I know Ground Hog Day isn’t until February, and we are just approaching Christmas & New Years, but I feel I need to discuss it. Not the actual day as a Holiday, but the movie with Bill Murray.

In the movie, Phil Connors, a TV Weatherman, is doomed to repeat the same day ( Feb 2 Ground Hog Day) over and over as he had become stuck in a time loop. The underlying premise was that he was somewhat of a dick and would not break the spell until he “get’s it right”. If you are scratching your head wondering how I connect this aburdity to Chrstmas and New Years, just give a minute.

In the Christian Community, the birth of Jesus ushered in a new age of diety worship where “God” is no longer a vengeful demanding god, but a loving Father image that wants the best for his children and is always giving, caring and nurtring. Chritianity changed the way humanity viewed God as Jesus taught of love and kindness as opposed to obediance, and sacrifice. For me, Christmas is synonymous with “New Begininngs”

As we navigate through the holiday season with our focus on love, charity, giving and family, we end up at the start of a new calendar year ( yet another New Begininng). It is traditional to to make resolutions as to how we intend to improve ourselves in the coming year. All of these opportuities to start over are reminiscent of the movie. It is never too late to try again.

I like to view everyday as Ground Hog Day, or Christmas. Each morning when we face a new opportunity to collaboratively create this world, we have the option to do so with a clean slate if we so choose. We do not need to follow anyone elses lead, or be swayed by our own past. There is no reason that each sunrise cannot be a New Begininng.

I am sure I would be hard pressed to find anyone that would not agree that all of us could benefit from a “New Begininng” this year. In our wildest nightmares we never expected the last 20 months to be as brutal on as many fronts at it has been. I believe we have been stuck in this “Time Loop” because we have turned our focus to the pain, suffering, anger and division instead of the love, peace, charity and unity we are capable of as a species. I fear we will remain at Ground Hog Day until we all realize we can flip a switch in our hearts and wake up to a new day.

The life we all experience ( individually and collectivley )is the direct output of our innermost belief about who we are and our expectation of what we will encounter. Let us take this Holiday season to relfect what is in our hearts and not replay what is on the news.

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and Happy Ground Hog Day.

THE JOURNEY IS THE DESTINATION

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