Yesterday was the last day of the twelve days of Christmas, day of Epiphany. And I swear, I had one!!! I am now working with a Life Coach, and she is GOOD!!!! When I first worked with her, she gave me ideas in the first ten minutes of our conversation that I have been looking for for years. Her come from is pure support, and how she goes about it from session to session varies widely. Somehow, she just seems to have the right and perfect information, resources, words, and questions that spur me on to enthusiasm, introspection, insight, and yesterday, forgiveness of myself. I swear, sometimes when she’s talking, it’s like my higher self! Very cool.
What came to me in our conversation was how much I resist doing what I really love! Dancing and writing were the two big ones that came up. If I spent half as much energy on just DOING what I love as I do making up reasons why NOT to, I’d be off the charts with success and joy! One step toward my success is to lighten up, have fewer restrictions on how it should look, and avoid criticizing myself for not doing it perfectly. As Camille (coach), said, just act without attachment. Very Buddhist, she says, but when she said it, it struck a chord with me. Making it all about LOVE. Love wouldn’t say I didn’t do enough, or didn’t do it right; rather, Love will tell me I have done my best. I like the sound of that, and boy! It takes away a lot of the pressure.
So here I am writing again, and I hope that you will consider doing something that you love, just for the sake of doing it. We all have so much creation within that longs to be set free, to spur us on to lighter and freer lives, and to enjoy visions and gifts from God that heal and let us feel pure love all the time. Amen!!!
Another suggestion that has helped me a lot came from Kathryn Perry, a teacher of The One Command. She asked us, the listeners on the weekly conference call, to think of one thing that we would like to be/have/do that is not currently in our lives. Then, commit to FIVE minutes a day doing something toward that goal. Writing, singing, reading, exercising, organizing, resting, etc. You get the idea. It is an easy amount of time, and as you do it every day, new patterns are formed, and it is easier to do more of what you want in small (or large!) increments. What you love will start to show up more in your life. Again, this sounded really good to me, so I started my list right then. I committed to one thing each day, have done it for 3 days now, and am excited and surprised at the results! It’s easy to fit in what I love, and find myself looking at other things to do. Yesterday, I committed to dance for 5 minutes; when I went to the gym to do the treadmill, there was a salsa class that had just started, and I jumped in and had a blast!! Smiling the whole time at how it all works out. Today, I committed to writing for 5 minutes, and here I am, much longer than that later, feeling happy and inspired to do just one more 5 minute choice! I think I’ll go read for 5 minutes. Later!!
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