how do you show up?

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." — Maya Angelou

I saw this quote in a movie last night and it even though I had seen it before, it stopped me this time. It skims a lot of fat off the top for me. It makes life elementary in a way. If I am busy doing things then my interactions with people are merely a means to get to the next task in turn I miss out on so much. The things aren't important, the people are--I forget. I have so many amazing people in my life and sometimes I have blinders on with a light shining on the thing to be accomplished.

I feel like lately I am breaking some old paradigms for myself. I feel some space in life to be still. I am trusting more in the process, in my process. It feels good. I am still sorting out how I want it all to look. All I know is that if I keep exercising in the morning and then write in the blog that my day will be better because of it.

The more I show up and participate the more I get out of life.

It seems like a no-brain er but its a challenge to us all. Something happens in the day where we become trance like and do do do until the day is over and then we begin again. We break the trance when something happens outside of ourselves and reminds of our vitality. We feel empowered and strong and then it is gone again. Only to be back in cycle which we call the way life is. I say that life is in the moments when we are feeling moved and are called to be something. It's our fear that holds us back. Everyday we have a new beginning, an opportunity to show up differently. Do whatever you can to break your cycle. Do whatever you can to pull yourself out of the mundane. Ask yourself the hard questions? Shake up the stagnation. Don't be afraid to fail....

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
Robert Kennedy

There are so many quotes and saying about showing up in life. Yet we struggle. No matter what anyone says to you, in the end, it is within yourself that you find the power to show up. How are you going to show up today? Who are you going to be in the face of adversity?

Today I am embracing what is, and opening myself up to all the possibilities around me. I am going to look where I have not looked. I am going to walk through my fears and show up. Today I am going to put people first and things second.