{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"7 Hopes for You in the New Year","description":"This is the first episode of 2019, and it comes with a disclaimer. This one might be a little weird. In fact, it could be the weirdest episode we\u2019ve done yet! While the actual New Year only comes, well, once a year, these seven hopes should be with you every month of every year, starting right now. That you are awakened to purpose, and that you awake and arise to purposeful living Purpose is a choice that we all make on a daily basis. Do we live for ourselves or for something larger? Living for yourself is a very small life. A year of purpose is lived 365 days a year, one day at a time. That you live authentically, and that you live in authenticity Poet E. E. Cummings has several quotes that Kevin shares which drive this hope home: \u201cIt takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.\u201d \u201cTo be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.\u201d \u201cWe do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit.\u201d That you displace the limiting beliefs that hold you back We all have limiting beliefs; some we are aware of and some we aren\u2019t. Kevin invokes another poet, Marianne Williamson, and her work, \u201cOur Greatest Fear.\u201d In short, many of us aren\u2019t really afraid of failing. What we\u2019re really afraid of is being very successful. Instead, liberate others by liberating yourself. That you ride the waves and make ripples We did warn you this would be a little weird, but think about it. We\u2019re all riding waves that began long ago, but are you aware that you\u2019re making ripples that will one day become waves? Kevin shares some anecdotes you might be able to relate to about both waves and ripples. That you will be present more often in the next 12 months What\u2019s the value of living in the now? It\u2019s the only time we truly have. We might be blessed enough to live tomorrow, and that will be another \u2018now,\u2019 but it isn\u2019t guaranteed, and it won\u2019t be the same as THIS \u2018now.\u2019 You won\u2019t have the same opportunities as you have in this \u2018now.\u2019 That you flourish and thrive in the next 12 months You might think this is Pollyanna, airy-fairy, but if you want the truth, flourishing isn\u2019t \u2018fluffy.\u2019 Instead, a state of flourishing is how we were created to live. This is how we express the great concept of \u2018shalom.\u2019 Kevin explains what it really means. That you enjoy community If you\u2019ve listened to the podcast, there\u2019s no doubt you\u2019ve heard Kevin\u2019s rallying cry: \u201cPurpose thrives in community and starves in isolation.\u201d Be intentional about who you surround yourself with, perhaps now more than ever before. Check out the Higher Purpose community on Facebook! Transform YOUR Team! If you're a leader who is, or wants to be entrusted with the transformation of your team, join me and 6 other leaders for a year-long journey of transformation that will help you release your brilliance, and help others do the same. Email Kevin@Kevindmonroe.com to begin the application process. Resources: Higher Purpose Community kevin@higherpurposepodcast.com ","author_name":"Higher Purpose Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/higherpurposepodcast.com","html":"