New Year’s Eve took an unexpected turn for me. It was completely amazing and enlightening all at the same time. I was fortunate to see the birth of a baby on New Year’s Eve. My immediate family was celebrating the excitement about a new year to come, when we received a FaceTime. Initially, I wan’t sure why some were so elated looking at their phones. Laughter and happy screams were coming so loud from the room. Then I saw what all of the joy was about. A beautiful baby girl was born into the world on the eve of a new year. My first reaction was to admire the sweetness of her pink skin, wide eyes and a lot of dark hair. Little hands, fingers and all of the baby wrinkles and folds. Imagining, her intoxicating baby smell. Preciousness, all swaddled up in the traditional newborn blanket of white, pink and blue.
My friends, if you are familiar with my blog or podcast you know that I always think beyond the surface and sometimes philosophical. After taking in the immediate birth, I began to wonder. There was such a freshness and newness to this little being. I looked deeply into her eyes and wondered what will her life look like? There will be good, bad, sad, joys, laughter and unmeasurable life experiences. I tried to imagine what it would feel like to have such a clean slate. I use this analogy in my blog. Each week I sit with a blank screen in front of me trying to decide the direction, meanings and insights that I want to share with my readers and listeners. This little new life has a complete blank screen in front of them and all of the wonders that they will experience. Birth comes in so many different shapes, ideas, experiences and challenges.
In our own lifetimes we can experience Rebirth unlimited times, it is all how you look at your life and the situations you are presented with. It comes to my mind the time when I worked with chemical dependency patients. Patients admitted into a treatment facility to become clean and to cope with their addictions is not an easy step. In this process a rebirth takes place. Through treatment, getting clean, therapy, gaining coping mechanisms and identifying individual challenges, create a Rebirth process. Those that follow the treatment plan experience a rebirth of their lives.
Life in general is broken up into a series of Rebirths. Naturally, each stage of maturing, growing, Graduating High School, leaving your childhood home, living with a new foster family, being adopted, getting your first job, each new romantic relationship, loss, changing jobs, becoming a parent, becoming an empty nester, are all forms of a Rebirth. I think you get the idea by this point. In life it is all about how you look at these changes. If you look at them through fresh eyes, each challenge or life experience can be a rebirth of yourself. I believe too many people look at their lives as ,”I guess this is it, this is what my life will look like forever.” This creates a lack of motivation and poor insight into what your life can be.
My new them for my Podcast and Blog is, “Listen and Evolve with Me” This notion of Rebirth is all about how you chose to Evolve internally and externally. This will allow you to look at life’s challenges, heartaches, natural life progressions and new opportunities as a Rebirth of you, Evolving into a more in depth and enlightened individual. Let’s start first with repeating to yourself that “I AM VALUABLE.” Every life is Valuable no matter how tough or challenging your life might be. Sending this message to yourself allows you to acknowledge that you are worth it and you are just as important as the next person. We don’t have to be defined by choices that we have made in our lives, we can be defined as a fighter who always looks for growth even in the hardest of times.
My Friends, my thoughts wander back to the beautiful baby that was born on New Year’s Eve. I think about how the rest of her life she will Celebrate New Years Eve and her Birthday together each year. I wonder what that will look like for her? Both celebrations mean the birth of a new year and the birth of a person. How can we transpose this Newness into the New Year 2024? How can we change the way that you perceive yourself? How can we instill that no matter how many failures in life, there is always a chance for Rebirth? It’s all comes down to letting yourself Evolve by acknowledging that your life is Valuable.
Humans are so fascinating. We all like to use marks in time to acknowledge change and Rebirth. For many the New Year is exactly this catalyst to send the message to yourself that I am worth the time and energy to Evolve. Spend some time with yourself and identify your Rebirth in 2024. I see this vision as a chance to start fresh, new and open minded to the possibilities that are ahead of you. The old saying, “The world is your oyster,” is so relevant here. Remember, our mind tends to be our biggest obstacle. We see ourselves differently then others see us. I want you to set a goal for yourself, of accepting compliments from others, acknowledging your small victories, really see yourself in the mirror and know that you are Valuable and worth the risk and time. Don’t punish yourself for unfinished goals, relationships and other failures. Like that baby we all need to continuously learn throughout our life process. We can be as fresh as that baby if we allow ourselves to Evolve and to give us grace. Sometimes we have to relearn things and that is ok. I love some of the lyrics to this song.
One Direction Lyrics to “Little Things”
I know you have never loved
The crinkles by your eyes when you smile
You’ve never loved your stomach or your
thighs
The dimples in your in your back at the bottom of
your spine
But I’ll love them endlessly
I feel this is a great representation of how we see ourselves so different then how others see us. To Evolve allow your mind to accept the alternate view of you, from others. This is the first step in the acceptance of you and who you are right now in your life. If the feedback towards you is negative then dissect what you are being told. Sometimes the disfunction comes from the one who is projecting their own failures onto you. I know it is all very complicated and trying. If this battle is hard to tackle on your own please reach out to a Professional who can help you decipher through all of the noise that you have been taking in. This is how you Evolve. Taking care of you and in turn you can take care of others. If you allow it to be, the year 2024 can be your Rebirth. Close your eyes and imagine this rebirth, newness and the possibilities that can be ahead of you if you open yourself up to this concept.
I am ready for my Rebirth in the new year and I hope you will take this journey with me, my friends. Let’s get started by Listening and Evolving with me.
POSITIVE THOUGHTS CREATE POSITIVE ENERGY
GO OUT AND EXPLORE ALL OF THE WIDE OPEN SPACES IN YOUR WORLD
LISTEN AND EVOLVE WITH ME
CIAO
ILISE
