{"id":7191,"date":"2014-01-05T19:34:21","date_gmt":"2014-01-05T23:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/?p=7191"},"modified":"2025-03-28T10:51:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T14:51:50","slug":"hello-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/2014\/01\/05\/hello-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello 2014!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ttr_start\"><\/div><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/challiyan\/3433576247\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Sparks.png\" alt=\"photo credit challiyan\" width=\"660\" height=\"248\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Sparks.png 660w, https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Sparks-300x112.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Happy New Year to you!<\/strong> I hope you&#8217;ve had a restful and lovely holidays.<\/p>\n<p>I love the potential of this time of year, an old year ending and new one starting. <\/p>\n<p>Being a naturally introspective person, and combining that with a cultural attachment to reviewing the year that has passed, I&#8217;ve often found I&#8217;m pressuring myself as the calendar year comes to a close to <strong>UNDERSTAND<\/strong> something about the time that has passed.<\/p>\n<p>This year I decided to let that go. My attachment to <strong>UNDERSTAND<\/strong>ing. I let the year just be.<\/p>\n<p>And when I did, I found myself naturally, on New Year&#8217;s Eve, seeing the year behind me. I saw a year where I had <strong>transformed my relationships<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If there was something for me to <strong>UNDERSTAND<\/strong> about 2013, it was about <strong>relationship<\/strong>. My relationship with &#8230;attachment &#8230;release &#8230;my mind &#8230;my heart &#8230;creating &#8230;criticism &#8230;sharing &#8230;authenticity &#8230;perspective &#8230;recognition &#8230;authority &#8230;shame &#8230;and so much more. <\/p>\n<p>2013 taught me that <strong>when I allow myself to change my relationship with something, I allow myself to let go of something holding me back.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I suspect you may have learned something similar.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Now we find ourselves starting 2014, and we are more centred in our self, and in turn, our relationships. Our structures have been fortified.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t dare to guess what 2014 holds for us. For I know whatever I do dream up will fall short of reality.<\/p>\n<p>But I do dare to plan. To continue growing more into me. And the power and love of what I am creating in this world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For 2014 and always, I wish the same for you.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>love,<\/p>\n<p><em>photo credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/challiyan\/3433576247\/\" title=\"photo credit challiyan\">challiyan<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"ttr_end\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New Year to you! I hope you&#8217;ve had a restful and lovely holidays. I love the potential of this time of year, an old year ending and new one starting. 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