Don’t Go Big!
Don’t Be Bold!
Don’t Dream!
Instead, this year, try this:
Love yourself more than
you ever knew possible.
Love yourself daily,
fiercely, as if you’re
the best damn thing
that ever showed up
in your life.
Let this love glow and grow
from the inside out
until you almost can’t stand the joy
then love yourself up
some more.
Let this love infuse everything you make
with the unmistakable pulse
of your singular Soul.
Let your brilliance emerge fully
from this love of your life,
of your talents,
of your self.
Watch with giddy joy
as this love-doused work
meets the needs and desires
of those who have been waiting
to know it’s safe
to love this much.
Greet them as they gather close
to say YES! to your gifts
YES! to your loving self
YES! to the unmistakable joy of
you being you
you being brilliant
you being love.
Wonderful poem, Cynthia! I love its message, and all I can say is that 2015 is going to be a great year, and I plan to love myself more! Have a wonderful year. 🙂
Thanks, Beth! I am glad that the theme of progress from inside-out resonates with you. I, too, have a really good feeling about 2015! SO glad to know you.
Write on!
simply magnificent
Wow, Carolyn, coming from a professional poet like you, that means a lot. I look forward to more poetic exchanges with you in 2015 and beyond!
Wow! Wonderful!
I need to keep reading this throught the year.
Happy New Year Cynthia! ❤️
Thanks, Dora! Me too. I look forward to more creative abundance with you in 2015. 🙂
beautiful, thank you!
Thank you Yamile!
Yes! Yes! Yes!
Oui, Oui, Oui, Anne! 😉
Cynthia, this is beautiful! More ease, more joy, more fun, more laughter… This is the magic we’re going to create in 2015! Love, love, love this!
Yes indeed Maya Sofia. All of that and more beauty! You were one of the big gifts of my 2014 and I look forward to more creative adventures in 2015!
Thank you so much, Cynthia! I’m very grateful for our connection and for having you in my life. You’re a star! xx
Beautiful!! Thank you!!
Thank you, Ingrid. It is my pleasure!
Beautiful words and an inspiration for the coming year. Loving myself (along with liking myself) is something I have difficulty doing. It takes constant effort. Let this be the year is becomes second nature.
Thank you, Cynthia, for all your amazing guidance over the past few years!
Karen,
I am so glad this resonates with you. I am in the same boat – self love and self-acceptance are ongoing practices. And I have finally fully realized how vital they are to happy self-expression and creativity. Creativity that comes from source and not ego.
I love that you are in my world! I love seeing how much you’ve opened to yourself and dropped things that no longer serve you.
Here’s to a flourishing 2015 for all of us!
Love this – and I love the message – best advice anybody ever gave me was to have a love affair with myself!!!! and I continue learning that lesson!!!
Thank you Vickie! I love that advice too! More love all around for 2015 will fuel our art exponentially. 🙂
Lovely poem, powerful words of advice. I will share with my closest circle of friends.
Thank you so much, Hollis! That means a lot to me.
Hi, Cynthia!
Wow! Your words are so powerful! I love that you started with “don’ts” because, of course, these phrases are what everyone else is saying we should be doing and I am wondering what will you tell us we should be doing instead!?!? The answer is…love myself more…Wow!!!
Thank you, Cynthia!!!
Thanks, Donna!
It’s taken me awhile to reconcile with the GO BIG message and my discomfort with it. There are a lot of things that don’t work about that, but mainly what I see for myself and my clients is that the big stopper is a lack of self-love, self-respect and self-worth. When we learn to appreciate and love ourselves more, the right size work and impact naturally follows.
I think you’re the Donna from Fort Collins, is that right? I recognize you from your picture! I am delighted to be connected with you as we enter 2015. 🙂
Yes, Cynthia, it’s me! I have been following you despite the fact that I am not a writer, nor aspire to be one. I have just found your newsletters and your website content to be of great value! Oh, and your website design left me, well, let’s just say I was very impressed with it. I feel such calm and ease and peace when reading your words…thank you for your wisdom!
SO glad to be connected, Donna! I am happy to hear that you get inspiration from my work even if writing isn’t a focus for you. The subjects I write about relate to the entire creative process. It just gets clunky to say writing and ‘insert your art form here’.
I am thrilled that you feel calm and ease and peace, and I hope that’s paired with inspired action, too. I seek to help people feel GOOD about creating, no matter what medium. 🙂
YES, PLEASE! oh, imagine what more self-love, self-care and self-kindness can do. Eager!
Yes, Lisa! Let’s do more than imagine, let’s test it out in 2015! 🙂
Seriously?…..LOVE this {and me too}!
Yes, Kristin, I do believe that loving self is the first and best approach to making things that matter. SO glad you love yourself. 🙂
Love, love this poem. Double happiness in all you do this new year, Cynthia!
Thank you, Indira! That means a lot to me!
I receive your double happiness wish and reflect it back to you, too. Yum!