I had a wonderful class with Serenity Yoga this week and the theme was letting go. It's a new year and sometimes even with our greatest intentions our tendency is to drag last year's baggage along with us for the ride. 

Just remember that every day you have the unique opportunity to reinvent yourself. To shape yourself into a greater and more genuine version of you. So if you were thinking about trying something new? Do it! If you don't like your job, go find a different one that brings you joy. No one will cancel your birthday. 

Be careful though, when you let go of the things that are holding you back you just may find yourself extraordinarily happy. First off we must let go of that safe same old life and embrace change. 

Here's a beautiful piece of prose by Nelson Mandela to get you started into a new and exciting year. 

LETTING GO by NELSON MANDELA 

To let go doesn’t mean to stop caring: it means I can’t do it for someone else. 

To let go is not to cut myself off; it is the realization that I can’t control another. 

To let go is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences. 

To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome is not in my hands. 

To let go is not to try to change or blame another; I can only change myself. 

To let go is not to care for, but to care about. 

To let go is not to fix, but to be supportive. 

To let go is not to judge, but to allow another to be a human being. 

To let go is not to be in the middle arranging outcomes, but to allow others to effect their own outcomes. 

To let go is not to be protective; it is to permit another to face reality. 

To let go is not to deny, but to accept. 

To let go is not to nag, scold, or argue, but to search out my own shortcomings and to correct them 

To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires, but to take each day as it comes and to cherish the moment. 

To let go is not to criticize and regulate anyone, but to try to become what I dream I can be. 

To let go is not to regret the past, but to grow and live for the future. 

To let go is to fear less and love more.