New Year’s simply marks the passage of time, there’s no real substance to a New Year — we are constantly being renewed from moment to moment and have the opportunity to authentically inhabit every part of our lives.  Navajo people teach their children that every morning the sun that comes up is brand new, not the same sun from yesterday. This sun has only one day, so you must live this sun’s day in a beautiful way. Acknowledging the preciousness of each day is a good way to live – to reconnect with our basic aliveness and purpose.

Yet, New Year’s is also a convenient convention for us to talk about the intentions of the heart right here and now.  We can tap into the collective energy and use this New Year to renew our commitment to the practice.  No matter what has happened before or where your practice is, you can start right where you are and begin again in this moment.  This is the essence of the practice and that is why it is always alive. So rather than talk about resolutions, I’d like us to reflect on the intentions that might organically arise from the heart if we remember who we truly are – moment to moment.

Happy New Year.