From the Quote of the Week Files, December 28, 2009

Last quotes for 2009!!! If you are like me, you are probably wondering where the year has gone ~ Either time is moving faster or I am moving slower, I am not sure.

So here are some quotes to think about as 2009 comes to an end as well a some reflection questions for you to ponder from Colleen Snow's website, www.BeTheChangeWorld.com.

I hope it will help you (and me) to review the past year and ring in the New Year. Happy New Year!!
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"Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning, but a going on with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us."

Hal Borland
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"We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives ... not looking for flaws, but for potential."

Ellen Goodman
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Wishing you a most beautiful year, wherever this may find you!
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Some Old Year Reflection Questions to think about...

1. If you could give 2009 a name what would it be?
2. If there is a symbol that represents 2009 that would capture its essence, what would it be?
3. If you could give yourself a name that symbolizes you in 2009 what name would you give yourself?
4. Name the people who made a difference in your life. Whom do you appreciate and why?
5. What gifts have you received this year? (This could be tangible like your income, a favor or emotional support.)
6. What gifts have you given others this year? (tangible or not)
7. How did your relationships grow, change or end? What did you learn?
8. What journeys have you taken? (inner and outer experiences i.e. a new baby, a vacation, a new job)
9. Where did you derive your sense of well-being, health and knowledge? What helped you feel good about yourself?
10. What goals did you achieve and what do you need to celebrate?
11. For Review-What and who did you grieve this year and where are you in the process? Preview-What empowers your mission and enhances your dream?
12. Passages, changes and initiations: What has changed? What is new? What happened? How are you different because of it?
13. Where did you find joy?
14. What would be the sound track/song that represents your life in 2009?
15. In what context did you feel more authentically alive?
16. Free-To-Be the change you wish to see in the world: summarize from the inside out how are you “being” with yourself, and others in the relationship to the world