We just got home from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida, where we spent most of our time experiencing the magic of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
(Yes, we all had to get new wands to take into the next year!)
I wish I'd captured the look on my twenty-year-old son's face when he walked through the wall of Diagon Alley and heard the sound of the bricks moving. Talk about bringing a treasured story to life...
...and reminding us all of the
TRUTH ABOUT MAGIC
as we closed out one year and got ready for 2024:
The Swish and Flick
isn't always what it's made out to be.
You see...
I've wanted to take my son on this trip since it opened in 2010.
It's been on my "Goals" list every single year.
I've told people about it.
I've visualized us there.
I've tried to plan and save for it.
I've done ALL THE THINGS
they say to do to make something happen,
but it didn't until this year.
This is that time of year when we our eyes, hearts, minds, inboxes, and feeds get BOMBARDED with invitations and promises to help us MAKE IT HAPPEN.
And frankly, I'm kinda over it, if I'm honest.
Who do we think we are to say that we've found THE WAY to help people's dreams come true?
I mean, the messaging is intense, isn't it?
Visualize your future.
Align your vision and goals.
Break your goals into smaller steps.
Clear your energy blocks.
Activate your sacred magic.
Listen to your future self.
Use this device to track.
(I urge you to finish this list with
everything you've heard and tried.)
And the truth is...
SOMETIMES
ONE or a COMBO of these strategies WORKS...
...and voila!
We've swished and flicked ourselves into a new reality.
But the truth is also...
SOMETIMES
these just don't work,
no matter how hard we try!
Let's take my weight for example.
Every year, it's been on my list.
I've done all the things.
Yet nothing... until this year.
I just happened to find a naturopathic doctor who actually listened to me and said, "You know what? I think you might just be missing..."
Gave me one way to shift my food and a supplement...
And voila!
Twenty pounds gone...
WITHOUT any more effort, exercise, deprivation, etc. than what I'd already been doing.
Now, we could argue that maybe...
I'd finally done enough "work."
I'd finally let go of the pain of the past
with that project I worked on this year.
I'd somehow lined up all of my internal energy
and external circumstances.
I believed the doctor and it helped me
let go of the shame weight.
I finally surrendered to what was.
Or...
Maybe, if you follow astrology,
and looked at my insane chart for 2023,
you'd see that it was the year of massive change,
which may have made room for me to release it.
Or...
Maybe it was simply that my body needed some things
it wasn't getting and it took me this long to find a person who could put it all together and give me my particular answer.
Or...
Maybe it's ALL true!
My point is that this is an INVITATION for you...
as you think about how you want 2024 to go...
and what you want...
for yourself
and your loved ones
and your business
this year...
TO GO EASY ON YOURSELF
TO NOT GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS
TO TRY A NEW APPROACH
TO RELAX INTO THE TRUTH ABOUT MAGIC
Sometimes, the swish and flick is gonna work.
You'll do one or more of the common sense things
you know to do or something new,
or take a crazy risk that your gut says to take,
and you'll find yourself magically introduced to that person, released from that story or wound or diagnosis,
and living in a whole new reality.
Maybe it will be as cool as Diagon Alley,
or maybe it will just be somewhat better than the last one.
And sometimes, it won't.
You'll give it all you got,
and it will seem like nothing will move.
But whatever happens,
you will move the things you can...
and not suffer unnecessarily for everything else.
And that's NOT a bad way to roll through a new year.
You may not get _________,
but you can get _______.
You may not achieve _______,
but you can make _________ happen.
You may not feel ______ good,
but you can feel ______ much better.
So, of course...
I have an invitation...
to come and join us as we move our worlds forward
in the ways that we can...
and let go of the shoulds for the ways we can't...
It will at least be a lot of magical narrative fun!
(see invitation below)
