Tomorrow we will experience our first new moon of this year. It carries with it potent energy that will ask us to process and to let go of all of the trials and tribulations of last year so that we can all move forward-stronger, wiser and more authentic. Today, allow yourself to begin to process all the lessons that you learned during 2021. Today begin to allow yourself to process your lessons and to consciously see how far you've come and how in truth you are very different than you were at this time last year. Hard times teach us lessons, make us stronger, and give us a deeper sense of self, even if we struggle and suffer throughout the growth process. And, the truth is that most of us will experience hard choices, stressful events, and difficult situations, which will impact us in one way or another for the rest of our lives. Some of those events can even leave you feeling like you want to give up, curl up and hide or at least hide your head in the sand and pretend that nothing is wrong. Today it is time to confront your struggles head on and to stop trying to numb them out or ignore your pain by putting on a happy face. Today instead allow yourself the opportunity to feel and to process every thought and emotion. You cannot move forward until you process your past and then let it go. You and I cannot go back any longer- only forward. Today give yourself the space and time to feel everything, to process it, to integrate it and then you will be able to move forward without regret but with gratitude in your heart and a new appreciation for the good times that undoubtedly lie ahead for you and for me.

Just for today, I am willing to learn something new about myself. I am willing to see how and where I need to change. No matter how old I am, I can always learn more and I do so with confidence. I look towards my future with hope and optimism. Life supports me in every possible way and everything is always working out for my highest good. And so it is.