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As my husband and I were walking down Michigan Avenue, the snow was gently falling. Holiday lights were glowing. People were rushing north and south and my body was tingling with energy. It was New Year's Eve Day and I reflected on what was the cause of the tingling. Why did I feel so vibrantly alive? The answer came to me immediately. It was the surrendering I had been able to do in 2007 that allowed me to feel the vibration of life in every cell of my body on that last day of the year.

As I look back, 2007 will be "The Year I Let Go" (Finally!). Much was asked of me this year. Anyone that knows me will tell you that I like control. I am an excellent leader, I adore producing events, and planning is my passion. In 2007 I found myself in a place of not knowing what to do for those I love, I found myself living in someone else's home and living with their rules. (We have moved into my father-in-law's home to help him as he ages.) Also, I discovered that what I had believed to be true about my birth father was in fact not true, despite my 55-year-old belief. What a year!

Ten years ago, I could not have had such a year. Truthfully, I was not ready to let go of some anger, some hate and some belief that if I looked for what was wrong I could make it right. Certainly my life has held many more serious events than 2007 held. I have experienced major losses and a larger than normal amount of change throughout my life. But I have always had the ability to have my own space, make my own rules, formulate a new plan, and move forward. The Universe has given me several chances to let go.  Some I have taken and some I have ignored. In 2007, I took every opportunity to let go that I was offered. I invite you to do the same.

Each of us must die daily to receive what is waiting for us - life. When I let go of resisting what was, and embraced the belief that I was okay despite what was or is going on around me, I have access to a tremendous amount of life-giving energy. When I wake up in the morning and wonder what Spirit will provide for me today and what I can do to help The Universe, I am so much bigger than when I wake up and make a list of all that I no longer have. Ten years ago, I was certain of what was right and certain of what I believed about the world and those that share my space. Today I live in a place of not knowing. Much of what I was certain I knew, I have discovered I do not know. Much of what my head directed to me do has actually limited me and shut out much of what could have nurtured me. What do you shut out? Who do you shut out? What are you positive you know and yet, if you allowed yourself to let go of being right about your belief, would actually allow you to soar? What is weighing you down?

Please join me in 2008 as we resolve to be as open as children to love. To be as open as children to learning. To be as open as children to the limitless potential of whom we can be if we let go who we are. I will support you. It is a little scary, but oh so tingly!

Happy 2008,