Welcome to episode 1,942 of your daily meditation. I'm Mary Meckley and I welcome you to a series this week that I'm going to share with you and it's from my extensive collection of meditations. I've recorded over 3,000 guided meditations and I decided

to select a series for you into a new year as I record this series, you started off this brand new year laying the foundation

for the whole rest of your year.

Now many of you do not do resolutions, but many of you do resolutions.

You were encouraged to select a word of the year, to set the tone for the year and some examples of that word were joy or

peace or tenacity I heard that word. I also heard the word which I often hear

limitless or fearlessness. So your word of the year sets the tone for the year.

You were also encouraged to have a little fun

this year by selecting a totem for yourself or a mascot, something that represents you.

Many of you selected a tiger or a horse or even a rock to represent feeling grounded.

And I even heard of a happy Buddha being somebody's totem. Finally you were

encouraged to select a quest and this is something that you do that adds more meaning and purpose to your life

to take you out of the day-to-day mundane activities that you do, maybe your work and all the things you do, which can make you feel as though

you're on a hamster wheel.

So your quest is a way to have an adventure.

And many of you selected quests

where you travel somewhere,

for example, visit every state park in your local area, or to cook a new

menu every weekend, or to volunteer somewhere, or to learn a new language, something that you

commit yourself to doing that you don't necessarily have to do, but it's something that improves the quality of your life and you stick with it,

you make sure that you do it regularly.

Your quest can last this full year or it might even be a quest that lasts for several

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