Happy New Year
How was your first day of 2025? What did you do? Who did you spend it with?
And what are your goals for the new year? I spent the day at home with my family.
I’m excited about the new year. I’ll be working on my documentary film in 2025, and I’ll also be leading small groups to sacred sites of Nigeria and Benin. (If you’re interested in coming let me know).
Be focused as you move forward in 2025. Be determined. Be dedicated.
I also think it’s important to have a mentor in the area you wish to grow in. A mentor’s job is not only to guide, but to push you out of your comfort zone.
I have spiritual mentors, financial mentors, and business mentors.
This photograph was taken during my travels in Nigeria last month. This man is a mentor to many. He’s a babalawo, or traditional priest in the Ifa spiritual tradition of the Yoruba people.
Like many of the elders I met, he’s been practicing his craft since childhood, and he’s still fully committed.
One of his gifts is teaching the art of divination. During one of his sessions, he was trying to help a student understand how everything in the universe and in divination ebbs and flows. It always has and always will.
“Life zigzags,” he said over and over again. You need to remember this as you move forward in 2025. “Life will zigzag.”
Don’t begin 2025 thinking everything should magically go your way. It won’t.
Life will zigzag, but it can be fun. This is where the growth happens. Maybe your ancestors have a better plan.
Get a mentor. Stay focused. Stay in the game.
Let’s see what 2025 has in store for us. I will be here to support you.
Love James