Shunryu Suzuki said in Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind:
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few”
“This is also the real secret of the arts: always be a beginner.”
New Year’s is a secular version of enlightenment or being “born again.” New Year’s is an invitation to look out at the world through new eyes.
May you wake up this day refusing to be defined by your past.
May you look at the mirror and see someone with a completely clean slate.
May you forgive every mistake that you or others have made. May you untether from every grudge and accept this day as an invitation to a fresh start at living.
May you stop carrying the burden of a religion of memorized answers. May you be “baptized” in your own version of awareness, forgiveness and grace.
May you wake up to this day with new eyes for beauty, a new mind unfettered by yesterday’s answers, and with a new heart unscarred by yesterday’s wounds.
Most importantly, may you always be a beginner.