30 days.

30daysWe learn so much from each other. We have such great capacity to hear from each other now. We are a community of shared experiences.

Readers from around the world are sharing their answers to this question:

As we end 2011 and begin 2012, what do you want/need to let go of and what do you want to create?

You can share your answer too, and resonate with the wisdom of what others are saying:

 

I'm a caterpillar molting and it's hard.

What do I want to let go of? I want to let go of the feeling that what I have is not enough, and it comes with the feeling that I am going to crawl out of my skin. After 16 years of living one role, I am now living another and I've not figured out how to do it. I'm a caterpillar molting and it's hard.

What do I want to create? More words. I want to write more thinky thoughts about the things I love: being outside, mountain biking, running trails, and riding my horses. I want to go from telling about them on my blog to explaining why they're wonderful and essential.

-Kathleen

 

I will be cultivating curiosity.

I keep thinking I have let go of control – and keep finding that I haven't.  I think it has layers I wasn't initially aware of.  So once again I'm letting go of control with the understanding that life is a mystery, there is no such thing as control,  maybe there's karma (I just don't know), maybe there's intention, or maybe it's all just random.  It doesn't really matter as long as I remain open to what *is*, and not the "if only."  So this year I will be cultivating curiosity:  about what is, about my response to it, and about what opens as a result. And that also gives you my guiding word for the year.  Like Alice, I find myself the most curious of all to see what will happen next!

-Tammy Vitale

 

Creating books of wisdom

I am letting go of my need to be involved in everything that passes me by. I want to watch quietly from the sidelines now while I spend time creating books of wisdom for the young ones who are coming up behind me.

-Eileen Korponay

 

I want to stop wondering what I did wrong as a mother.

I want to stop flagellating myself for not measuring up to somebody else's idea of a "good mother." I want to stop losing sleep over my adult daughters' choices and stop wondering what I did wrong as a mother. This will create vast open spaces in which I will cultivate a gentle, loving relationship with myself and then a gentle, loving relationship with the world.

-Peggy

 

Create love.

Let go of fear. Create love, just a love that sees the good in everything.

-Anjali

 

In 30 days, I will launch my new 37days site. I hope you'll join me for a free webinar, "Your Dream Has a Heartbeat–Listen to It," on January 5th to celebrate! You can get more information and register here.

About Patti Digh

Patti Digh is an author, speaker, and educator who builds learning communities and gets to the heart of difficult topics. Her work over the last three decades has focused on diversity, inclusion, social justice, and living and working mindfully. She has developed diversity strategies and educational programming for major nonprofit and corporate organizations and has been a featured speaker at many national and international conferences.

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