If you don't want to set yourself up to fail

If you find yourself not wanting to set New Years intentions because you are sure you will fail again- this is for you.

It is a little piece of third hand wisdom. The seed is from a Buddhist teacher named Susan Piver, offered to me by my very wise and talented sister Jen Gilman (an amazing artist and architect ) and now on to you. It gets translated a little differently each step of the way- so put your spin on it and pass it along!

The point is to recognize that consistency and success is not a straight line. Rather is coming back over and over.

It is fresh starts.

And you have an infinite number of fresh starts available to you.

So let go of the shame and guilt about having stopped previously.

Forgive yourself.

​Know that you may stop again, but that you can always come back. And that is what is important. Coming back to a fresh start on something that you care about.