Overflow

Over the holidays I subscribed (not sure how I did it) to a service that helps one improve one’s blogging.  Each day there is a new prompt or tip with an associated link that will assist for a fee.  I have not subscribed to the fee at this time but today’s prompt piqued my interest because it was on the notion of progress.

It seems that everyone is focused on making progress because of the new year and new beginnings.

Yet, while so many individuals are focused on progress, more individuals seem to be focused on failure.  Multiple news stories, interviews, tweets, and facebook posts detail the upcoming failures that befall so many individuals that it seems our motto simply should be “Ready, Set, Fail!”

So, why bother?

Simply-setting a goal does move you forward in a positive direction.  I believe that done correctly, a goal assists in forward progression.  Setting a realistic, measureable, and practical goal with an appropriate timeline will allow an individual to advance.

One of my goals for this year is to live more open-heartedly.  During the holiday I viewed Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday program.  The guest that particular day was Marianne Williamson.  Ms. Williamson proposed that we, as humans, are unable to live whole heartedly if we live with a fear-based orientation.  We cannot serve both fear and love.  Rather we much choose between one or the other-but not both.  Ms. Williamson explained that she arises each morning and asks the Divine “who must I forgive today?”  She then forgives anyone shown to her and ask for blessings and love to pour forth for them.  Ms. Williamson hopes to live her life demonstrating love, not fear.

It is my own hope that I can demonstrate such whole heartedness as well.  I am asking to receive this year, to be open to the Divine’s use, to be a catalyst for blessing others, for being a blessing to others. 

My hope is to ask the Divine to allow me to receive in a way that I overflow with richness and blessings.