I have been watching the posts on facebook and elsewhere
about what people are dreaming in for 2017 and some have been really
interesting. Everyone is brimming with
optimism however some seem to be optimistic for optimisms sake. Just because it is a new year doesn’t mean
that things will necessarily change. If
we don’t make a concerted effort to take some action and make the changes we
seek then most things will probably stay the same. I have been reflecting on how I would like to
approach 2017. Here are some of my thoughts.
Don’t wait
for abundance to give. Firstly, what is
abundance? Doesn’t the fact that you
have everything you need and more not mean that you already receive abundance?
I wonder how much more we think we need before we can give without expecting
anything in return. This is contradicted
many times by social experiments where the people who have the least often give
the most. So let’s decide that we don’t
need lots of money to give. We can give of our time, money according to our own
ability and sometimes paying it forward in small ways.
If you stand
for something it doesn’t mean that you are automatically against
something. We live in a world where if
you voice an opinion that is not in alignment with others you are
instantaneously in opposition to them. This is a new phenomenon but it seems
people are no longer allowed or able to agree to disagree. If you are Pro-Choice it must mean that you
are Pro-Abortion right? Nothing could be
further from the truth you only believe that women need to be able to make
their own choices and take responsibility for them. There are so many examples of this nonsense…
if you think that Israel should not build new settlements in Palestine then of
course you are an anti-Semite. If you
believe that the carnage in Syria is an abomination and feel compassion for the
people then surely you support the terrorists in some way. This opposition brings separation, have your heard of divide and conquer? It needs to be nipped in the
bud! Make sure people understand what you stand for and don’t back down.
Have you
heard that the word Post-Truth is one of the words being added to the Oxford
Dictionary for 2016? It seems we now
live in a world of exactly that, post-truth.
Everything was turned upside down in 2016 when it comes to truth and
integrity. It seems you only need to
repeat a lie many times for it to become the truth. People are distorting the truth and twisting
lies until it seems like the truth but the biggest problem is that it is all
perception and you are going to believe what you want depending on your bent of
character. So I am going to search for
the truth and even if I don’t like it accept the truth to be the truth. Granted that is if I can find the truth out
there….
In 2017 I am
going to watch what people do not just what they say. I have made a vow to myself to meet every commitment
I have made to myself. I am good at
meeting the expectations of others but I don’t always follow through on my
commitments to myself. In 2017 I am
going to change that.
Integrity is going
to be very important this coming year and I am going to hold it as a beacon of
inspiration. If we all act with integrity imagine the changes that will happen in our own lives!
I want to
leave you with one last thought, remember that
Edmond Burke
once said: “The only thing necessary for
the triumph of evil is that good men should do nothing.” Let that not be our legacy for 2017…
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