2016: A Year of Embracing Each Day with the Spirit of a Child

Children are balls of kinesthetic energy, imbued with vim and vigor, always ready to greet the day and others with a big hug, kiss, and a smile. When children have something to say, they say it. You know what they’re thinking, and if they need something, they ask. They try their hardest, but if they find they need help, they have no problem letting you know that as well.

What if you could return to the original state of wonder in which you were born? What would it feel like to wake-up full of energy and ready to embrace whatever the day brings? It would feel like liberation. It would feel like being reborn.

The good news is that you can get in touch with your inner child again. You just have to chill out, lighten up, and go with the flow.

You can start with something as simple as making the best out of bad weather. Just dress like your mother dressed you back in the day. Grab your galoshes, rain coat, and umbrella and go walk in the rain. Wear a hat, gloves, bundle up, and then go out and play in the snow, build a snow man, make a snow angel and watch the clouds float by.

Children are often afraid of new things and of the unknown, yet they manage to muster up courage and forge on, because they have an innate desire to learn and grow. Rediscover your inner warrior and embrace all things new with a sense of adventure.

Be childlike and look forward to your birthday, after all, you’re a whole year older, smarter, wiser, better. Throw yourself a birthday party and eat that piece of cake without feeling guilty.

Say, “I love you,” often and fully expect to hear those words in return.

Learn a new language. Babies do it all the time.

Eat more ice cream.

Believe you can be anything you set your mind on, and don’t take no for an answer.

Make art. Sing a song. Write a poem. Play games.

Laugh often, because laughter is indeed the best medicine.

Believe that your body has the power to heal itself. When you were a child and fell and scraped your knee, you fully expected that if mommy kissed it, cleaned it, and put a Band-Aid on it, in due time it would heal, and it always did.

Stay fit by going outdoors to play. Go for a walk. Ride your bike. Learn to hula hoop. Put on some roller blades, roller skates, or ice skates and give it a whirl! Toss a ball. Go for a swim. Play in the sand. Ride a wave. Row a boat. Jump rope. Fly a kite. Get on a paddleboard and see if you like it. Dance till you drop under the moonlight or out in broad daylight.

Smile at everyone.

Fall asleep the moment your head hits the pillow knowing that you’ve lived your day to the fullest, and then dream...dream...dream; after all tomorrow is another day, a precious gift just waiting to be opened.

I honestly hope that 2016 brings you love, happiness, abundance, peace, joy – and a whole lot of good, clean fun!

Cindi Sansone-Braff, The Romance Whisperer, talks to the dead to show you how to live well and love better. She is the author of Grant Me a Higher Love and Why Good People Can’t Leave Bad Relationships. Free excerpts of these books are available on Amazon. She has also been featured as a relationship expert in: the Huffington Post, YourTango, Bustle.Com, and the Deseret News. Call-in or listen every Thursday night, 7:00 pm EST, to her radio show, where you can get free psychic and relationship advice: www.blogtalkradio.com/higher-love. Be sure to check out her web site at: www.grantmeahigherlove.com. She was named Best Psychic five years in a row by the Long Island Press, recommended by Newsday as one of the best psychic/mediums on Long Island, featured in the Daily News and Cablevision’s Neighborhood Journal. Visit her Facebook Page: Why Good People Can’t Leave Bad Relationships.