Positive Daily Inspiration – December 31, 2023 – Happy New Year’s Eve

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Happy New Year’s Eve

Happy New Year’s Eve

“For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.”
Jeremiah 29:11

You have lived, and invested, your whole life to get to this point – live well my friend. Happy New Year! – Chris Chenoweth

I first heard of Janus when I was in the tenth grade during a welcome-back address from our vice principal after the Christmas break. Considered the God of Gates and Doors, this Roman god lent his name to the month of January and had a rather unusual appearance. He was depicted with a double-faced head, each looking in opposite directions. It is believed that he was depicted in this fashion because of the notion that gates, and doors look in two directions. In this way, one of his faces was able to look backwards while the other looked forward, representing Janus’s contemplation of the happenings of the old year while looking forward to the new one.

A time of celebration

We all possess the dual-face characteristic of this ancient Roman god. It is a quality I wholeheartedly endorse. As we close out the old year with family gatherings and festivities, we usually spend time musing over the happenings of the past year, while considering the paths that we want our lives to take in the coming one. The end of the year is primarily about celebrating. And while it is fitting to celebrate the season, you should also take time out to celebrate all the hard work you put into attaining the goals you set over the past year. And if, for whatever reason, the year did not turn out as well as you anticipated, you should still celebrate the small victories you enjoyed along the way.

A time for contemplation

Although this is something that should be done throughout the entire year, this is the time of year when traditionally, most people give thought to the direction they want their lives to take over the next twelve months. They contemplate the goals they want to achieve, the lives they want to impact, the personal relationships they need to cultivate, the business contacts they need to establish, the changes they need to embrace, and ultimately the person they must become in order to make it all happen.

A time for new beginnings

In his role as the Guardian of exits and entrances, Janus was also believed to represent beginnings. He was frequently used to symbolize change and transitions. These include the progression of the past to the future; the transition from one condition to another, or of one vision to another. He was worshipped at the beginning of the harvest time, planting, marriage, birth, and other types of beginnings, especially the beginnings of important events in a person’s life.

You play an even more significant role in your life because, in addition to representing new beginnings in your life, consciously and subconsciously, you are also the creator of the events in your life.

Not only on January 1st, but every single day of the year. Janus could observe the happenings on either side of the gate, but I am sure you would agree that he was powerless to affect the change necessary to ensure the future would be different from the past. Unlike Janus however, you have a mind that allows you to recall events from the past, analyze them in the present, and project them in the future.

This means that through this incredible endowment, you have the ability to observe your life – not just like a historian or a fortune teller – but like a sculptor, through vision and painstaking work, sculpting a life of your design.

A time for self-evaluation

As you emerge through the door or gate of the old year to enter the new one, do so through a process of self-evaluation. Don’t rest on your laurels. Refuse to be complacent, for that will only breed failure. Rather, seek ways in which you can improve your level of effectiveness.

Here are some questions that may help:

What habits did you develop over the past year that served you well?

What habits do you have now that do not support the goals and aspirations you have this year?

What was the biggest challenge you overcame last year?

What was your biggest setback(s)?

What lessons did you learn from it (them)?

Awake awareness of God’s help in you, and start planting the seeds that will help you to create an abundant harvest – and a new beginning.

Do it today.

Happy New Year from our family to your wonderful family!

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POSITIVE DAILY PRAYER:

Dear God, bless me with a happy new year.
Touch my life and give me health, happiness, and prosperity in 2019.
I pray that I make new discoveries.
I pray that I have new adventures.
I pray that You will empower me for the work ahead.
I pray that You will energize me.
I pray that I can become like a child again, not set in my ways, but set solidly in Your promises.

In Jesus Christ’s name … Amen

POSITIVE DAILY AFFIRMATION:

God is with me now. All things are working together for my good, and I am working with them in the wisdom and power of God.

POSITIVE DAILY QUOTE:

“If there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life, as in hoping for another life, and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.”
Albert Camus

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