Fresh Words

“Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.”
― Alfred Tennyson, In Memoriam

“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language. And next year’s words await another voice.” – T.S. Eliot

New Year’s Eve – the stuff of resolutions and proclamations.
Resolutions fizzle quickly without framework, scaffolding, intentionality, energy, and effort to hold them up when we get bored with the required repetition, practice, consistency of daily steps to really change and have it stick.
Principles and values are what I am more interested in pursuing and sustaining.
Growth, learning, awe, wonder, connection, joy, delight, gratitude, shifts, trying new things.
So, with intention coupled with action for the new year, my words are enthusiasm, engagement, connection, confidence, transformation, more joy, gratitude, equanimity, kindness, inquiry, action.
What are your words for the next year?
Reflect on 2023 then move forward with fresh words, hope, daily steps.
Create your language of 2024, spoken by actions, one day at a time.

“Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.” – Cavett Robert