End of Year Reflections
“Looking back on the year is not about beating yourself up and seeing what you need to do better,” says Lodro Rinzler, meditation expert and teacher at MNDFL in New York City. “It’s about rejoicing.”
This year has been many things.
For many of us, there was a lot of difficulty, loneliness, and fear.
For many of us, they were beautiful connections, opportunities, and gifts of human connection.
For me, this year was ALL of them and more.
So I'd like to share something I discovered. It's a wonderful way to reflect on the year.
(It’s here. You can do it in as little as 15 minutes or as long as several hours.)
I love that this reflection is about rejoicing.
And I will, of course, acknowledge the challenges and bow to them and thank them for their gifts.
But instead of focusing on the difficulties, I'm going to reflect and rejoice on all the good things, and stop watering the weeds of negativity.
“We tend to spend a lot of time and attention watering the weeds,” says Emily Fletcher, founder of Ziva Meditation. “And then we’re growing the weeds. So this is a moment to water the flowers and pay attention to those.”
Please let me know your thoughts and how you’re watering your flowers!
Warmly,
Mag
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Photos: Joshua Earle and Ezra Jeffrey Comeau, Unsplash