If I want to open for new experiences and make a personal shift, I have to clean out the closet and junk drawers in my mind.  I truly do not need old hard candy, dead batteries, an abundance of twisties for plastic bags.  I have a tendency to hold on to items “in case I’ll need them in the future”–despite the fact that I do not like hard candy, could never use dead batteries and use zip-lock bags now.  I don’t need clothes that don’t fit, never liked, and/or felt awkward.

I intend to use this discernment on my attitudes, perception and motivation energy.  I don’t need to drag around old stories of bad character, loss, stupid human tricks and “criticism of previous work environments.  I’m going to throw away used up judgments that I picked up from others because they sounded good.  They just don’t fit. 

My face is beautiful.  My face is beautiful.  That is one of my anthems this year, to carve a new path in my head from the childhood “ugly duckling” idea and the adult excuse that I’m a good old dog.  I choose to see beauty around me, to shine it and to declare it surrounds me.

I claim a beautiful new year.