Year of the Rabbit

we chinese people have an excuse to break our new year resolutions coz we get to make another long list for the lunar (chinese) new year, which usually takes place a month after the 1st of Jan. so this is the starting of the work week for the year of the rabbit.

friends who know me, know that i am a big fan of fengshui and bazi... besides being a raw foodist. i am into metaphysics. is that a strange combination of interests? who knows? so my fengshui teacher says 8th feb at 6am is a good time to start work for the new year except for those with a rat hovering in their chart (which includes me!) so thank good ness for that, i dont have to go to work at 6am. my dear husband says he will go to work at 6am, so we shall see... according to my fs teacher, people who have been following his choice of dates invariably make lots of money for the year.

which gets me thinking about priorities in life... is it money? health? happiness? peace? who are we kidding? we all need money to survive and do good, but how much is enough? the past year has been an eventful year for me, i went to 105 to do a raw food chef course, worked with matthew kenney on his four seasons hotel project (which was an amazing experience) , made many new raw food friends, i was fortunate enough to have an excellent teacher teaching me meditation, as i teach her how to prepare raw food... i also went on a metaphysics learning spree. it was a year of information load on my little brain. i loved it!

at the same time, i also saw some families fall apart, friends come and go... learning a lot about life. meeting some

through it all, i discovered that i have evolved hopefully for the better?

i am told that 2011 is going to be the year of change for me, especially as the rabbit hops in.... of course its so generic, arent we all changing and evolving?

i was very lucky at the begininng of this year to have the opportunity to meet with someone special. one new lesson i learnt is that sometimes we have to be selfish to be generous (not in the exact words... but close to that..) and there is nothing wrong with wanting, its attachments that creates problems. a lot of common sense stuff, but not so common after all... we think we know, but how much do we really know.

perhaps i have taken my life for granted, being healthy, having a wonderful husband and son.. and having a peaceful life. i met with my friend's guru last week and i started reading more about him and something he said which had a huge impact on me, nothing fancy, probably hear it all the time but it just didnt register before ..."our life is very precious, we should cherish it and make it meaningful."

how many of us actually feel that? to appreciate how precious our life is and cherish it and make it meaningful? i must admit that i have not given much thought to it before, making my life meaningful.... but now i have and i am going to make it a conscious effort to remember that and to make sure i live my life that way... its my new journey for 2011....

have a great rabbit year!