What I Wish For You...

As we bid farewell to 2016 and welcome the fresh start of a new year, I wish you...

Abundance
"Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance." -Eckhart Tolle

Awareness
"The things we think about, focus on, and surround ourselves with will ultimately shape who we become." -Joyce Meyer

Clarity
"The direction of your focus is the direction your life will move. Let yourself move toward what is good, valuable, strong and true." -Ralph Marston

Compassion
"Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion." -Buddha

Confidence
"Stop hating yourself for everything you aren't. Start loving yourself for everything that you are." -Unknown

Courage
"What may look like a small act of courage is courage nevertheless. The important thing is to be willing to take a step forward." -Daisaku Ikeda

Determination
"We all have problems. The way we solve them is what makes us different." -Unknown

Empathy
"Empathy is the antidote to shame." - Brene Brown

Faith
"Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look there." -M. Antoniinus

Freedom
"In our lives, change is unavoidable, loss is unavoidable. In the adaptability and ease with which we experience change lies our happiness and freedom." -Buddha

Friendship
"We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection." -Dalai Lama

Happiness
"Happiness is a choice, not a result. Nothing will make you happy until you choose to be happy. No person will make you happy unless you decide to be happy. Your happiness will not come to you. It can only come from you." -Ralph Marston

Health
"He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything." -Proverb

Kindness
"Be kind for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." -Plato

Laughter
"From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere." -Dr. Seuss

Love
"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in." -Morrie Schwartz

Peace
"For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thankfulness
"If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share." -W. Clement Stone

Trust
"Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do." -Benjamin Spock

Understanding
"Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding." -Khalil Gibran

As you go through, and sometimes struggle with life, find and trust your inner wisdom and it will take care of you.

Here's to life and living. Happy New Year!!