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I Want To Like It!

January 12, 2026•Change, Daily Kind Quotes, Power of thoughts, Self-development

This is the time of the year that used to challenge me a bit. To me, January is the most boring month of the year. Everything feels like starting over, but to me, it feels like you need to push and pull forward so that anything moves a bit, as if time were standing still and January lasts forever. I love December, and of course, I love Christmas. And after that, January plops down on us, sits there like a giant toad, and slows everything down in a way that makes me very impatient.

However, it reminds me of my son, who could not stand November until he consciously decided to like it. I wanted to do the same with January this year. I am not a fan of New Year’s resolutions because I constantly strive to keep things in motion and make changes where necessary. But since January is the start of the New Year, I made one: I decided to like January! From that moment on, when I made the decision, everything felt much brighter when I thought of January.

It is such a great thing to get confirmed in such a loving way that we can feel better just by choosing matching thoughts. It works with everything, really with everything. It is nothing more than an attitude, and attitudes are created by our thoughts. So, if I change my thoughts about something, my perspective changes. Instead of only seeing the negative aspects, numerous positive aspects about that object or situation are naturally emerging.

Circumstances we cannot escape from don’t improve when we constantly complain and thus make them worse than they objectively are. So, the only thing that brings relief and perhaps liberation is to change the way we look at those circumstances.

I would love to know about your experience. Please, pick something that has bothered you for a while and which you would love to feel different about. It can be a task you are confronted with repeatedly, a person you have to deal with regularly, or an event you would rather skip. It is in your power, and if you mean it, you can change your feelings about something or someone instantly and forever.

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Oh, yes, try it. It might need some reminder in the beginning but it will work. We are beings of habit. What we think enough we believe. So, let’s program ourselves with things that make us feel better 💖

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Thanks Erika. I like your use of the term “opens us up” as it means something has made us more aware or receptive to an impetus. This made me think of how a spouse makes us better. Your spouse’s interests and conversations make you more in tune with new ideas. Keith

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Good point, Keith. I would say this can happen with everyone who is able to inspire. I realize this often when we are talking about “wordly” things randomly in our team. Something makes us start a discussion and 30 minutes later we find ourselves deeply talking about profound things about humanity, someone’s history, or sharing insights. It is so inspiring. When we are open (consciously) we are able to see more in things we thought we already knew. Amazes me every time again!

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I’m with ColinandRay on this. As somebody once said to me, ‘There’s no such thing as bad weather, but there is such a thing as bad clothing.’

I don’t do New Year’s Resolutions, as any day of the year is the beginning of a New Year. However, I’ve always liked January because it feels like a fresh start; a time when we can clear out any clutter and begin afresh with a new path ahead of us, and look forward to what that path brings us and where it takes us.

And generally, I have found that those who keep complaining about the same thing (that only affects them) are usually the cause of it. But it’s those who jump on the complainer’s wagon and complain with them, usually without taking any action because they hope somebody else will solve the issue for them, that I feel more sorry for.

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I love using the same saying for quite a few occasions 😄

See, and that is the big difference. Your view on January is so bright, motivating, and encouraging. You could think everything about it, but you think like this. If we want to feel good, we need to think thoughts that feel good.

Oh, I like your last paragraph, Hugh. That’s exactly what I think. The one who keeps complaining about one and the same thing they cannot change anyway is the origin of his problem. And those who follow only confirm that in my eyes… but they don’t see it.

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Yes. I had likes and dislikes everywhere Erika…until I found me through my fear, and it all changed. I could see the ‘why’ of it all. It all has a place so we can see ‘us’. There is nothing more profound than realising it has a place, a lesson, a guidance to us in…well, everything. And in that one thing I just let it go and can smile at anything. Yes, there is hurt and pain…but I know it is given with a great love as those very things teach us empathy and compassion, and a great love in experiencing those many things around us. We have to have sadness, so that when happiness comes along it is so much more appreciated because of it…and on through those many emotions. We are being fine tuned with a gift 🤗❤️

Great post kind lady, it is good to find those ‘bits’ that we hold…and create something else from it. We do truly have that power within us. Love can indeed do anything, thank you for sharing yours 🤗🥰🤣❤️🙏

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It is so amazing that everything changes when we change! Only a slight change in our attitude can change life completely. Your example is so impressively showing this.

Yes, we need to observe ourselves consciously from time to time and we will find a lot of potential for improvement. So much just develops without us consciously noticing until it begins to bother. At least then, we need to look closer.

