Welcome, 2010!
“Our life us frittered away by detail… simplify, simplify.”
- Henry David Thoreau
Have you ever felt that life is spinning out of control… that life is “happening to you” or passing you by before you can get a chance to regroup? I’ve had these times all too often over the last year, and as I sit and ponder the whole of 2009, I realize that this is the area in which I would most like to change. I realize that busy seasons come to everyone… but when it becomes season after season of busyness, it begins to feel like life is passing by in a quick blur without so much as a chance to enjoy it. Jim Elliot said,“Wherever you are, be all there.” But I cannot “be all there” if I am spreading myself too thin.
So this is why I am thrilled to embark on this new year ~ 2010. This is a fresh start to live deliberately and on purpose. S.l.o.w.i.n.g things down and enjoying and absorbing the experiences in which I choose. I want to live in the moment. I want to live a simple life… basking in the sweet glow of small, simple moments. I must cut out the extra things in order to embrace fully those things which are most important: Daily quiet times with the Lord, loving my husband better, cherishing my newborn baby girl, disciplining my homekeeping, exercise, and healthy eating, and developing rituals. I am determined now, more than ever, to learn how to balance my needs in all the areas of Spirit, Soul, and Body. I don’t want to look back in many years and have regrets of not quieting myself enough to enjoy and engage in the simple and most important aspects of my life.
I know that many people don’t do New Year’s Resolutions anymore, but I still love the tradition of reevaluating our lives at this time of year and seeing what needs to change and improve. It’s a time for a fresh start. So my word for this year ~ for 2010 ~ is SIMPLIFY. And it excites me tremendously!
“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” - Hans Hoffman
So my question for you is… what is your New Year’s resolution? I would love to hear what is on your list for a fresh start in 2010.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
This is probably one of the first years that I have not made a New Year’s resolution. I think this is because towards the end of 2009 I came to the end of myself and my attempts to make certain things happen in my life. So this year I just want God’s will to be done in my life and for Him to be the one that comes in and births new things, not me by my own workings of the flesh. I want Him to be glorified by events that could only have come about by His hand. So I guess I’d say it is a new season’s resolution instead of a New Year’s resolution. Thanks for sharing yours and letting me put down what was in my heart! Miss you! Been thinking about you a lot the last couple of days and wondering how you are doing and feeling so it was nice to see your post. LU!
Happy New Year Missy! Thank you for the beautiful writing concerning the New Year 2010. It was such a blessing to read this morning…and to consider that the Lord has a calmness and peace that He desires for each of us. Mary
Man, you are I are like two peas in a pod! I feel the exact same way about the upcoming year! A time to remove everything from our lives that isn’t worthwhile to focus on what really matters. I love the part you wrote about living deliberately and on purpose. Well said!
Keep up the top notch writing, sweetie.
All my love,
Hubby
choices. choices. that’s what life is made of. i have a few things in mind this year that i want to pursue (besides my relationship to Jesus). i’m hoping to perfect the baking of healthy breads, learning either the sourdough or sprouting methods. also, it’s time to learn the simple, beautiful classical piano music i’ve always wanted to play. but all that is only second to practising my grandmothering skills!!!!!! i’m so ready! 5 weeks left until due date! yeaeaeaeaea!