A Mantra for 2025

A friend posted on her social media pages a photo of rows and rows of letters and words and it was titled  "The first 4 words you see will be your 2025 Mantra".  I have decided to let fate and my eyes choose my word for 2025.  Correction, words. 

Change Gratitude Health Strength

The more challenging of this is to choose a specific goal for each word.  I feel the words a fairly general so I will need to personalize them.

CHANGE

I want to change my mindset that it is up to me to make everyone feel comfortable at the expense of myself being uncomfortable.  Even as I type this, it seems like such a selfish goal.  But when I look back at the times in the past year when I have been most upset, distraught and negative, it was when I was trying to change myself, my plans or the environment to make things better for others.  Again, this seems so selfish.  But I really want to take time this year protecting my spirit and not try to control the narrative so that everyone else is happy and comfortable and forfeiting my plans and schedule to accommodate them. Ugh - even as I type this is so against my personality.  I want every one to get along, it's not gonna happen.  It is not up to me to smooth the waters, change the subject and walk on eggshells hoping that no one in a group setting is offended (unless they are a child - then Mama Bear comes out.) Also just because I don't have a job, doesn't mean that I can be available 24/7 to accommodate even one else's schedule.  If I have plans it is up to me to decide their importance and decide if I want to follow through even if I miss out on something else with NO GUILT.

GRATITUDE

I can definitely be more thankful.  I am thankful in my heart, but I would like to show my gratefulness to those who take the time to really connect, make time for  me and listen to me.  I want to offer little monetary and small gift thank yous to those who help make my life easier doing various tasks such as our cleaning team, CPA, Garbage Collectors, Mailman, hairstylist and doctors and not just at the holidays. Can I show gratitude monetarily every month?

HEALTH

Ugh, I feel like I have been working on this one for such a long time.  I was hoping a goal would be to stop crooning on and on about my health and then this word comes forward. My goal is to continue to work on my health especially through strength training.  Another goal is to take time and work on my mental health.  I want to find different techniques to use for my anxiety.  Tying into my word Gratitude, I want to replace my ever growing negativity with moments of gratitude.  I am not certain what that looks like yet. 

STRENGTH

Another overlapping goal.  Strength Training is already a goal under health and having the strength to change my mindset that everyone comfort is my job. I don't think I will require another goal under strength.  

2025 Goals

1. Change my mindset that it is up to me for others to be comfortable and that their schedule take priority over mine.

2. Show my gratefulness to those around me who care for me and make my life easier.

3. Continue with strengthening my body and mental health through activities, gratefulness and focused thought.

These goals look so simple and so difficult at the same time and to me they look incredibly selfish and self-centered.  The hardest word is change. I will not be surprised if I make adaptations through out the year. Maybe if I was not so close to the holidays my thought process would be different or maybe these goals are really a seed being planted by God.  I just don't know.  Who knows, these words may carry an unforeseen power and need among the letters that I can't even understand at this point.