New Possibilities

We do not remember days ... we remember moments.
Cesare Pavese

New Possibilities
Ralph Marston

A new year is here. It's a great opportunity to re-examine your assumptions, and to get rid of the ones that no longer make any sense. Assumptions can be very useful because they free you from having to think through every little detail. Assumptions are a practical way to make positive use of your extensive past experience.

Remember, though, that change is a constant part of life. People change, conditions change, the world changes, and all those changes can quickly make your assumptions obsolete.

Outdated assumptions can keep you stuck when there's really no reason for you to be stuck. Outdated assumptions can prevent you from connecting with good and valuable things that are easily within your reach.

As you go through each day, make note of the assumptions you rely upon. Select a few of those assumptions and seriously challenge them.

You'll find limitations you thought you had that are no longer there, and opportunities you never knew about that are now open to you. As the new year begins, free yourself from outdated assumptions, and you'll find all sorts of new possibilities popping into view.

Contributed
by
Teresa Myers

Defining Moments Archives

* Defining Moments are those times in our lives when something happens that changes us in some way. Perhaps it's someone who comes into our life, or it's an event that occurs, or something we read or hear about and we know we'll just never be quite the same again. These moments can come at a time when we in our deepest despair, or when we're pondering a major decision, or even when we're at our peak of excellence, but they still stand out and hopefully we recognize them for what they are ... special gifts just for us.

The stories I share in Defining Moments may be brief or not, but they will hopefully make a difference in someone's life when they read them. When they do, I would really appreciate hearing from you. And if you have a story to share of a Defining Moment in your life, or you've read just such a story, please share it so that together we can hopefully make a difference in someone else's life.

Thanks!!!
Jace