Positive thoughts for the New Year

I know it's a bit early but here is my New Years message for each of you. Nothing really changes with a new year, but with a new attitude there can always be a new beginning. If you carry the same baggage you had this year into the New Year, your ability to move forward will be hampered, and you will remain weighed down. Drop your bags at the doorstep of the old year, so you can truly make a change for the better in the new. Find your balance, your center, your equilibrium, and watch your personal world start to change around you. Start the way you mean to carry on. Remember that only YOU are in charge of your fate. Yes events and people will have an influence on the choices that will present themselves, but try to never give a permanent home to a temporary emotion, especially negative ones. We may not always be able to choose what choices are set in front of us, and no-one ever said that there has to be a 'good' choice amongst them. Everything in life is a reflection of the choices YOU make so make the choices that are right for you and you can go further then you ever dreamed. You must be the change you want to see in the world. Free yourself of the limitations that others have placed on you and your world will transform. If you want something, don't be afraid to reach for it. We can attain any goal, no matter how high or unattainable it may seem at first glance, as long as we have the determination and conviction to strive for it with all of our being. If you reach for the stars, you will at least be able to soar amongst the clouds if you don't make it all the way. Things will not always be good. Sometimes the only real option will be to just sit tight and wait for the storm to pass. But pass it will. Always remember and have faith in that fact, even if it seems that all light has gone from your inner world. At the end of the day, it is not necessarily the 'things' that are making you upset, but more the thoughts you are having about those things. We can't always decide what waves of emotion we feel, but we can decide to either sink into them, or learn to surf. Don't sweat the small stuff, because when you really get down to it, it's ALL small stuff in the grand scheme of things. Happy New Year everyone and remember, it is up to YOU to make it a good one.