Do you hear yourself saying, “I'm saving this for a special occasion?”

Or, do you say, “I'll take those out for guests someday?”

I'm here to tell you that your “special occasion” is here. It's TODAY. And, the guest of honor has arrived. It's YOU.

Take those diamond earrings out of the safe. Take Grandma's good china out of storage. Take your Tuxedo or your favorite spinnerbaits out, just because. Take yourself out of second position and rise to the occasion - everyday.

Our lives are filled with beautiful things we buy, yet we never give them life. They stay carefully wrapped in the cupboard. They get stuck in our paradigms of how things “should” be. It's time to get out of the “rules and conventions” of how to live, how to wear things, how to be.

As we move into a new year, look ahead with a vision of yourself surrounded by the people and things you love, old and new. Give them a place in your life. Give them the opportunity to be a reflection of you, your life, your loves. Make them a celebration of your life's story.

It's time to see yourself as the shining, brilliant star that you are. Celebrate yourself. You are the occasion.