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If you break your
resolution one day, fi gure out why and try again. Revise the goal if needed.
According to a survey from “Statistic Brain” (10/27/16), almost half of us make New Year’s Resolutions. Yet in spite of that resolve, only 8 percent of us actually achieve them. Why is that? There are as many reasons as there are people: Unattainable goals, reasonable goals that are pursued too rigidly, environmental pressures, etc. There are also many valid approaches to turning this trend around. In this article, I will focus on how to keep your resolutions from the Chinese Medicine perspective.
Understand the Healthy Resolve: Maintaining A
Keeping Resolutions with Chinese Medicine
by Dr. Elizabeth Barrett, AP A 18
t the beginning of every year, people start to ask themselves: “How is this year going to be different—and better?” They sign up for new
exercise regimes. They resolve to lose the weight they put on last year. They decide it is fi nally time to kick that bad habit. Everyone is excited for a fresh start with a new year ahead, and motivation abounds.
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meaning of Zhi The ability to follow through with your resolution is primarily attributed in Chinese Medicine to your “Zhi” spirit. Zhi (pronounced “jerr”) is sometimes translated as “Will” or “Willpower.” However, the Asian understanding of the concept is slightly different than our own. Zhi represents not only willpower in the traditional sense—that is, conscious decisions and actions— but also an instinctive understanding of one’s destiny and role in history and society. Zhi is a personal, rooted connection to the destiny you have chosen and which has chosen you. From a Chinese medicine perspective, a resolution can best succeed if it sets you on a path aligned with your higher purpose or Zhi. By this token, the fi rst step to success in keeping resolutions is to understand how that goal fi ts into your higher purpose. Why are you resolving to make this change? How does it align with your personal destiny? Will achieving this resolution improve your life in a lasting, tangible way?
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