A Brand New Canvas

Author
Karla Solano

Today marks the first day of a new year, a new month and it brings with it a new energy to be explored. This brand new canvas is an opportunity to start over, a chance to change the things that did not work last year. Perhaps this is the reason why we all tend to have New Year’s resolutions at the end of each calendar year, because we all feel this tremendous urge to become something more than what we were 365 days ago.

This feeling of wanting to change things is a wonderful feeling because it empowers us to start over; as we think about what the last year has brought us, we realize that it brought us some difficult moments as well as some very happy ones. This year end review of all our past experiences helps us realize that there were many lessons that we learned, giving us the fuel to want to change the things that did not work well for us, thus wanting to remove from our experience anything that no longer serves a purpose in our life.

Resolutions are a great tool to organize our thoughts and to focus into specific things we want to achieve, however it is important not to overwhelm ourselves with too many items on that list. The best approach is to narrow it down to the top five things you want to accomplish in order to live a happy, harmonious and fulfilled life and then take action steps to achieve your goals.

This brand new canvas is yours to paint; therefore you can paint it as you go. Keep in mind that it doesn’t need to have a clear blueprint from the beginning, it can change and transform as you experience life. Just like a painter follows his heart as his brush caresses the canvas, so can you tune into your deepest desires and connect with your intuition to guide you as you paint those brush strokes on that painting of your life.

The most important thing is to commit to you, committing to be happy no matter which road you want to follow, the key thing is to do the things and choose the people that will bring you the most joy.

Life is too short to live it in fear or with anger, stress and hate so it is important to know that you have an option to choose how to feel in order to live a life full of love and harmony. Keeping this in mind will aid you in making healthy choices so you can live the life you are meant to have.

Envision this beautiful painting of your life and begin splashing those beautiful colors on that blank canvas; today is the beginning of a new experience so make it as colorful and beautiful as you know how to. You have the power to make that brush stroke as graceful and fluid as a Michael Angelo’s work of art or you can make it a chaotic and undefined as a Pollack’s abstract paint. Just remember that you are the one holding that paint brush so whichever style you choose is up to you, but always remember to choose the one that will make you the most happy.