Ring in the new
Dear Reader,
We have stepped into the brand new year—2019. What are your thoughts and feelings on the next 365 days that are poised to enter our lives? Do you fear growing old by another year or are you making a to-do list of new plans and priorities?
Till not too long ago, I used to feel amused at the brouhaha surrounding new years. I used to think, “Time moves at its own pace; the stars and planets revolve according to their own rhythm. They have absolutely no knowledge of how we humans have divided time into hours, days, months, and years. So, does all this euphoria over new year make any sense? Maybe if we didn’t keep count of time, we would not be filled with hope, fears, anxieties, and anticipation.”
For this very reason, I rarely welcomed the new year with the excitement that it deserves. But now, years later, I am wiser. I see clearly how, with the passage of every decade in my life, I have grown and evolved. I can track my changes, feel happy about what I have achieved, and keep a keen eye on things that I have yet to achieve.
New years help us to stay organised and fill us with a sense of newness. But instead of thinking about what new items we can add to our bucket list, would it not be better if we made a list of inner transformations that we would like to achieve in 2019? How about forgiving those who hurt us? Learning to be more patient and thoughtful? Filling ourselves with courage and faith about things that have eluded us, say, healing a chronic disease or finding our calling in life? Or being more watchful of our ego as it leads us a merry dance? Every year is a new year full of possibilities and if we have worked enough to sow the seeds of our dreams and aspirations, sooner or later, they will sprout and flourish. The cover story for January 2019 is on the power of possibility thinking. This new year, let’s take a close look at that which has been stopping us from realising our potential and turn the very same hurdle into a hidden gift through the mantra of possibility thinking. Wishing you a very prosperous and joyous new year.