12/24/2022
~Honor 2022 before creating new intentions for 2023~
Happy Winter Solstice! Hi, I’m Dr. Steve Chee, I’m an integrative east-west medicine physician and certified IFS therapist. In working with people to clarify intentions, it is sometimes important to first honor where we have been first. Nature provides wonderful guidance in this regard.
For those in the northern hemisphere, nature at this time of year reveals the longest periods of night. Some animals hibernate. Plant growth slows or seemingly ends. Things need to end or complete before the spring and newness begins yet again.
And in the same way that nature reveals it’s cycles of growth and completion it’s important to honor 2022 before new intentions for 2023.
Some dreams and intentions we had in 2022 came to fruition. These we want to celebrate and be grateful for the produce they have provided. Honor the courage, the perseverance, and the willingness to dream and to step forward. And also bless and thank the luck and good fortune that may have seemed to grace our endeavors.
That is usually the easy part for most.
But also, it’s important to honor the dreams and intentions that we had for 2022 that did not come to fruition. Can we honor the disappointment and the sadness as well? It can be a bitter cold and may be hard to swallow. But can we let the warm hearth of our heart touch the parts of us that feel disappointed or sad? It’s important to let these parts of us have the space to be seen and witnessed. It WAS a beautiful idea or dream. It WAS important at that time and sometimes our parts just need the space to lay fallow for a period of time. Just like nature.
And just as the warmth of the sun and the lengthening of the days brings forth the light of life yet again, the light of our hearts will reveal our next dreams and hopes for 2023.
Many blessings to you all
