention is to spend much more time recognizing those rather than the things that are not going well or that I don't have.  Simple but not always easy.