New Decade, New Beginnings – Common Ground Magazine

2020 brings the new decade. And with it opportunity to take stock. What’s happened? What are the prospects? Am I closer to the goal of awakening? Of being happy? They’re joined—and what an auspicious omen just to recognize that!

New beginnings.

We at Common Ground sincerely pray that all beings on all planes—be happy.

“In the New Year, may your right hand always be stretched out in friendship, but never in want.”
—Irish Toast

The hand of an old woman placed on the elephant's trunk with compassion. Seems to be connecting the hearts to one another. — The hand of an old woman placed on the elephant’s trunk with compassion. Seems to be connecting the hearts to one another.

“Awakening is not changing who you are, but discarding who you are not.“
—Deepak Chopra

“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.“
—Abraham Lincoln

collage pregnant woman beginning to end, nine months, nine states pregnancy and newborn baby

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.”
—Seneca

tiny, "child care", multiracial, hand, arm, sleepy, new, neonatal, Hispanic, tired, ambiguous, ambiguity, tender, precious, contrast, future, choice, bracelet, small, soft, tenderness, kid, strength, mexican — tiny, “child care”, multiracial, hand, arm, sleepy, new, neonatal, Hispanic, tired, ambiguous, ambiguity, tender, precious, contrast, future, choice, bracelet, small, soft, tenderness, kid, strength, mexican

“Somehow, a scrubbed house spells a fresh start.”
—Sheherazade Goldsmith

Miniature people: Housekeepers clean the house. Image use for cleaning occupations, business concept.

“Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.”
–Oprah Winfrey

contrast different bright human watercolor painting design

“Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one.”
—Brad Paisley

My new life chapter one concept for fresh start, new year resolution, dieting and healthy lifestyle

“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language, and next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning.”
–T.S. Eliot

Man practicing yoga with hebrew mandala.

“The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul.”
–G. K. Chesterton

Newlywed Gay Couple Dancing on Wedding Celebration

“For a new year to bring you something new, make a move, like a butterfly tearing its cocoon! Make a move!”
–Mehmet Murat Ildan

Rows of butterfly cocoons and newly hatched butterfly.

“The merry year is born. Like the bright berry from the naked thorn.”
–Hartley Coleridge

Snowy red barberry berries closeup in winter

“One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: To rise above the little things.”
–John Burroughs

Two penguins seem to discuss on the beach. The first argues strongly, the second does not seem to care while the third is wise and above this.

“Maybe this year, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives not looking for flaws, but looking for potential.”
–Ellen Goodman

“Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it.”
—Eckhart Tolle

Painted Artist Visual Journal with original writings. Art Journal by Elena Ray. Handmade artist's journals filled with collage and crazy wisdom. — Painted Artist Visual Journal with original writings. Art Journal by Elena Ray. Handmade artist’s journals filled with collage and crazy wisdom.

“There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires.‘”
—Buddha

“In this New Year we need to ask ourselves ‘Am I being steady in my spiritual discipline or have I lost my way?’ Secondly, ’Am I living for myself alone or, every day, am I able to do something—anything—selflessly for others?‘”
–Mata Amritanandamayi (Amma)

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