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A NEW YEAR…a new plan

Here I sit at this familiar place in my life where the nostalgia of another year gone by crosses paths with the excitement of a new year ahead. I look back on the wonderful blessings that the past year brought and at the same time I reflect on the disappointments along the way that serve as a constant reminder that dreams are never easy. I hear so many artists lamenting over dreams that always seem to dangle just out of reach. And I remind them that for every wonderful opportunity, there are always many others that don’t work out – whether you’re a beginning artist or a seasoned one. I like to think that we’re given a gift without clear instructions on how to use it. And the instructions are given to us over time through opportunities big and small. And we need to focus on the journey, not the destination. For tomorrow is a new day. A new year. Okay, I’m rambling. Perhaps I should put the egg nog down and get to the reason for this month’s article – planning your year.

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Secrets of Universal Laws in our Daily Lives PART ONE

Cosmic and Universal Laws rule our lives whether we are aware of this fact or not. These are spiritual laws that we live with every day of our lives. As one example is the Law of Cycles. There are shorter cycles and longer cycles. In plants, for example, we plant a seed, which takes its own time to grow. Under certain favorable conditions, it grows to bloom, then to shine in all its glory, giving pleasure for a shorter or longer period of time, depending on the type of plant or flower, to eventually wither and die, only to be recycled again and again.

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