It is Saturday and we are five days into this new year. In Cape Town, it is summer and the city is buzzing. Beginnings and endings everywhere. The wide open energy of sunshine, of beach days and blue sky - the shedding of winter skin as we dance excitedly and anxiously through the season and into the new year.
Like many, I am not really one for resolutions. But I have to admit to some belief in and appreciation for the power that comes from honest self reflection and from the opportunity to commit to letting go of the past and using our creative imaginations to look ahead towards the future. I believe in intention, in commitment, in action, and in faith.
2018 was a lot of things, but perhaps above all else it was a year of discovery. Many times it felt as though I was walking in darkness with only enough light to make it another step. The amazing thing is that I kept walking. The amazing thing is that there was always enough light. The amazing thing is that I learned the power and wisdom of my own inner guide. I learned to listen close. I learned to trust what I heard. I learned to trust where the light would lead me.
On the eve of the new year one of my teachers asked me, “What would happen if you took the lid off? What would happen if you refused to stay small? What would it be like if you gave yourself everything you need to be the biggest, brightest, truest version of yourself?”
The answer: my heart would sing. I would not be weighed down by the deep knowing that there is some divine dream I am too scared to realise. I would no longer be saddled with that heavy load. I would be free.
So here is to a 2019 filled with the loudness of who we really are. Filled to the brim with the beauty of our powerful, purposeful voices. Overflowing with the love we have to share, our invaluable gifts, and our stories that matter. Here is to a year devoted to the magic that happens when we grab hold of who we truly are, the women we have always been.
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