I’ve been doing a lot of this today.

Taking the time to stop. Not get so caught up in whatever I get caught up with in my head. And it’s been good. I even took a long nap.

I tell you, People. What is there that sleep cannot make better? Sometimes, when I’m feeling particularly resistant, I just lay down and give in.

I find I wake up much more optimistic. And that’s the frame of mind I’m staying with. Optimism. Expected happiness and success.

Excitement for my life and the things I’m excited about.

Winter can be a tough time for me … I find I fade in and out, kinda like the sun. From bleak to shining back to bleak in a matter of minutes.

And when that happens, I think of The People and all the things that add to the joy in my life — What You Be, The BF, Brother and yoga and walks with B, breathing in fresh air, my friends. You.

See how much good I have going on? It’s always there, I just sometimes don’t allow it. So this brings me to something I am making a priority in 2013.

Allowing. Like for real allowing. Allowing everyone to be who they are just as they are without me trying to change a single thing, or wish them any differently than they are.

If I’m in full force with this love thing, then that means I need to accept and allow everyone around me. Including me allowing me to be.

This inner work stuff. No joke. Shit. It takes a lot more than I ever knew for someone who thought she had it so together and down. Ha. Oh, how clueless I was.

It feels good to be working, for real, on me. I think Higher Self is probably nodding her head in agreement.