{"id":957,"date":"2017-12-28T14:48:47","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T19:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sallybsedgwick.com\/conversation\/?p=957"},"modified":"2017-12-28T23:01:57","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T04:01:57","slug":"and-a-year-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spiritmoxie.com\/conversation\/and-a-year-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"And a year begins…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DoubleSo how do you enter a new year when you\u2019ve spent the last one going minute to minute, have largely ignored the implications of passing time, and haven\u2019t read most of the current \u201cget ready for 2018\u201d offerings? And you still feel compelled to write a Spirit Moxie conversation post for the New Year?<\/span><\/p>\n

2017 was underscored by my doctor\u2019s admonition, \u201cYou were life threateningly sick, you know.\u201d Well, OK. I believe him. But it didn\u2019t feel like that. It was a year of, well, a year of seeing how things unfolded. So if I need a word to describe 2017, it\u2019s that: \u201cunfolding.\u201d It unfolded from possible financial irresponsibility to relative stability. It went from my worst health crisis to official good health. (I\u2019ve actually been released by my oncologist.) And it has cemented into a minute by minute world that, when I follow that moment to moment path, all kinds of interesting things appear. A chance to be on the radio. A new Facebook page, Tango with Time<\/a>, that allows me to share how I now experience time and how you can experience it too. My first tries at Facebook Live.(You can find\u00a0 <\/span>them here.<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Jacob'sIn the beginning of 2016, I wrote the post Dream.<\/i><\/a>\u00a0In it I said I wanted \u201congoing support and unexpected adventures,\u201d two things that have shown up in spades, as they say, for the past two years. In 2017, the results were random and certainly unexpected adventures, such as an unplanned bucket list of events that weren\u2019t on my radar at all until they happened and, I could say, \u201cOh! That was something I\u2019ve never done and now know I wanted to.\u201d Flown a kite. Ordered room service. Gone to major events completely off my radar such as the Indianapolis\u00a0 <\/span>500 and Byron Katie\u2019s School for the Work.<\/a> (Bet those two have never been claimed in the same sentence before!) And the aforementioned radio appearance.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have learned since the last time I wrote something for the New Year at the beginning of 2016 the following:<\/span><\/p>\n

Dreams work. I still dream of adventures and of challenging and connecting with you. But I\u2019ve learned that what is behind the dreams is more important than their concrete manifestation. So, while I want to offer hope and support, that has certainly not shown up as planned.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"MoonLove works. And by being open to it, love will materialize in unexpected relationships, a reshuffling of friendships (no, not losing them, just rearranging), and new interests (I\u2019m suddenly being introduced to everything I missed by being fairly sheltered in the late 60s early 70s\u2014 think music groups). Love can also, simply, result in just being more present. Love can show up in words, possibilities, and unexpected hope.<\/span><\/p>\n

But be warned. When you claim, \u201cjust being,\u201d as your mantra, nothing will show up as you thought it would, especially concrete plans. That being said, one plan for 2018 is to finally publish a book introducing the basics of Spirit Moxie. It\u2019s being read by a friend as I type this. But will it become an actual offering? I don\u2019t really know. All I know is for certain is now, and now I\u2019m writing this<\/i> post.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve also learned that the more you don\u2019t get out of your own way, the harder things are. What does this mean? Some examples are clinging to plans that don\u2019t serve you or panicking when something doesn\u2019t go the way you thought it should.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"So rather than \u201cwhat are your dreams for 2018,\u201d although dreams are fun and useful, my question is what will you let float out of your way for 2018? It\u2019s OK to give them a gentle push. The idea that you\u2019re not good enough for something? That the world is dark? Exactly how your equivalent of a book will manifest itself? That you need to know, all the time, where the funds for whatever are coming from? Where you will encounter love? These are just some examples. What are your dreams and what might be the presuppositions that are in the way?<\/span><\/p>\n

Can you take these questions of what you want and how they are and, metaphorically, pat them on the head, and ask, what do I see right now? It\u2019s all good if we\u2019re looking with the right eyes. And the form they\u2019re meant to have will show up along the way\u2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

Happy New Year!<\/span><\/p>\n

_________________________<\/span><\/p>\n

Images for the new year – from the top:<\/span><\/p>\n

Double rainbow over Hawkes Bay, Napier, New Zealand – Spirit Moxie<\/p>\n

\"Jacob'sat Grace Cathedral, San Francisco – Prajak Sophondirekrat<\/p>\n

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Moon in branches – Spirit Moxie
\nMooring with no attachments – Spirit Moxie<\/p>\n

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