“Let us welcome the new year full of things that have never been.”
~ Rainer Maria Rilke, via “thin places”
At this time last year, I wrote:
As I write this, we’re about to turn another yearly page in our lives, the true goodness of Ka lā hiki ola in all its glory: Hope and promise in the “dawning of a new day.”
Are you overwhelmed with the change, or eager for the clean, fresh start?
Be eager.
Build on your past, but don’t get hung up on it, or delayed by it, scrambling to tie up loose ends: The future is always bigger, and very likely better, with the promise of much more abundance.
Something I’ve learned, as benefit of surviving my own page-turnings of past years, is that the future tends to be much more forgiving of us than we are of ourselves. It doesn’t beat us up for not doing something, though it did bear witness to our endless procrastination; it will simply wait for us in a kindly, and very hospitable expectation, knowing possibility always awaits.
Then the future offers us a gift, one far better than anything we recently had tucked under the Christmas tree: It gives us a brand new year, one still connected to all the deep relationships and lessons-learned of our past, yet one we can eagerly fill up with the abundance of our Aloha Spirit come out to play.
We have our constants, and always will.
Now, we can change. We can grow. We can be somehow different if we choose to.
I still feel this way, even though 2016 was a rough year by many accounts. I prefer to look at all the good that happened, just like Jesse did:
In #2016, I rebuilt my business, increased income, adopted a baby, celebrated 10yrs of marriage, launched a WP product shop, & beat opiates.
— Jesse Ⓦ Petersen (@jpetersen) December 30, 2016
We are blessed with our bounty of Beautiful Basics.
My New Year’s wish for you is simply this: Dwell within your Aloha Spirit, you (in-spirit with your ha) and all you (in-signature with your alo, shaped by your good intentions). Play within the guidance of your personal values, but do play.
2017 is going to be absolutely magnificent.
Ka lā hiki ola tells me so, and I choose to believe it, knowing I can have no better affirmation.
In 2017 we, as the Ho‘ohana Community of Alaka‘i Managers and Managing with Aloha practitioners, will continue to focus on our 5 Aloha Intentions, knowing how much good they bring to us, and allow us to give to others:
On Intention: Don’t “shut up”—Sound off
Hau’oli Makahiki Hou, Happy New Year!
~ Rosa
Postscript:
Taking Jesse’s lead, in #2016 I published the 2nd Edition of Managing with Aloha for our 12th Anniversary as the Ho‘ohana Community! and /1 https://t.co/NDGNpmNv1t
— Rosa Say (@rosasay) December 30, 2016
Lived— Worked— Spoke— Managed— Led my ‘Imi ola with our 5 #AlohaIntentions seeking to #BeAloha and “Be a Better Person,” Learned much. /2
— Rosa Say (@rosasay) December 30, 2016
The Say ‘Ohana enjoyed an EPIC family vacation to Jackson Hole Wyoming, The Grand Tetons, and Yellowstone NP via our #NPS100 celebrations /3
— Rosa Say (@rosasay) December 30, 2016
SLC’s client list and customer connections grew better than I even imagined they could, and we relaunched the #TalkingStory newsletter. /4
— Rosa Say (@rosasay) December 30, 2016
So will there be more goodness both derived from, and given to others, in committing to #BeAloha as our values Ethos for 2017? You bet!!! /5
— Rosa Say (@rosasay) December 30, 2016
Goals may change, however our Values are forever. Choose them wisely and 2017 will shine. Ideas are as bountiful as your Aloha Spirit. /6pau
— Rosa Say (@rosasay) December 30, 2016
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