This is going to be the last Monday post for this year. Therefore, I opened up the book “The Wisdom of the Tao” by Wayne Dyer and randomly picked a page. The verse on top of this post is the one that showed up when I flipped the book open.

Isn’t this perfect for the nearing end of the year and the start of a new year? Whatever is right now, just is. But what we make of what is, is up to us. May we all develop an inner steadfastness and peace to look at the world around us with compassion but, at the same time, with an awareness that what surrounds us is not us. What ends belongs to a development we have already passed. Sometimes, we have even time to think about what ended, and sometimes, we need to grab the liane quickly to swing to the next platform.

Life has its ways to keep us evolving. You may not have done something wrong or made a bad decision. And even when you think you did, takes you further on your road as it fits you best. Sometimes you are called to make a “bad” decision to enter the better road. In the end, this all is part of a greater context. May this awareness shine through and from you to strengthen those around you who still need to develop this inner steadfastness.

Sometimes, we don’t understand whether we have reached an end or not. But at least, it is a sign that anything has reached the end. The longer we try to avoid looking at that fact, the more the ending feels neverending. “A mind that is open to everything but attached to nothing” (Dr. Wayne W. Dyer) has the ability to see the new beginning and accept the transition as a natural development of our journey through life.

May the old year end in ways you can let go in peace
and welcome the new year with open arms.

In Love and Light

P.S. “The Wisdom of the Tao” is a very special book to me since Wayne Dyer signed it for me.