It’s been almost four months since I made a new post to this blog. It wasn’t my intention to end the blog when I stopped posting; life simply got in the way and I kept pushing out my next post week after week, until four months had gone by!
At times, I would tell myself that I had fulfilled my commitment for the blog in that I’d continued it for a full year, just as I had intended to do. When I felt guilty for not posting, I would rationalize that not many people were reading the blog anyway and that no one would really miss it.
There is more healing to do…
The truth is, however, that I missed writing “The Healing Project.” And more than that, I hadn’t accomplished what I had set out to do – heal my life. It is true that I gained some powerful insights through blogging and that I made some positive strides in changing my attitude and my life circumstances during the year that I wrote “The Healing Project.”
I am proud of the accomplishments I made, but I am nowhere close to being “healed” or finished with my personal development journey. Of course, it can be said that we are never done learning or growing. As long as we are alive, we have the opportunity to continue our growth path, and that has always been my intention for my life.
Year 2 of “The Healing Project”
So this post marks my announcement of Year 2 of “The Healing Project.” With the resumption of this blog come some new intentions and a new format. During the first year of “The Healing Project,” I aimed to post once per week and to impart a powerful lesson in each post. I also strived to complete the lessons in Louise Hay’s “You Can Heal Your Life” and to write about insights from what I learned from this wonderful teacher. While I will still endeavor to complete the Louise Hay exercises (I’m probably close to 75% done at this point) and will likely incorporate Hay’s teachings in some of my posts, I am broadening the focus of “The Healing Project” in its second year.
New focus and format
In Year 2 of “The Healing Project,” I will share insights from a variety of spiritual and personal development teachers, as well as from the teachers whom I encounter in my daily life (we are all teachers, after all). I will continue to be open and honest about my own struggles and triumphs, for two reasons. First and foremost, it is difficult to grow and change without honesty and self-awareness. Second, regardless of how few or how many people read my blog, if my openness and candor can help even one person in one small way, it is worth it for me to share myself and risk personal embarrassment and shame.
Some of my posts will be lengthy and some will be short. Some posts will impart profound lessons (at least I hope so!) while others will involve a simple sharing of my experiences on my personal healing journey. I will try to keep it both real and entertaining. I will still strive to post once per week, but sometimes it may be more or less often. As always, I welcome comments and suggestions for future topics.
Intentions for Year 2
My intentions for Year 2 of “The Healing Project” are simple – but not easy. I want to continue to increase my self-awareness, enhance my self-compassion and self-love, grow and learn a bit more each day, and become a better and more self-actualized human being. I also hope to contribute to others through my insights and my sharing. That last hope is the proverbial icing on the cake – there are no guarantees that I will help others, but I definitely hope I will, even if it’s in just a small way…
With that, let Year 2 of “The Healing Project” begin!
