This New Years Day was special in my mind because it was followed by a Sunday. New Years has long been my favorite day of the year, and Sundays my favorite day of the week. I crave quiet and these days are the closest I can come to sacred silence. The day after New Years 2022 fell on a New Moon, always an auspicious time to begin anything new. Perhaps this will lend extra power to any resolutions or intentions that we set.
In addition to declaring my usual affirmations for peace, harmony, and abundance, for myself and for the world, this year I am adding stability to my intentions. I want the stability of a strong foundation as I step into a new year. I want financial stability and continued emotional stability. I want this for my loved ones and friends. I want this for the world. For the past two years, we human beings have been teetering precariously due to the pandemic and climate change. We have lost our balance atop the very ground we are standing on.
The fires that swept through Boulder, Colorado, on the 30th of December, have left thousands who must now begin building not just a new year, but a new home. It seems that no matter how strong we build our homes, they cannot stand up to the fires, floods, and storms that ravage them. Neither can the homes of so many other species withstand our human encroachment, as we destroy their habitats by clear cutting forests and reshaping the land to build our own homes. The people of Boulder and its surrounding communities have been devastated, but so too, have millions of other life forms. We have lost so many of them – forever.
I am grateful that those people, who were impacted by the fire, escaped in time before lives could be lost. Fires, floods, natural disasters, and COVID have left much of the world standing on shaky ground or adrift and mired in uncertainty. My wish for 2022 is that we can all resolve to build better lives and better relationships with each other, and with our planet. Whatever comes our way in the next 12 months, let us create stability by using love and compassion as the cornerstones, to give us strength and resiliency. Let us remember that it is all of us together, and not divided, that will ensure stability in the year ahead.
