Thoughts to Start 2026

I invite you to listen to this while you are reading my message today. I think you might like it. It was what I was listening to when I wrote this, and I believe it will give you a little more context for what energies are at play here. :-) 

I know you haven’t heard from me in a while. 2025 was a crazy year in so many ways. Was it crazy for you? It seems a lot of people found last year different in ways they can’t even describe. It can be interesting to look back and get a glimpse of what we have been through and what we have been gifted. We came to this earth to experience all kinds of things and the universe brings challenges and opportunities in different ways to all of us. It has always been how we perceive and react to life that really matters.

Having said that, let’s get real. Even though we have access to so many tools and resources around the topic of living a joyful and fulfilling life and even though the universe continues to send us all blessings and opportunities that are perfect for our own growth and resilience, we still will struggle to do the things we know would make life easier and better. It is easy to get lost in the daily routine. There are so many moving parts to life. We forget that at any moment we really could set a priority to stop, reflect, gather our wisdom, and give ourselves the time to reset. We could do it, but we often don’t. Why? Because it’s not easy. It’s not normal to stop. We didn’t grow up learning to do this. We grew up valuing the busy and the productive. It is programmed into our DNA. Even when we decide to make that commitment to change our habits, we are working against years and years of previous programming. What is one to do?

I think the hardest part of this all is that we think all the answers are out there and we have to find them somehow. I have been told over and over how important it is to go within for answers. I have experienced the profundity of just sitting with my own silence and I have seen how powerful that can be and how it can change my vibration and my perspective on any situation and consequently the outside world. Yet I still struggle to sit there sometimes. When the answers I seek don’t come right away, I panic. I try to figure things out with my mind and then I squirm and get extremely restless. I get busy… and there goes the cycle. Can you relate?

But this past few months, life has been forcing me to find ways to just be. I would be lying if I said I have been accepting it well. But I am realizing that persistence does pay off. The struggle to sit with myself and just be is a valuable part of the process of healing and living our best life. I am finding moments of being able to let go of it all and just allow myself to be in it and sometimes it is soooo hard.

The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod has been the most inspiring and practical way for me to get this done. I started it some time ago, but somehow got away from it. Life changed and instead of sticking with the one constant I knew would help me ground, I let it go. So I have re committed to this morning practice in 2026. The miracle morning makes me feel better overall. It helps me change my perspective and that changes everything for my day. If you would like to join me, just look up Miracle Morning. Get the book. I think you will find it very inspirational!

If I could give you any advice at this time, it would be to not give up on yourself and the profound being that you are. The only way to truly discover who you are and how powerful you are is to keep on digging down. It’s like digging for buried treasure. Not every shovel full is going to be lined with gems. Some will come up with worms or dirt, but don’t give up hope. Even these have value! The jewels are there and you are worthy to receive all the gifts waiting for you right now just the way you are. I am sending you all peace and so much love! 2026 is going to be another year to grow and change. We don’t know exactly what’s around the corner but I can assure you that no matter what, we are guided and supported more than we can know.  Let’s embrace every moment as it comes. We got this!