Hello 2024, hi friend.
2024 candlelight - Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. -Helen Keller
I hope you had a restful break, if not, I hope you allow yourself to find time to. I spent the last weeks of 2023 surrounding myself with my favorite people. People who get the chaotic, messy version of me. The me that isn’t instagrammable yet feels human.
I think that was why starting 2024, like most, I was really energized by the blank canvas of the new year and had so many hopes and dreams. Then quickly I crashed by the 2nd day of the year. Doubt was settling in. I wasn’t doing enough. I wasn’t where I wanted to be. There’s so much to do. The world is still suffering with more than 90 days of attack on humanity in Gaza. It was overwhelming and discouraging. I was reminded that healing and the work isn’t a short term project. To slow down for the long haul instead of speeding up to burnout.
Anyway, the point is, if you’ve felt like you were in a funk instead of rejuvenated, you’re not alone. So instead of fast resolutions this year, I’m spending my January listening deeply to what intentions really speak to me. Making a list of more of this and less of that. Starting with listing out what I’m grateful for and what I’m proud of:
Thank you for your lovely messages and feedback for my workshops, fundraiser, and gift boxes. They came in different forms all at the right time just as doubt was settling in. Your ongoing encouraging support and getting to connect with you all is what is keep me going.
May this year we continue make room to love ourselves and then be able extend that light as compassion to the world.
With love and gratitude,
Thoey
