May we slowly dissolve the world we've created that separates us from Divinity and connect closer to the miracle of life that connects us all as  
one human family.

I begin this year with authentic confidence, fearlessness, gratitude and love.  I reflect on the lessons that unfolded for me in the past year.  Everything in my outer reality changed, but more significantly, and of deeper importance to me, everything in my inner reality shifted.  A change of city and job, car and apartment are only the vehicles through which the actual transformation has taken place for me. I realize now that in fact it is not where, what or even who that charges the spark.  Rather, the shift occurs deep within ourselves no matter what our back drop looks like, who we find ourselves surrounded by and what we happen to be doing.  When we begin first to become aware that it is there, then start to listen to it, our truth becomes increasingly more present in our existence. This happens when we turn our sights within.  Letting go of what our ego desires, acknowledging that the reality we live in is ours to create.  The interactions we have with the world around us, depend on the interactions we have with ourselves.  When we are able to deeply and completely accept ourselves, the people around us will finally deeply and completely see us for who we are.  When we are able to forgive ourselves, we will forgive and be forgiven by those around us. When we see the beauty within ourselves, we will see beauty in all that surrounds us. When we love ourselves unconditionally, we will be loved unconditionally.  

My promises to myself, my human family, and my planet for 2011:

To be kind 

To be authentic

To be truthful

To give and to recieve

To teach and to learn

To nurture relationships that are nurturing me

To listen

To speak up

To be present

To open myself up to feedback, advice and wisdom

To live in Balance of mind, body, and Spirit

To continue to foster my seeds of Truth