04 Jan You can start over as many times as you need …
As the new year gets under way, many of us have new resolutions and new or fresh goals.
All of which is great and motivating and inspiring.
I really hope you achieve your goals, or at least make good progress towards them. But there’s a good chance that even if you do, it might not be smooth sailing; that there may well be stumbles and falls and mistakes along the way.
I don’t mean to be negative; just realistic.
But the good news is that each day is a new day. Each moment is a new moment. Each new moment is a new opportunity to start over. Over and over again.
And as you do so, as you do start over, be kind and gentle with yourself because … it’s normal to make mistakes. It’s human to be imperfect. Happiness and success aren’t supposed to come easily, if they come at all. For most of us, happiness and success take time and effort and the willingness and ability to start again, to start over, over and over again.
So, best of luck in your efforts to achieve happiness, or whatever you’re trying to achieve this year. And best of luck in restarting those efforts, over and over again, as often as you need to…