Year of the Sheep

Opportunity exists in every moment yet more opportunity gets missed than is taken. Most of us wait for the perfect time to accept the challenge of change. Is there any such thing as the perfect time? That perception is entirely dependent upon motivation, and motivation can be fickle.

Every moment is a new beginning, an opportunity to sculpt a different path from the one you are on. Beginning anew, while not always easy, is not nearly as difficult it is to consistently continue in the new direction you have set for yourself. Paths themselves create inertia. Often our paths are well-trodden by years of habit and familiarity. It is no easy task to leave what we know to initiate a change.

The initial step is the hardest but as Lau Tzu has said: “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” We tend to associate significant dates as being an auspicious time to initiate change. No significant date holds more opportunity than Chinese New Year. The lunar new year is so significant that it is not just a matter of rolling over the year, each year has its own name that only comes around once every twelve years. It does not get much more timely than that.

“There are two mistakes one can make on the road to truth …not going all the way, and not starting.” - Buddha (563 - 483 BC)