Releasing the Old, Attracting + Embracing the New

THE ALPHABET OF ENDING + BEGINNING -
Letting Go of the outdated, Inviting In the untried

Old OUT, New IN

I was doing my New Year version of the Solstice Ritual described by Robert Wilkinson* – letting the Old stuff Out, and inviting, allowing, the New stuff IN.

Then a game began to unfold. Movement, dance, play. I move from Old to New.

From the bitterness of Lemon (old useless stuff I am releasing) to Lemonade (the invigorating New stuff I am attracting and bringing in).

I began to play at formulating a sequence of pairs – A (old) OUT, A’ (new) IN.

I started being fun ! So I decided to systematize - S for Systematic. P for Persistent. P for Playful. Before I knew it, I was going through the whole alphabet.

I tried to be real - to discover the words in each 'letter category' for an actual quality or item I am releasing. The same for concrete elements or traits I am intentionally attracting and nurturing. But the serious search for 'the word that touches' was accompanied by giggles.

More and more giggles. Unexpected giggles in a Serious Ritual of .... You know. E + B.

Here are the results.

On the left, the Old items or qualities I am letting go of.

On the right, the New items or qualities I am bringing In.

OLD Items – I Release /NEW Items I Attract

OUT You Go / Come IN

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Awkward /Attractive

Bitterness /Bliss

Clumsy /Confident

Difficulty /Delight

Exhausted /Ecstatic

Frumpy /Feminine

Grating /Gentle

Hefty / Healthy

Heavy /Humorous

Intemperate / Inspirational

Indecisive / Intentional

Jumpy / Jubilant

Klutzy / Knock-out

Lumpy /Lithe

Mutinous / Merry

Nerdy / Neat

Ogre /Original

Ominous / Open

Pushy / Patient

Quarrelsome / Quick-witted

Rageful / Restful

Self-conscious / Self-expressed

Spiteful / Serene

Sorrowful /Svelte + Sinuous

Troubled /Tolerant

Uptight / Useful

Vain / Valued

Vehement /Vulnerable

Vengeful / Voluptuous

Weak / Warm

Withdrawn / Witty

X -- / X--

Yearning / Yummy

Yo Yo / Yogi

Zonked / Zippy

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Well, my dears, there it is : my List on INs and OUTs.

I apologize for the sinuous right column - make of it what YOU will.

If you want to adopt my New Year game, and have a whole lot of fun yourself with this ritual, be my guest.

I admit, never before had I so much giggling and laughter as I marked and honored the ending of an old year, the beginning of another.

May we all generate much delight and merriment during 2008, attracting and generating Health, Wealth, and lots of Love in all its forms and varieties :-)

Dinnah Pladott

* www.aquariuspapers.com/astrology/2007/12/winter-solstice.htm

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HONORING THE ENDING + BEGINNING TIME

Greetings, everyone!

We have jingled bells last week, and are now getting our Playtime gear to celebrate New Year's Eve.

It occurred to me that we may return to an older, more ritualistic form of marking the ending of one cycle (the old year) and the beginning of a new one.

I am borrowing here the notes for the Astrological Blog of Robert Wilkinson, www.aquariuspapers.com , "It's the Winter Solstice," 12.21.2006. http://www.aquariuspapers.com/astrology/2006/12/
its_the_winter_.html


Robert, whose writing shine a beam of light as he comments on the upheavals, storms, spirals and twists of the last few years, celebrates that ritual around the Solstice.
I find, however, that such ritual has power whenever we use it - as long as we apply it to mark and honor the ending time, when we have to let old and no longer useful items go; and the beginning time, when we open to allow the new and untried element to enter.

I trust that doing this ritual will facilitate the transition from old to new, from the familiar to the unknown, and from the outdated to the experimental.

Try it, and see what happens.

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Robert Wilkinson's Solstice Ritual

This is not a very elaborate ritual, but it's very powerful in its simplicity.

First, I make a list of everything I want to leave my life in the coming year. Then I either find a disposable object associated with each thing (or person, or personal habit) I want to see leave, or I draw a picture that represents those things, people, or habits. Then I burn each individual picture in a fire, one at a time, while saying goodbye to each of those.

I also make a list of things I want to see come into my life in the coming year. I try to make it realistic, but also allow my imagination to bring forth what might be or could be, even if improbable. After all, it's supposed to be fun! I play with possibilities, and write them down, without getting hung up on specific forms. This is about content more than form. Then I draw pictures symbolizing those things, and burn them, one by one, in a fire, welcoming those things to come.

Over the years I've done this ritual, I find very often that every single thing I want to leave actually does leave. And, I usually see most if not all that I want to appear show up in the following year. Even when one or both lists falls short by a thing or two, overall I've seen great progress year after year. Dec 21 2006

http://www.aquariuspapers.com/astrology/2006/12/
its_the_winter_.html

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May the year 2008 be a year of Bliss and Abundance for us all!

May it also bring Peace and Prosperity to the world !

Dinnah Pladott


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PLAYFULNESS

DOUBLE YOUR FUN WITH BLOGGING

Reminder: Please forgive our appearance while we go through our
MAKEOVER

HAVE A HAPPY HEALTHY WEALTHY HOLIDAY

And may all your visions and dreams come true this New Year

Dinnah Pladott


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FUNKY MAKEOVER

MAKEOVER

Please pardon our appearance while we are going through a reconstruction of the blog, Maximize Success.

We shall be back soon, with new features as well as new appearance.

Meantime, I want to share with you one pithy idea I took from a stimulating and scary and funny book, called Funky Business: Talent Makes Capital Dance by Kjell Nordström and Jonas Ridderstråle of the Stockholm School of Economics:

"[In this environment ] Traditional roles, jobs, skills, ways of doing things, insights, strategies, aspirations, fears, and expectations no longer count. In this environment, we cannot have business as usual. We need business as unusual. We need different business. We need innovative business. We need unpredictable business. We need surprising business. We need funky business."

Have a wonderful, funky business day!

Dinnah Pladott

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