“We spend January walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives… not looking for flaws, but for potential.” ~Ellen Goodman

The New Year is in full swing and one of my 2010 resolutions is to schedule more time and space for uncovering my potential. Before becoming a mother I would not have imagined the need to schedule time to be inspired. Frankly, I would have probably laughed at the notion (just like I also chuckled about “date nights” before becoming a parent).

I will never again underestimate how all encompassing life with small children can often be.

Now, when I take a few moments to step away from the mundane (work, mothering, the dishes) to sit in one yoga pose for five minutes, to breathe, to linger, to be — I’m amazed at how much creative potential is always there, simmering under the surface.

How many creative projects are calling to be born?

How much inspiration is there to be found in my immediate world?

This is the world of Shakti — the creative potential that is always vibrating underneath the surface. The rub is that it only reveals itself when we are present enough to listen. For most of us, the time to listen only presents itself when we consciously make it.

It’s my hope that 2010 brings the time and space for us all to uncover our own potential and flourish in the new decade.

With love and blessings for a new year,

Jenn