Resolutions for the new year? I don’t know.
I don’t think I believe in them because I don’t believe anything in me
has to be resolved…only highlighted.
Think of novels or books that you read. Ever run across a line that for some reason just speaks to you? Come across a sentence that stands out to you...that you want to remember and hold? You grab your pencil or highlighter and annotate it. You make it brighter. For whatever reason, within that entire page...that highlighted spot needed to be seen. Too important to forget. You connected to it.
Like pages in a book, I believe that we already have everything we need in our lives. But the important stuff, the stuff that we connect to, is simply placed between the other sentences waiting for you to highlight them.
You see, the problem is that people get too caught up in what they can hold and measure…not what they can feel or build upon. For example, they make resolutions to “get thin” when really, the answer is not “getting thin” but feeling good in your own skin. They say, “I want to start a new career” but what they are saying is that they want to follow their passion. They say, “I want to go on a grand vacation and save up for the house of my dreams” but what they are really saying is that they want their own time. They want their own space.
Think of novels or books that you read. Ever run across a line that for some reason just speaks to you? Come across a sentence that stands out to you...that you want to remember and hold? You grab your pencil or highlighter and annotate it. You make it brighter. For whatever reason, within that entire page...that highlighted spot needed to be seen. Too important to forget. You connected to it.
Like pages in a book, I believe that we already have everything we need in our lives. But the important stuff, the stuff that we connect to, is simply placed between the other sentences waiting for you to highlight them.
You see, the problem is that people get too caught up in what they can hold and measure…not what they can feel or build upon. For example, they make resolutions to “get thin” when really, the answer is not “getting thin” but feeling good in your own skin. They say, “I want to start a new career” but what they are saying is that they want to follow their passion. They say, “I want to go on a grand vacation and save up for the house of my dreams” but what they are really saying is that they want their own time. They want their own space.
This is important. I
believe that we get so caught up in the outside of things…in the extraneous sentences...in the things that we
can measure and hold…that we miss out on what is important. We get caught up in what we think will make
us happy versus exploring what will make us feel happy…and that folks is a huge
difference.
This is why instead of resolutions, I’m focusing on
highlighting. I am highlighting what I
already have...what is important. I am making my already had
gifts stand out and shine. I am focusing
not on losing my belly fat, but instead dropping the fat that suffocates who I
am. Focus not on money and tools to trick us into happy, but instead on generosity and appreciation. You see, highlighting is a state of mind. Highlighting is your ability to bring out the
part of you that you already have.
Bringing out the part of you that you need to pay more attention to and use.
This year, consider all that you already have in your life. Don’t get stuck on the fat of the book that has no meaning. Really think about what you find valuable and in turn how you can bring it out. Consider your
supports, your ability to love, your gifts, your purpose, your emotions, all
the things you have gained in this journey and highlight them. Use them. Throw them around. Make dog ear folds...copy the sentence onto your soul...stamp the line...tear the fuckin' page out. Make folds and bookmarks. Make them stand out. Make others see them. Give and give and give.
I promise that if you do this, everything will change. Promise.
Happy New/Old You.
Happy New/Old You.
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