Hello Friends,
I wanted to take a little ramble through the hopes I set out for 2023, how they ended up becoming reality, and some of what I learned from how they worked out and/or surprised me.
As I mentioned in this week’s Notes from the Garden, I’ve been setting hopes instead of goals or making resolutions, using what I hope for as a framework or outline for what I want my life to be energetically. If you haven’t read it yet, and find yourself curious, here’s the link:
The biggest thing to happen this year was when our darling dog Ginger slipped on the ice in February and tore a ligament in her back right leg, which required surgery to repair. The entire year almost was consumed with helping her prepare for surgery, getting her through surgery and helping her recover. It was long and involved, but actually — weirdly — became the means by which a lot of my hopes for this year came true.
The thing I most want to talk about this week, I guess, is how we don’t always know what’s going to happen, or why, but when we set the intention to learn and to evolve spiritually, our lives give us so many opportunities. Some of these are objectively extremely hard to get through, but hopefully we can look back at them from the other side with gratitude for how they helped us bring about such a deeper understanding of everything our souls are hoping to experience.
What were your hopes going into 2023? I feel like no matter the outcome, the things we hope for, and then how they work out, can teach us so much about how we want to continue. I’d love to hear if any of you have learned anything remarkable this year!
I hope you’re all having a lovely and peaceful beginning of the year, and looking forward to what’s to come.
Sending love and light,
Jodie
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