Here we go again…….Embracing the New Moon on Sunday, December 9^thand heading towards one of the most intense times of the year…. The “The Holidays”.

Since the days leading up to and surrounding the New Moon are extremely supportive for accessing success!! What can we do to lasso and piggy back them?

New Moon Energies permit and support the contemplation of our purpose and dreams. Not only do these Energies help us draw the map of our ideas and goals but perhaps more importantly they help us organize and set our maps or plans into ACTION.

From my past experience, normal activity just flies out the window this time of year……not only do things seem to slow down at work but the pressures of family and social obligations are heightened. So everything is a bit “topsy turvy”. We may as well embrace the fact that norm is not happening and incorporate new strategies.

So, why not seize this found time to reflect on what’s transpired over this past year and look ahead at what we want for the next one ….and perhaps most importantly, how are we going to BE during these hectic times?

All around us, this is a common theme. Not only in the news media, where you’ll find the re-hashing of the “Best of this or that” or the “Top 10 of 2007” but you’ll also find this theme in the Holiday cards you receive or send.

Most greetings include a “personal newsletter” updating faraway friends and family on what’s been going on. We’re inundated with nostalgia and looking back, so why not take the energy our culture is generating coupled with that similar Energy of the New Moon and reflect deeply for your self, in a meaningful way.

So how do you do that?

Try making a list of things (at least 10) from this past year that you are truly grateful for.

As you write each thing down ….FEEL it, gather that wonderful Energy of Gratitude and wrap it around you like a soft and comforting blanket or hug……as you keep adding to your list….. Continue adding to that wondrous feeling of GRATITUDE.

When you’ve completed your “Gratitude List” and you’re utterly steeped in that fabulous feeling of wealth and comfort……use this “Energy of Gratitude” you generated to create a list (no more than the number you have on your Gratitude List ) for your vision of the coming year ; your “ Manifesting List ”.

Use this feeling of accomplishment, of wealth, of comfort, of happiness, of peace , use these feelings as a platform to jump off from as you write what it is you plan to bring towards you this coming year……..

VISUALIZE it and most importantly FEEL it happening, as if it’s already occurred.

When you’ve completed your “ List” for the coming New Year……….now release it to the Universe, to God, the Supreme Being….to whom ever you want but ….and this is important….. let it go…….don’t go chasing it…..and don’t work at it or worry about it.

KNOW deep with in…. that it’s already been taken care of and that the Powers that Be have taken care of it for you …..it has been duly noted.

Be clear and certain deep within your core, that just as you reviewed the list of your accomplishments over the past year, and all those things came to pass………that you already inherently KNOW how to do this…..that this new list of creation IS already happening.

Don’t be thrown by this, we still need to take ACTION to accompany our map; we just don’t have to dwell and worry about it. Nor can you just sit around only visualizing and feeling.

We all know how to do this creating thing……we do “IT” daily. We simply don’t take the time to acknowledge it. We take it for granted. We don’t know how we did it, don’t think about it OR don’t ever notice the miracles. Or the things we created……we just overlook them as the way things are and always have been…. Forgetting we ever “asked” for them at some point in time.

I urge you to take this time and use the added push and punch the New Moon time provides to make your lists NOW.There is no better time to prepare and to set your plans in motion, into ACTION.

A few more things:

1) Always write “I AM” not “I’m going to” that keeps it in the future…..and you need to reinforce that it’s in the present …it already happened it is happening.

So start both lists with “I Am”; e.i. “I Am grateful” and “I Am manifesting”.

2) Perhaps you’d like to start the New Year of 2008 with this exercise, incorporating it as a daily practice. It’s something I do……..I find it’s a wonderful reminder, particularly when I’m beginning to go down the path of feeling feel sorry for myself. It helps to right that self fulfilling pity path. Once again reminding me just how much I already have in my life to be GRATEFUL for!

3) This is the fun part. If you continue to do this exercise daily you’ll begin to notice that the things on your “Manifesting List” have begun to mysteriously appear in your life! And you’ll have a record of it to reflect back on.

I hope you join me in Gratitude now and everyday in the coming New Year.

Blessings Always,

Jeri