Birgit's Journey

Happy 2016 to all my online friends and followers … I hope you all had a wonderful festive season and a great start to the New Year. Let’s hope 2016 is going to be a peaceful year, full of love, happiness, joy, health, wealth, abundance, prosperity and freedom for all living beings around the globe.

My birthday is also in January, I am in my late 40ties by now and I can’t believe that I am approaching “half a century” soon … It’s official, I’m in the second half of my life now. I believe I will live into my 90ties … so far I always felt that I still have plenty of time left to do all that I want to do. I always felt that my “real life” will start at some point in the future (maybe when I retire or win the Lotto) … but now I do start to feel a sense of urgency to make my dreams come true. So far I still felt like “my life hasn’t even really started yet” and now I feel “it’s time to start to live life to the fullest and fulfill my life’s purpose” … I don’t want to end up on my death bed with (as Dr. Wayne W. Dyer puts it) “my music still in me” …

I lived a pretty good life so far, so no complaints, but I don’t think I have fulfilled my life’s purpose yet … in the second half of my life I do want to be a writer in the field of personal growth, working from home, improving my own life, living a positive, fulfilled life, inspiring others and making a difference. To hear from others “you inspired me, because of your writings I made some changes and my life is now so much better” would be my ultimate dream. So I do hope to see my books in the bookstores and online in the (near) future to reach as many people around the globe as possible.

I’d love to see a world in peace, full of love, happiness, joy, fun, laughter, health, abundance, prosperity, creativity, freedom, community and unity … without any war, violence, aggression, abuse, cruelty, greed, etc. to see a peaceful planet for all would be my ultimate dream. I do understand that I won’t be able to make it happen by myself, but I hope to be that drop in the ocean that sends ripples around the globe and inspires others … and it all starts with everyone of us … we all can do our part in making the world a better place … but first we do have to love ourselves, be happy, peaceful and fulfilled within us … and then we change the world for the better “one random act of kindness at a time” as Morgan Freeman puts it.

I know what I want, but I am not in the full swing of it yet. I do still feel burnt out after my last job and times are challenging. So what will 2016 bring? Will it be a good year? Will the universe push us into the right direction? Will my husband get a good job here? Will we sell up? Will we move to Austria? Will it be the right decision? Will I allow fear to push me back into something I don’t want to do? Or will I have the courage, drive, creativity and inspiration to move out of my comfort zone and into a completely new, scary but exciting future? … Only time will tell … I see friends around me starting to paint, starting to write, getting self-employed and I feel like I just talk about it and they do it. I am very happy for them and they are my inspiration of getting out of my comfort zone and following my dreams, like “feeling the fear and doing it anyway” … so I hope the universe will support me this year in getting there.

2015 … brought a lot to be grateful for, but I did not move much further in my goals and dreams from January to December.

I am determined that 2016 will bring lots of positive changes into my life. Fingers crossed.

I’ve been asked lately “what do you do for yourself” … and although I heard that question before, although I asked myself that question before, although I am the one telling all my friends to take better care of themselves … it has a new meaning for me now too … realizing that I am in the second half of my life now and feeling a sense of urgency to making my time left in this life count … I do realise that I have yet to learn to fully love myself … I have yet to learn to make myself a priority … I have yet to make more time for my spiritual practices … and I have started … I am eating a lot better in the last 12 months or so … I am exercising more now … I started a daily meditation practice in the morning and evening … I started my Gratitude Journal in December … I started my Happiness Jar in January … I started with Mirror Work and the UI (Universal Intelligence) exercises … I am updating my vision board and my goals … I focus on gratitude and on what I do want and how it will feel when I am there … but most of all I am learning to live in the Now, in the present moment instead of the past or for me especially worrying about the future (I was a pro in that) …

So I am sowing the seeds to become more of myself, more of my true self in the hopefully near future.

So what do you do for yourself?
What do you do that is just for you?
What makes you happy?
Do you know who you truly are?
Are you making yourself a priority in your life?

… We can not give from an empty cup … we can not make this world a better place, if we are depleted ourselves … and only if we live a truly fulfilled, positive, happy, healthy life, are we able to be a positive role model and an inspiration to the people around us …

Happy 2016, may it be your best year yet!

Lots of love from me to you and to the world …

And for now I am enjoying summer, sun and ocean …