REFLECTIONS TAKING US FORWARD

As 2008 comes to a close, what a wonderful opportunity to take time in reflection of your successes of this past year.

Write down five or more things that you feel good about accomplishing. You have probably done more than you had originally thought. Go through the year, month by month, and give yourself credit. So often we beat ourselves up over what we have messed up. Now is the time to focus on the plus side.

Let's make 2009 our best year ever! Let's make it a year of personal growth. Let's make it a year in which we come closer to understand who we really are – children of God. We are not just lowly humans destined to struggle every day. We are divine beings meant to live lives filled with Joy and Abundance!

If that's not the life you're living, wouldn't NOW be a good time to start?

Happy New Year to all!

Accomplishments of 2008

My Aha Moment for New Years Eve suggests that you list your accomplishments for 2008, so I thought I'd better do it myself. Here goes.

• I did 14 Major presentations (9 local and 5 national)
• I lost 16 pounds
• I chaired the Rotary Wine Tasting fund raiser
• I helped my Mother die peacefully
• My songs comforted another dying woman
• I joined the Hauppauge Industrial Assoc.
• I placed 2nd in the "HIA's Got Talent" competition
• I edited Simple Happiness
• I finished remodelling two bathrooms at home
• I did Aha Moments every Wednesday
• I taught my weekly personal development class at the jail
• I did 2 tv interviews on cable channel 20
• I put Simple Happiness on an audio cd
• I vacationed in AZ
• I coached Beena
• I did a book signing in Chatham, MA
• I did a radio interview on WSBU
• I walked 2 miles most days
• I joined Speakermatch

I hope to expand that list in 2009. Now I have something concrete to expand upon in setting my goals for 2009. This year I'm also going to keep track of the books I read.