Happy New Day ~ Living an Inspired Life

I’ve been reading *lots* of blogs about New Year’s Resolutions of late.  Seems to be a topic of interest.  Go figure.  My Mac Dictionary defines ‘resolution’ as:  A firm decision to do or not to do something. Hmmm.  Well, that’s all good if you feel exactly the same about said ‘something‘ in every moment; most of us don’t.   It all feels kind of harsh to me, not to mention a little utilitarian; meaning it might seem useful and practical, but it’s not at all attractive!  (I may have stretched that definition just a little to suit my needs.  I was inspired.) No wonder our resolutions tend to fall to the wayside long before the next New Year!  In my world, resolutions are highly overrated and cause much undo stress.

Time for a Resolution Re-frame~

Intention and Inspired Creation.  Now there’s something that really turns me on.  I can get excited about these every day, not just for New Year’s.  Every day is a New Day…  Hey!  We could start celebrating it just like that!  New Day’s Eve (Maybe without the champagne *every* night.  Well, that’s none of my business, your choice.  I’m keeping the kiss at midnight, though).  New Day’s Eve would bring awareness to the ending of one cycle and the birth of another.  New Day’s Day is every day!  Shiny, bright, and filled w/spectacular promise and possibility…a whole new day to live an inspired life!  …and then it’s New Day’s Eve again.  Perfect.  Very in the moment, don’t you think?  :0)

Let your Inspiration guide you~

A new blogging friend* recently wrote as part of her New Year’s Post, “I’m starting to write more, and suddenly I’m willing to give up decluttering the house if it means I have more time to write.”

It’s definitely like that, isn’t it?  The more we align with what we really want, the clearer what we really want gets, the more we realize some of the stuff we thought we wanted can just wait…or go away all together!  :0)

Imagine the day you feel inspired to declutter the house; that’s the day to do it.  (The day will come; it surprised the socks off me the first time I felt the real invitation!)  That’s the day you’ll sing and dance your way through what could otherwise be a ‘task’ that you might do begrudgingly.  That’s the day decluttering brings with it a feeling of clearer space, cleaner energy and brighter days ahead.  After that experience you’ll thank your house for getting cluttered in the first place (while you were busy doing other inspired activities) just so that you could spend some quality time with it!

Happy New Day!

I’ve got no shortage of inspiration or intentions.  Here’s what guides them all and tops the list today (a good feeling tells me it’ll match for every *NEW DAY* of 2009):

My New Day Inspired Intention is to be continually aware of what is inspiring me, to take inspired action, and to be in gratitude for inspired creation!

Are you feeling it?  What’s your “Happy New Day” Inspired Intention?

*For further inspiration, you’ll enjoy Victoria’s post:  “Here Comes 2009″

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