Thank you so much for sharing your deep and life-changing experience, Mark 💖

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I love that you chose our mutual admired late teacher Wayne Dyer Erika.. …. Oh how I love his books and still pick them up from time to time to read a passage or two…

I taught this attitude to my Son, who in the 90’s had just left school into his first job… And you know how newbies in the workplace often get picked upon.. Well he was getting picked upon by one guy constantly..
So I told my son to envision this guy in pink.. and mentally put him in a ballerina costume… in PINK.. My son laughed, at me.. But you know Erika… Every time that guy picked on my son. My son said he did the visualisation.. And slowly but surely.. My son no longer felt so threatened, and the guy and he later became friends..
The Power of thought.. And altering our perception is HUGE…

Sending lots of love and well wishes Erika… I hope January now becomes the best month with lovely memories of positive outcomes..
Love and Blessings..
Sue xx 💖🙏✨

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That’s such a great advice you gave your son and he was smart to follow it. What a fantastic example that the way we look at things can change the things we look at. I love how we can not only make it better for us but also, inspire others by our changed attitude, as the attitude of your son’s co-worker shows here. It almost sounds to me that he and your son had to meet to solve issues in them. We know that nothing happens just so…

Thank you for sharing this story with us, Sue. I love it! And yes, I never get tired either of reading in Wayne Dyer’s books! There is always something new they show us with our growing development.

Much love and hugs to you, Sue 💖

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Indeed Erika, usually such energy clashes, usually have a karmic balance buried in there somewhere.

My son now uses positive affirmations a lot. Along with my daughter. I’d like to think I’d left them that legacy to navigate life by.
Xx

Have a beautiful week 😘 💕 💖

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I totally agree about changing your thoughts or perspective. And we are the only ones who can do that. I can’t think of a situation or task that bothered me and I was able to shift. I pretty much shift as I go, or maybe it’s just the way I fly by the seat of my pants.

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Changing the way I think about something or someone was the beginning of my breakthrough process. I broke out of my old thinking pattern I was trained to think. From that moment on I realized that it is my own choice how I want to feel and my choice only!

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When the New Year comes the only thing that really changes in that moment is the numbers on the calendar. Nothing has changed drastically from the day before. It is definitely about our attitude and perspective. Winter is not my favorite season but I find certain aspects about it that I like and that makes a difference. Great post for a great start to the week.

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Yes, it is all about our attitude and what we think about what is around us. It is our choice whether to create thoughts that make our life brighter or darker… we can have it all!

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I don’t quite understand why anybody would dislike a specific month “just because”!

I never liked New Year Resolutions because if one really wants to do something, why wait until January?

January here is affirmation that Winter has arrived and will be staying for a while. We could complain about the cold ……… or we can wear appropriate clothes and accept it with a smile. We have a standard poodle (Nigel) who needs his daily walks and human interactions and so we do have an obligation there! We can get lots of snow which we can complain about ……. or we can shovel it out of the way as part of a seasonal exercise program.

Thee was a young lady on a talent show (AGT?) who performed under the name Nightbirde. She was dealing with terminal cancer at that time and has since passed away however, I will always remember her comment when questioned about her condition. She said “You cannot wait until life is not hard anymore, before you decide to be happy.” Such a profound perspective. It really says it all doesn’t it?

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I saw her on that show Colin…it had a great impact, even on a particular ‘hard’ judge that takes a bit to ‘move’. And the intent she had found to create that moment, regardless where she was at, moved us all ❤️🙏

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Right! Same here, I don’t understand why many people only think of changes connected to the change of the year.

Yes, why complaining about something we cannot change. Rather do something about it or make something of it.

I saw Nightbirde’s peformance and even wrote a post about her and her quote. If she can feel and think so, everybody can… or they decide not to!

Thank you, Colin, I loved you bringing up Nightbirde!

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My goodness… I truly embrace this thought process. Now, that being said, I do find myself needing to remember that if I cannot change things, what I CAN CHANGE is my approach to it. To achieve this, I ask myself what inside me did this aggravate so much, and how can I grow from it. THEN my energy towards the situation, shifts to something that is more comfortable because I found the GIFT in it. ❤

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That is the secret of forgiving: finding the gift in it or something that made us become stronger. I love the thought of “let go and let God”. It never failed to work for me. Once we let go we stop focusing on a way that doesn’t work and become open for any other way that just appears then in front ot us. It is amazing!

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Erika, good post. Sometimes opportunity is recognized when a change has occurred. I once read a book on an attorney who became involved with helping the homeless after a life changing encounter. It was eye opening. Within a week, a business friend called me to see if I knew anyone with a business background who would be willing to volunteer to be on the Board of an agency that helped working homeless families. “What about me?” I asked. That started a twenty year journey with three different Boards to helping homeless people. I may not have been as receptive to the request had I not read that book. Keith

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Fantastic example again, Keith! That amazes me every time again. It works!! The inner decision opens us up for what we want to welcom in our lives or for opportunities in general. So much happened in my life that proves this too. When I am pondering too much or don’t know how to reach something, I just send that thought out and I know that the answer will arrive and I will hear/see it. Thanks a lot for sharing your experience, Keith.

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