This piece was published in The Egyptian Gazette on January 16th, 2020
On New Year ’s Eve, I and one of my best friends discussed our
resolutions for the year. She laughingly said: “I have a single resolution this
year: I will dedicate this year to myself.”
This was a bit of a surprise to me; my friend is one of the
most caring and giving persons; she is always preoccupied with the well-being
of everyone to the point that she sometimes forgets about her own.
The conversation inspired a new idea in me: what if everyone made 2020 year of the SELF? Self-discipline,
self-awareness, self-respect, self-development… And above all, self-love? Will such a resolution to commit to the Self
lead to a better world? Or to unlimited
struggle and conflict? Questions kept
rattling in my head for the first week of the year. On the 10th of
January, it suddenly dawned on me that making 2020 year of the SELF is an idea
worth trying.
Here are the reasons why:
Because a BETTER YOU is better for everyone around you,
especially those you love. A better you is better for this world. It’s all
about you. YOUR-SELF. Creating your BEST SELF. How you show up each and every
day MATTERS. It matters to you, and how good you feel, but it also matters to
everyone and everything connected to you… which is the entire planet. Your
energy affects everything.
The overall effect of how you live your life flows
throughout this world in ways so powerful you might not believe. The immediate
effect of you living your greatest life, and setting the best example has a huge
impact and flow on those you love.
Visualize yourself every day: you wake up healthy, happy, prosperous, and you
love your life. Your cup is full and
ready to overflow on those around you. Your
family and friends are BETTER when you are better. If you are at your happiest, your most
positive, your healthiest, your wealthiest – that example and that energy will
be seen by those you love and will lift them up.
If you are sad, miserable, angry, negative, in poor health
and broke – do you think that will have a positive effect on those around you?
The general effect of who you actually are, what you do and
how you feel reaches out like a tree branch and touches so many people. They then, consciously or unconsciously
spread that example to others. A happy mother will make her family happy, a
happy teacher will spread joy in her class, a happy manager will get the best
work possible from his consequently happy employees and list keeps going on and
on.
You being at your BEST has more of an impact on this
world than you can ever know.
Your duty this year is YOUR-SELF. CREATING YOUR GREATEST SELF is the best way
to change this world for generations to come.
Shine the light for others to follow. Show the world how amazing life
can be when you master YOUR-SELF.
Self-discipline
Show everyone you love what life looks like when you have
self-discipline: you are willing to
delay gratification on meaningless things that may be pleasurable or easy now,
but lead to a lesser quality life later. You show the discipline to sacrifice trivial
stuff, for a greater life, a greater WORLD later. An example of this might be
something that tastes good in the moment, but poisons your body, dilutes your
energy and therefore affects your quality of life in the future.
Self-awareness
Show the world how amazing life can be when you have
self-awareness. The awareness to follow your intuition and gut feeling. The
awareness to take responsibility for everything in your life, and consciously
choose the best path fearlessly. The self-awareness to take moments to
yourself, in quiet and TRUST your inner guidance to make the changes you need
to make in your life. To KNOW what is right for you and act on it no matter how
others think about it.
Self-respect
Self-respect keeps
you alert to Exclude anything that does not suit you from your life. It is never
to let anything in your body, mind or spirit that you wouldn’t want for a loved one.
Self-respect is accepting things in your body, mind, and spirit that
enhance your life, not drain the quality of it. It gives the power to say NO
out loud to toxic people, toxic circumstances, toxic words, foods and drinks
that will not nourish you and all that does not suit you.
Self-development
Show the world how amazing your life can be when you dedicate
yourself to self-development in all areas of your life. EVERY SINGLE DAY do
things to make you a better version of yourself: read a good book or article , learn a new
skill, listen to things that uplift you and apply everything you learn. Take small steps every day, knowing that when
you keep growing and moving forward… eventually you will look back with PRIDE
in amazement at how far you have come.
Self-Love
Show the world how magical life can be when you can look in
the mirror and genuinely love the person staring back at you. When you can look
in the mirror with PRIDE. With zero sense of comparison with another, just love
and appreciation… knowing how far you’ve come and feeling blessed to be alive
and to have the opportunity to set an example THIS DAY.
A final word
Don’t take your old-self just as it is from last year into
this year. LEARN the lessons and focus on creating this new self. Set a new
standard for your life and commit to making this year your best year yet! Create
a daily plan to work on YOUR-SELF. Lock in SELF-time every single morning and
make it the most important time of your day. NO ONE can take this time from
you. No appointments. No work. No social media. Nothing. This is your time, and
it is absolutely more important than anything.
It’s time to step into a new YOU.
A new SELF and it’s not just for YOU. It’s for the entire world.
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