2018, I’m going into this year to make it a year of purpose.
I want to make clear decisions, be the driver not just a passenger. I want to make a point of striving for better while appreciating what I have. My aim is to be present and enjoy the moment, not let life get me down and of course, have some fun along the way! So how am I going to make this happen?
Life can land a flaming bag of dog shit at your door (ha ha!); it’s how you handle it that really defines how you are going to tackle life. Sure, you can stomp it out, but you’re going to end up with steaming dog excrement on your shoes and everywhere else you tread. On the other hand, you could remain calm and march right over to the tap, get some water and extinguish the flaming bag of crap without a fuss and dispose of it. Take that life! I will not be pressured into stepping in shit. I will deal with it coolly and calmly before moving onto other more exciting ventures.
So that takes care of any present and possible future problems, but what about the past?
I was asked once by a psychologist (yes, I’ve seen one along the way) to imagine past hurts, the negative and damaging things I had experienced and all the negative feelings I had about that and about myself as a table. Yeah, that’s right, a large, solid, heavy table. Now picture a cord tying one of the table legs to one of my legs, still with me? Walking around with a heavy table dragging behind you would be bloody hard work, so too is carrying around the weight of all that negative history. So then I was asked to untie the cord to release myself from all that weight. Where did I untie the cord? Did I release the cord from the table, still leaving the cord trailing behind me? The cord while now not tied down, would still be an ever-present reminder of the past and bound to get in the way from time to time. No, I chose to untie the cord from my own leg, totally releasing me from the past. That’s not to say that the past isn’t there, of course it is and it’s not going to disappear. The past goes a long way into being what shapes us and contributes to the person we are. What the past doesn’t have to do is keep encroaching on your present or your future. It doesn’t need to keep dragging you down, more than that, we shouldn’t allow it to.
So that’s me today, talking in metaphors and being all introspective. You’ll either be nodding and saying, yeah totally, or perhaps you now have confirmation that I’m a little crazy! Either way, this is me saying I want to go into 2018 with a clear and positive mind. I want to tackle the inevitable speed humps without too much anxiety and stress. I know what I want and need and I’m going to go for it without being held back by my own fears and insecurities. I’m not always a confident person, I question my abilities and myself often, but I know what I need to do to conquer that.
Look out 2018; I’m coming for you!
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