Hello and welcome to Psychic Teachers. I'm your host Deb Bowen and this week we're doing something a little different.

I'm excited to share some thoughts and a meditation I've created for you for the Winter Holiday season and the New Year.

As we air this, the Winter Solstice, the returning of the light in the Northern Hemisphere is just occurring.

So here we are approaching the end of December and it's time to talk about the New Year.

Now I'm not going to talk about New Year's resolutions and all those traditional thoughts about the New Year.

Instead, I want to talk about how many New Year days are there.

How many New Year's days are there?

Of course, if you live in the modern world, we think in terms of that there's one January 1st.

In actuality, there are many New Year's days in our lives and in many cultures.

I personally celebrate three New Year's days.

I celebrate the calendar day of January 1st with everybody else.

I celebrate my birthday as a New Year's day because it's a demarcation in my life for a brand new year for me personally.

And I also celebrate Salmon, the Celtic and Pagan New Year, which occurs on October 31st today that we typically think of as Halloween.

But even as I think about the three New Year's days in my life, I invite you to think about the notion that every day is a brand new year's day.

Think about the excitement and anticipation that we have on New Year's days.

The past is gone, the slate is white, clean, and it's time to enjoy and celebrate a brand new year.

And I propose to you that we can do this every day in our lives.

However, it takes a shift in our attitude, in our consciousness, and excitement, and anticipation, a willingness to accept and rejoice in the beauty and the wonder in the world around us every single day of our lives.

Think about being present, really present in every moment.

When we are, then every moment is a new moment, a new day.

And we also have moments during the New Year's days in our lives that mark other anniversaries, and not all of them are pleasant.

We honor and remember losses, deaths, and other events in our lives that have brought us tears and sorrow.

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