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STARTING from
EMPTY Enter 2021 with a clean slate and positive perspective
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Written by Celine Wallace Photographed by Jacqueline Pilar Model Paige Mariah with L.A. Models Stylist Gladis Barboza Hair & Makeup by Heather Roach
his past year, it's fair to say that many of us have had to re-evaluate our priorities and take aspects of our life back to ground zero. I like to view this as having a clean slate. As we step foot into 2021 and lay a new foundation, I pose you this question: what perspective are you entering this new chapter with?
and entitlement. On the other hand, when we look at our lives as half-full we perceive fullness. We recognize that our cup could be empty, so we are grateful for all the elements that are in place—not as things we expect or believe we are owed, but as gifts. This doesn't mean we don't seek more, but we seek from a place of fullness instead of from a place of lack. This fullness draws positive energy into our lives and often attracts more abundance.
We are all familiar with the metaphorical story of two people looking at the same glass and one perceiving it as half-full while the other sees it as half-empty. As much as we've heard this, it's still a valuable exercise to observe our minds and notice whether we are engaged in half-full or half-empty thinking. People often refer to themselves as being of one type or the other, as if it was a permanent characteristic, but we are all capable of shifting into halffull consciousness if we make the effort.
After the challenges we faced in 2020 many of us are still feeling the heaviness of last year. And, rightfully so. We can't go through substantial worldwide shifts that alter our reality and expect to bounce back unscathed, but we also can't stay in a mental space of trauma and lack. It is up to us individually to shift our perspectives and use this as an opportunity to create beauty in our lives, by addressing the things we can change and focusing our energy on creating the new.
When we look at our lives with half-empty consciousness, we perceive a lack and think that half of what we want is missing. We are coming from a position of expectation
Let's leave last year where it belongs and start from empty, welcoming in the unlimited possibilities the universe offers us if we choose to be open to them.
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