i love new years eve!! it is one of my most favorite days of the year! i associate it with new beginnings, the pursuit of dreams and realizations and goals fulfilled... and of course, my most favorite... MAGIC!
new years eve to me is magical. it's an evening filled with wonder. and hope. when our eyes and hearts seem more open than usual to the possibilities of what's to come... what will the upcoming year hold for us?
my wish for everyone in this 2-0-1-2 is...
that we are all blessed enough to follow our hearts. to feel as though we are doing what we are meant to.
that when we hear our soul's call, urging us to do that certain something that seems impossible, THAT WE AT LEAST TRY TO DO IT!
i hope that we all have the doors to our hearts open wide. and when those doors open, we feel things in ways we've never felt before. we see things through clearer eyes. we feel things through a fuller heart.
i hope that 2012 shifts our perspective. i hope we all start seeing our world differently. through heart shaped glasses instead of dollar signs. i hope we see riches defined less with the amount of money in our pockets, and more with the amount of love we are giving and receiving. sure, love doesn't pay the bills at night- but money doesn't warm your soul.
i hope that we are all blessed enough to realize what it was that we were put on this earth, in this lifetime, to do- and that just the realization alone brings us more internal peace than we've ever known before.
i'm really not sure that i can say it better than Oprah did on her finale. it held as much meaning for me then, as it does now. i hope when you read this, you find yourself shaking your head YES in agreement. i hope it speaks to you, the way it spoke to me.
"What I knew for sure from this experience with you is that we are all called.
Everybody has a calling, and your real job in life is to figure out what that is and get about the business of doing it.
Every time we have seen a person on this stage who is a success in their life, they spoke of the job, and they spoke of the juice that they receive from doing what they knew they were meant to be doing. We saw it in the volunteers who rocked abandoned babies in Atlanta. We saw it with those lovely pie ladies from Cape Cod making those delicious potpies. ... We saw it every time Tina Turner, Celine, Bocelli or Lady Gaga lit up the stage with their passion.
Because that is what a calling is.
It lights you up and it lets you know that you are exactly where you're supposed to be, doing exactly what you're supposed to be doing.
And that is what I want for all of you and hope that you will take from this show.
To live from the heart of yourself.
You have to make a living; I understand that.
But you also have to know what sparks the light in you so that you, in your own way, can illuminate the world."
new years eve to me is magical. it's an evening filled with wonder. and hope. when our eyes and hearts seem more open than usual to the possibilities of what's to come... what will the upcoming year hold for us?
my wish for everyone in this 2-0-1-2 is...
that we are all blessed enough to follow our hearts. to feel as though we are doing what we are meant to.
that when we hear our soul's call, urging us to do that certain something that seems impossible, THAT WE AT LEAST TRY TO DO IT!
i hope that we all have the doors to our hearts open wide. and when those doors open, we feel things in ways we've never felt before. we see things through clearer eyes. we feel things through a fuller heart.
i hope that 2012 shifts our perspective. i hope we all start seeing our world differently. through heart shaped glasses instead of dollar signs. i hope we see riches defined less with the amount of money in our pockets, and more with the amount of love we are giving and receiving. sure, love doesn't pay the bills at night- but money doesn't warm your soul.
i hope that we are all blessed enough to realize what it was that we were put on this earth, in this lifetime, to do- and that just the realization alone brings us more internal peace than we've ever known before.
i'm really not sure that i can say it better than Oprah did on her finale. it held as much meaning for me then, as it does now. i hope when you read this, you find yourself shaking your head YES in agreement. i hope it speaks to you, the way it spoke to me.
"What I knew for sure from this experience with you is that we are all called.
Everybody has a calling, and your real job in life is to figure out what that is and get about the business of doing it.
Every time we have seen a person on this stage who is a success in their life, they spoke of the job, and they spoke of the juice that they receive from doing what they knew they were meant to be doing. We saw it in the volunteers who rocked abandoned babies in Atlanta. We saw it with those lovely pie ladies from Cape Cod making those delicious potpies. ... We saw it every time Tina Turner, Celine, Bocelli or Lady Gaga lit up the stage with their passion.
Because that is what a calling is.
It lights you up and it lets you know that you are exactly where you're supposed to be, doing exactly what you're supposed to be doing.
And that is what I want for all of you and hope that you will take from this show.
To live from the heart of yourself.
You have to make a living; I understand that.
But you also have to know what sparks the light in you so that you, in your own way, can illuminate the world."
Happy 2012 everyone! let this be the year that we each go out and find what illuminates us, and light up the world with our inner glow!
