31/12/2022
“Any day can be a New Year to make a change” - heard this before? I feel the truth in this at an individual level. Yet I feel there is something to the truth in moving from 23:59 31st December to the 00:00 1st January from the collective point of view (in those of us using the modern Gregorian calendar). I feel whenever a large number of people agree to change their behaviour at a certain time, there is a collective energy generated with which we can swim in or surf on for whatever we choose to focus upon. For some, perhaps more commercially aligned, there is a huge push 'to be ready' and ‘start the new year strong’. For others, the collective vibe of New Year is infectious to initiate change and if this truly helps us make changes which have a positive impact on our wellbeing and life, great stuff.
Yet what if the weight of the collective's vibe to be positive, merry and change feels heavy? To "do something for New Year" is out of reach? Or we are not where we want to be at 00:00? I feel here is where we need to hold on, notice the feelings that visit us (I call them Teachers), feel the feelings that may arise, but use the wave of the collective's energy to help us let these feelings go. These Teachers may come back to visit us if they bring lessons for us in the days and weeks to come, but this weekend, let us be gentle with ourselves. Don't push away Teachers like Disappointment or Sadness, trust they will not drown us if we give them a seat at our table - we are stronger than we think - even if this phrase feels clichéd - for at our seeming weakest, we are stronger than we think because we are here right now.
New Year? Any day can be a 'New Year' to make a change, for even in stillness or tiredness, numbness or mental and/or physical exhaustion, we are a force of constant change within every cell, every atom of our being embodied is in constant motion and change. We don't need the collective 'vibe' or energy to make a change, we are energetic change embodied by being alive right now and we can call on this when we are ready, for we are so much stronger than we think.
With Halcyon Sounds to you all ♡
