January 2021 - Awareness, Trauma & Intention
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My theme word for the month turned into theme words for January 2021. The first theme word that came to me for the January blog is
a·ware·ness noun knowledge or perception of a situation or fact.
Our knowledge of perception of a situation or fact is 2020 is coming to an end (finally) and 2021 is starting! A new year with a new awareness and perhaps cautious optimism. I have recently read several musings from talented writers of their own humor in re-reading their 2020 New Year’s Resolutions that of course they started writing in 2019. How they look back with great laughter and amusement on all they “intended” to do in 2020, you know…..before COVID. Things like Go to College, Travel, Join a Gym, Be more Social, Get out the House more, have a Huge Family Reunion, etc. etc. You get the picture. But none of those things happened because we were all given a giant “timeout” and serious reality check.
Awareness around the trauma that was 2020 and is carrying over into 2021 is important. We went from COVID illness, deaths, shut downs and quarantines to “adjusting to the new normal. But how can we adjust to an ever changing situation? This Pandemic has had a profound impact on our daily lives and it is different than more localized disasters like a tornado or a hurricane. With those types of catastrophic events – the damage is more immediately visible and there are disaster recovery systems in place to help. During COVID, for many people the destruction is quiet, maybe invisible and ongoing. Radical shifts in work, school, home, businesses for sustained periods of time are traumatic. That leads us perfectly to my second Theme Word for January - Trauma.
trau·ma noun - a deeply distressing or disturbing experience.
In New York, when the COVID shutdowns started on 3/13/20 and extended into the phased re-openings and maybe we can do this with masks on everywhere over the summer and more recently “targeted shutdowns” starting again, we collective experienced what psychologists call the “7 Stages of Grief”.
Shock and denial.
Pain and guilt
Anger and bargaining.
Depression.
The upward turn.
Reconstruction and working through.
Acceptance and hope.
There are days when I think I experience all 7 of these stages before lunch. But I am hopeful that we are now in the phases of “reconstruction, working through, and most importantly HOPE”. I remind myself every day that there is so much to be grateful and happy about. Maybe this is my “working through” phase. The acceptance phase for me is embracing letting go of the idea of “going back to normal”. There is really never any “going back” when we think about anything. In the course of time, we always move forward. The past created the present and present is creating the future. That leads us perfectly into our 3rd theme word for January.
in·ten·tion noun 1. a thing intended; an aim or plan. 2. In Medicine: the healing process of a wound. Similar: HOPE
“The number one principle that rules my life is intention. Thought by thought choice by choice we are co-creating our lives based on the energy of our intention.” Oprah Winfrey
How interesting that there are two main definitions for intention and one of them is Medicine: the healing process for a wound. The other is the aim or plan. Both are perfect as we close the books on 2020 and welcome in 2021. We are certainly in the healing process of a wound (2020) and a thing intended (2021). There are many ways to set intention all year long but it is by far most popular at the New Year.
In intention setting our first task is to have a better idea of what we want the outcome to be. “We’ll see what happens” is not an answer to “What do you want?” What do you desire? How do you want things to change? Desire forms our sense of direction and moves us forward.
Instead of the usual lose weight, eat better (always good ideas by the way) try instead digging deeper. Reflect on the principles you might want to embrace as you embark on in 2021. Maybe this year, be a little kinder, a little gentler. Consider just a few things. Utilize what I like to call your “direct connection” to Spirit and allow some thoughts to come up around what you believe your guiding principles are. Then ask yourself what is it you truly desire in 2021?
“When you tend to what you value, what you value thrives.” Carolyn Myss as quoted by Kacey Morabito Grean to the Circle of Women.
Rose Healing Center is here to help you stay grounded, centered and healthy in 2021. Please contact me for a session either virtual or in person. Thank you for reading this. As my dear cousins wrote in their card to me - “May the trials of the past year be our future inspirations”. Love, Light and Blessings to everyone. Wishing you health, safety, peace and happiness in 2021.