We have been encouraged to believe that each new year marks the beginning of newness but does it really? Or is that something that was created by a pessimistic fool who saw his failure as a sign to stop chasing what he really wanted and put it off until the following year?

It’s officially the first day of 2021 and we’d think that we just went through the worst year of the 21st century, if you’re being honest, 2020 would be really hard to beat. If you’re reading this, that means you’ve survived and you’re well, much better off than many others who haven’t lived to experience what some people call a blessing and others a curse, i.e., another shot at living. This is a new year to try and be better, do better, live, experience contentment, find love, travel the world, be true to you - however that manifests in your mind. Cliché as it is, the new year shouldn’t be about starting over or forcing yourself to be someone you’re not. The change of that last digit you write or say when you’re noting the date doesn’t signal the start of a new beginning.

There are simple things to keep in the back of your mind that will ultimate effect LASTING change - which is what is important. Change your perspective and the outcome along with your emotions will also change. SO STOP! Rid yourself of the mental noise and listen. There’s a faint voice screaming in both your head and your heart and it’s telling you to BE. Simple right?

Existing is never enough!

There are a lot of us here! Many of us, passionate about the same things, trying to achieve the same things, do the same things, be the same, live the same lives so what makes you unique?

BE-ing is assessing who you were, honing who you currently are, and building on who you want to be. We were each created as different beings, each person capable of doing extraordinary things. Believe it or not, even though we all may have similar talents and passions, we all have something innately different that makes us forces to be reckoned with. So listen to what your heart tells you and run after what it desires and if you hurt yourself in the process, brush off and try again. Society teaches us to stop if it’s not working and that if it doesn’t, then it isn’t yours. But as a wise man once told me, WHAT IS FI YUH, CAN NOT BE UN FI YUH, translated as ‘what is meant for you, will always be for you and nothing will ever change that’. The only thing in your way is yourself. -I really should be telling myself this too- Stop defeating yourself before you’ve actually tried. Stop telling yourself you can’t. Stop asking for the opinions of others so that you can be true to yourself and act purely from your own intuition. You are you and you are here for a reason, so JUST BE. The new year doesn’t mean you have to change your outlook, force yourself to try something else, or be someone else. Be you and see it through. Yes. It’s a new year and I hope you’ve learned from the last and have experienced enough to help you through this one. But to reiterate, a new year does not mark a new beginning for your life, it marks the continuity of growth and flourishing. Prosperity is yours for the taking. I wish you further success in your failures as that is how we truly learn. I hope you become a step closer to your dreams and happiness. There are great things in store for you but you’ll never be able to get them by watching them go by.

Have a fruitful new year and whatever is it that you can’t come to find yourself not dreaming off, chase it. Redirect your perception as this life, is yours and a new year does not change that.