"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
People ask me how I come up with I write for the day. Well, I create topics based on quotes I read or maybe conversations I have had and from that I am stimulated to write. More and more I am learning to live in peace and from the moments I experience unrest I am able to write about it and pinpoint what it brings up. It’s truly an amazing process. For example this week I have many reasons why I could have gone nutty and totally hit a downward spiral because things weren’t going the way I had planned. But instead I feel calm. I really know everything is going to be ok. It’s amazing to see the change within myself. I feel so peaceful in the midst of such uncertainty.
As an observer I see the pattern for myself and for people around me. We seek and then we want to coast. We do the work and then don’t want to be bothered. In pain we want answers and we want to understand why. In joy we don’t want it to end; we don’t want to rock the boat. So we spend our time on or off, alert or asleep. I want to uncover this middle ground where we can have joy and discomfort yet be alert and feel alive through all processes. I want to investigate the idea of peaks and valleys, these highs and lows that we have accepted as part of life. The misfortunes will always happen around us, sadness, death, tragedy but it is in how we deal and cope that will make the difference in your life, in your wellbeing. We don’t have to accept that life has a certain rule book that we must follow. This is your life and you get to choose how you want to live it. I want to help you make the best choices for you. I want to be your coach, helping you to achieve greatness in the face of any obstacle. Greatness is in the eyes of you and what makes you feel lit up on the inside. You know when you are doing something and you feel an absolute joy, it’s you tapping into you….you being right where you are supposed to be doing the thing you were born to do. I am not talking about occupation, I’m talking about a moment and only you know what I am talking about. If you don’t then your assignment is to be still enough and aware enough today that you are present for it. Don’t panic, its there. We have this misconception about what our purpose in life is and we set the bar so high that it discourages us. Purpose and passion are within you and it’s whatever makes you be completely you. That’s your purpose and you passion. You don’t need to become anything other than yourself. You don’t need to buy anything and you don’t need anyone’s approval. You just need to be still enough to know.
Today I am grateful for being right where I am feeling lit up doing exactly what I am doing. Thank you for listening and thank you for sharing.
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