We Are in Motion

My dearest reader,

First of all, wishing you a happy blessed, healthy and peaceful 2026. Hope you are acclimatizing and the weather isn’t that hard on you like the winter is on me. In my previous blog I mentioned how mild this winter is. I was so wrong! A few days after I posted my last thoughts of 2025, I was caught up in a snow blizzard returning from a 3 hours road trip in the Netherlands. Since then it has been freezing, often below zero moody temperatures, until a few days ago.  Now I can feel the beginning of the spring evolving in light and energy. I hope the real shift to the new season is coming in full activation.

This post is not your regular “weather” or “new year, new me” write-up. I do not have a list of resolutions. If you do have one, fantastic, try to keep it to yourself.  It will make you feel less bad in the coming months if you can’t follow through with your declarations. So, my advice is to keep it private.

Resolutions do not make sense to me. I tried it a couple of times two decades ago with no success. Why not change what you want immediately? Waiting months, weeks or a couple of days to make a new start to transform, looks like another way to procrastinate a bad habit into a good habit. I don’t see the need to bullshit yourself or others (if you can’t keep it private) to wait till the new year to make a positive move in your own life.  

There is a powerful Igbo proverb I love so much: “Onye kwe ya, Chi ya ekwe!” My interpretation of the meaning of this popular Igbo saying is: “If you agree with your mind/ decision, God will agree too.” I consider the mind to be stronger than we can even imagine. When you wholeheartedly stand by something you believe in, your spirit takes upon it. The book “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe beautifully illustrates that saying a few times.

If you haven’t read the book, I recommend you should. There is a lot of Igbo principles and wisdom to learn from it. Resolutions do not appear to be one of them. Wise lessons of ancient Igbo traditions and culture, which some still practiced up till now. When I read the book again and discussed it during a book club a few years ago, I found myself enthralled by this Igbo principle without even being aware I was implementing it.  This is a reminder to be more intentional on decisions and put my mind to, because my God will back it up.  

I am glad that the weather is getting sunnier. Flowers are popping up. More people are smiling outside. Nature is doing its thing. I really can’t stress enough how grateful I am being alive! Every other thing added in my life is an extra blessing. Today is a new day to make things happen or start afresh. Whatever I want to do does not have to wait till tomorrow or next year. It can begin today.

With love, Chi

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