Well it's here! The long awaited and long anticipated 2012. While many in Hollywood and "main stream" publications will have you thinking that the Maya predicted this as the end of the world based on their long count calendar, it's simply not true.

The Maya call this the time between time, the time of rebirth and the time of new beginnings. I don't know about you, but none of that sounds very gloom and doom to me!

The fact is that the Maya lost track of the long count calendar a long time ago and the information we get about the long count primarily comes from scientists and archeologists who have created this negative view of the Maya's message (with little or no consultation from actual Maya).

The Maya, to this day, keep track of their sacred calendar known as the Tzolkin which literally means the count of days. This 260 day calendar is made up of 20 day signs representing the masculine energy, or Yang and 13 numbers representing the female energy or Yin. Day Keepers spend their lives keeping the traditions alive by holding sacred the energy of each of the days. The Maya say that the calendar "is life itself". They believe that this calendar is the guide for all of us and that to align with the calendar results in our aligning with our true destiny, our purpose, our passion.

And that is the true message of the Maya for this year, and every year: to be happy and to find your peace. Just as the Law of Attraction teaches us, what we think about we bring about. Each one of us is responsible for our own destiny, creating our own path, our own happiness. When we align ourselves with our passion and let our true God-given talents shine out into the world, the happiness that we create in our hearts permeates into the world and the hearts of others.

So if anyone tries to tell you that the Maya predicted this to be the year the world ends, well I have two suggestions. The first is to share with them what Don Alejandro, the Head of the Mayan Council of Elders says about 2012:

"It is the Maya prophecy, it is the return of the ancestor, it is the return of  the men of wisdom, let the morning come, let the dawn come, let the people to be happy and find peace and be happy. So I am here with you giving you this message not to be afraid but spread it to the world, not to be afraid of this change of time. When this day comes, just assume it's the end of the year like new years day, just a change. Because it's not the first time it will happen. Who knows how many times this has come before.... Don't be afraid my brothers and sisters. And don't believe all the things that you hear of the people threatening the end of the world."

But if you don't have this quote handy then just start singing....

"It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel FINE!!!!"

To me, 2012 is the year to get that beacon of light from within shining as brightly as possible and sharing it with as many as will have it. Let your true, authentic self shine. Share those gifts that are yours and only yours. Be your passion. Be your destiny and Dare 2 Dream!