It's interesting to me that for so many of us that New Year's just the demarcation of

a beginning is a fresh opportunity to remember what matters to us and set our aspiration.

And a lot of us make use of that and I keep track somewhat where people often will tell

me what they're committing themselves to.

And through the years, and of course I've got to select sample here, many have an increasing

commitment to being kind towards ourselves, being compassionate to ourselves, seeing the

goodness and others and being kind towards others.

But more recently, these last handful of years, there seems to be a very growing understanding

of this commitment to creating space in our lives.

That we end up having a very dense, fast-paced life and that without space, it's very hard

to be kind or to be present.

And so I'm seeing more and more that the commitments are including simplify, simplify, make things

more simple, less busy, less active.

And I mean, still people want to lose weight and clean the basement and get more organized,

but there seems to be this sensing that space is necessary if we're to really come home

to who we are and be with each other in a way that's really spontaneous and alive.

We need some space.

The goal being really to realize our deepest nature and live from it.

There's a story I've always loved of a woman who is pregnant and spent a lot of time

right towards the end of her pregnancy with her five-year-old son.

And several times he asked her if when the new baby came, if he could have a few minutes

with a child alone.

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