Categories: Hazel Rosetta Smith,
In this first week of the new year, contemplate on what you can do to step out on the good foot. Looking back over the 365 days of last year might be a jarring experience, if you focus only on what you did not get, compared to what you did get.
Too much time spent on the haves and the have-nots is not healthy. Of course, many of us had unexpected disappointments and had to face losses in family and friends. Yet, somehow, somewhere, there had to have been some surprise accomplishments, joy, and laughter in the mix.
Those who are in the practice of psychology and mind therapies advise clients as they help them to reevaluate and eliminate the negative, to place the focus on the positive.
So here we are, the upstart of another year. This could be your time and your turn to get things right. Focus on your priorities. There is no shame in the claim that you matter, be mindful of how you feel. If every move makes you feel doubtful or leery, try another way, enhance your enthusiasm for something new.
Then, if you really have done all you can do, and you have applied your whole heart in the effort, just stand, let it rest for a bit.
Popular motivational speaker Iyanla Vanzant was known to state profoundly in her opening narration “you have to do the work.” Doing the work can only begin with a willingness to be open and honest, not hurtful, or plain mean.
Hurt gets engraved on the heart, like a wound that will not heal until the right medicine is consistently applied. Too many wounds on the heart can cripple you and destroy the lives of others around you. There are questions that should be dealt with and answers that are necessary to comprehend the truth before moving onward.
Those questions that involve personal relationships are commitment concerns and business/work questions provide operational and financial clarity. Family relationships are the hardest to delve into because they are deeply rooted.
It is a new day in a new year. Do not allow yourself to remain in a cul-de-sac of regret and neglect. Do not fill your mind with matters that cannot be resolved alone. Sometimes we must walk away from family and friends to clear our head and focus on what is most important.
With your head held high and your back straight, walk the walk and talk the talk and believe in yourself. Things are about to get better. Get ready to be blessed. It is 2026, a new opportunity to get it right for you and yours.
[Hazel Rosetta Smith is a journalist, playwright, and artistic director for Help Somebody Theatrical Ministries. Retired former Managing Editor and Woman’s Editor of the New York Beacon News. Contacts misshazel@twc.com and online website www.hazelrosettasmith.com]
