How was your year? What did you learn? How did you grow?

One thng is for sure: None of us is the same, as when we started this journey back in January.
 
In 365 days, we have evolved a lot!
We're not the sames as one year ago.
We’re not the same as five years ago.
We’re certainly not the same as 10 years ago!
 
So...how have you changed? How have you grown? How are you different?
 
Here are 10 questions to ponder, especially effective if you work with a journal and/or meditation, to help you see your progress.
 
• What is the one thing you did most this year? Second and third most?    

• What did you learn from the outer events in the world? 

• What did you learn from your inner self? 

• What three soul lessons did you worked on the hardest this year?

• What worked best for you this year? 

• What made you happiest and gave you the most joy? 

• What didn’t work at all? What did you fail at, stop or let go?

• What life goals did you accomplish? Was it a "“building"” year or a "“resting"” year?

• What was left undone, or what do you still need to work on?

• What dreams are becoming active or showing up? Write them down.
 
We are eternal souls on an infinite journey. Every year brings new soul lessons, new challenges, new understanding, new joy.

There is a way to live that is different than the rational way that society teaches us. 

When we live as Divine being,  we live from awareness of and paying attention to everything.
Our markers are different.

Rational thought does have a place in this way of living, but it is only part of the story. What brings us to whole understanding is  emotion, feeling, deep knowing, direct knowing, signs, synchronicities and Divine guidance.

When you first begin to live this way, and to apply these methods to your own life, it can be scary—like leaping off a cliff without seeing any kind of safety net below!
 
But, as you begin to notice what happens—you see that living in this way actually creates better results than the old methods. 

The safety net is not money, material things, success, the old markers. 
It is peace, love, joy, connection, the sense of everything part of everything and you part of that. 
 
We are evolving pretty quickly at the moment, and growing pains are real.
Hang on, and if you're not sure what to do next, ask your soul. 

Sometimes we  are lost in the wasteland. 

We feel:
• blocked
• thwarted
• stuck
• lost
• sad
• confused
 
When you notice you are feeling this way, you can trust that many of your ego identities are releasing at once. You are shedding skins.
 
You will probably start to notice that:
• Things you enjoyed are no longer enjoyable. 
• Goals you had aren’t interesting any more.
• Places you used to go don’t exist or are blocked.
• People you used to know are MIA.
• Relationships are dry and parched.

When everything falls apart, it often falls apart all at once.
This does not mean our lives are over.  
 
It means we are in the wasteland—a time of enormous cleansing and clearing.

It means we are shedding skins—identities, old ways-- at a furious pace, and all we can do at the moment is wait until the cycle is finished.
 
If this is happening to you get curious:
• What is leaving?
• What is letting go?
• How are you shedding skins?
• How are you becoming free?
 
The wasteland does not last forever. It lasts until we have shed our skin, and are standing fresh and clean, ready to go forward again.

Are you a person who enjoys stillness and quiet?
Who loves to hang out and "“be"”?
Who loves to not do anything in particular?
Who loves private time?
 
I sure do. 

However, just because I’m an introvert, as many of you are—it doesn’t mean I get to live in my own little solitude bubble.
 
Just like you, my life is filled with the noise and chaos and drama of everything and everyone, all the time.
 
So, what I make sure I get a stillness fix, every single day.
 
Every 24 hours, no matter what, I carve out a little spot of quiet time for myself, in which I might connect with the Guides, do some journaling, sit in nature, or do nothing in at all.
 
I find that these moments spent in stillness create more change in myself and my life than all the hours of busyness.
 
Being always brings me to greater understanding than doing.
Is this the same for you?