Resolutions....

80 percent of New Year’s resolutions fail, that is a very high percentage.  At one point we have all become part of that statistic.  So by now, some have already failed and it's only the 6th January.  

January 1st, everyone is feeling eager, excited, and ready for change only by January 2nd to fall back into old patterns.  

For years I have not made resolutions because I spent year after year striving for change but never quite managed to pull it through.  

Instead of resolutions, I focus on how my vision, focus, and intentions can put me on the right track throughout the year.

Previously, I had failed by the early summer as I was purely focused on results and focused solely on attempting to quit my bad habits.  

This time around, I am ensuring that I am happy while working towards my future.

Life is easily dominated by social media, its hyper commercial and society is filtered.  I have stopped focusing on what I don't have a long time ago.  

Abundance isn’t acquired,  It’s something we tune into. This is how I started noticing, focusing on, and appreciating what’s currently in my life. This year, I’m going to focus on the people I love, the fact that I’m getting treatment every fourth week and knowing that I’m in charge of where I steer my life.

I have always had a very active Imagination, I find it is a powerful thing.  Imagination can show you the most catastrophic scenario or allow you to play, explore, and create in your own mind.  My imagination can often be my greatest tool in turning my dreams into reality or my greatest roadblock.

Over the last 7yrs, I have learnt to not look at others and judge, blame, or feel sorry for myself.  I don't need sympathy, my condition is who I am and was always meant to be.  Time before my condition allowed me to become a plus figure golfer and excell at tennis and Karate, life before my condition allowed me a successful career and now life with my condition is just as fulfilling.  

I honour me, my wife and my family by simply just being me.  I keep my eyes firmly on me and my family.  

The Sister at my primary was a very important feature in my early life, she taught me that in life, we either show up for what we do, how we do it, or why we do it. 

“Obstacles do not block the path, they are the path.” 

Desires are powerful. Life is always guiding me towards what I want, but in that process, blockages and fears are surfaced so that they can be seen and/or healed.  Just like obstacles, problems might not always feel great, but they propel us forward. They shed light on what isn’t working so that we can find, explore, and investigate better solutions.

In the last few years, allowing my heart to crack open has allowed something beautiful to happen: I have been able to transform difficult feelings into love, strength, and compassion.

I started walking in the direction I needed to a long time ago, it's not a marathon, I have all the time in the world.  I haven't set myself big goals for 2018 and I don't expect perfection either.