The first few months of a new year are so amazing. It’s as if we were given a clean slate, a fresh start. We feel motivated, strong, energized. Often, it is the time we make resolutions hoping to enact changes. By spring however, many of those resolutions have been forgotten or cast aside.

This is the perfect time to start the groundwork for your personal Revolution! Rather than simply making resolutions, it is more powerful to pull away the layers and roles you have acquired over the years. As you do you will notice that only some still fit, while others have been outgrown or no longer reflect the person you have become.

The act of removing these layers, one-by-one can be disquieting, invigorating, challenging, joyful, confusing, clarifying...for you and for those around you.
The reward to doing so, however, is great. Once you understand the “you” that you have been presenting to the world, you will find a greater understanding of your roles in life, your recurring problems and even your natural talents.

As you shed layers, you will start discovering and accepting who you are, and finding the joy and energy within. And by doing so, you are inviting those around you to see YOU as you really are and, ultimately to discover their own freedom!

This spring it is time to shrug off the pale of winter and discard the extra layers - this is your time in the sun.

Reprinted from Revolution Me!