The Year Is New Once Again

But it is the only one you’ll ever hear.

Yes, the year is new once again, and our hearts must follow this tradition if we are ever to understand what it means to create anew, & why creating is so important to each & every one of us. I often find it difficult to know what to say for the first message of the year; I pause before saying anything, as all I can hear is my same old voice, saying the same old things. And, frankly, I couldn’t bear the sound of it.

Do you know what I mean, dear readers?  Have you had the very same experience year after year on or about New Year’s, or the day before that, or the days to follow?  It’s why I say to you the year is new once again, because it actually is, but even more important because it most definitely is, despite how old we habitually make it.

Whatever may be on our minds? Take for example security. Is this a myth? I think the reason many don’t experience it, is because it does not exist. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. It requires confronting ones fears & discovering the rewards. It calls for devoting ones life to something greater than ourselves, even when others do not understand.

The simple truth is, you & I, plus all the others on this lovely planet, have never been here before, not at this time, not at this exact moment, not in this very rare & unique place & time.  No, never.  And because we have never been here before, despite our determination to believe we have, we could discover how new this day actually is.

So, stop here, right now, even as you read this.

Stop here, right now, and feel the presence of each moment, one following upon each other, like crystal drops of water dripping into a well.  One.  Then one.  Then one, again.  Each one new.  Each one a sparkling moment. Each one as still & as astonishing as the very first one, as the only one of its kind on earth.

And with the drip of the water comes the sound.  Separated from every other sound on earth.  Can you hear it?  Can you actually hear it?  This is the sound of the New Year.  Of the only New Year you will ever hear.  As God made it, here & now, as He intended for us to hear it.  To experience it.  To be here, now, just now, & only now, to say, Happy New Year.  To everyone. I particularly hope yours is as satisfying as you want it to be.

Inspired by Michael E. Gerber, who has been named by INC magazine as “The World’s #1 Small Business Guru.”  His NY Times Bestselling E-Myth books rank among the top ten business books worldwide for all time.  His Michael E. Gerber Companies have coached, mentored & trained tens of thousands of small business owners in 145 countries to transform the way they work & grow.  His mission is to transform the state of small business worldwide. http://www.michaelegerbercompanies.com/