opening up

"It is not what we get but who we become, what we contribute….that gives meaning to our lives." Anthony Robbins

I just spent four days with some truly amazing, generous and loving people. I am in awe of the experience and who we became as a group. It was an unlikely group of 15 who came together to be trained as facilitators. We climbed and jumped and laughed and belayed until we couldn’t belay anymore. It totally pulled me out of a daily grind that was concentrated on what was I doing with my life and put me solidly in a space of learning something so that I can contribute.

Its funny how we can get so focused on what we want out of life and lose focus on what we can contribute to life. I had been in a place of frustration about the life I had created. I kept thinking "how can I get from here to there?", while holding on tight to the box I was living in. I so needed this training. I needed to be challenged both mentally and physically. I needed to be outside of my comfort zone. I needed to sit in my own judgment and come to a place where I get to see my contribution and know that what I do really can make a difference.

I am creating my own way and getting so many great tools. I feel really blessed. It inspires me to think that these 15 people could be in a space together for 4 days and find so much commonality. It would have been easy to find what made us different and find things to separate us, but those things never came up. What we created was magical. We all want to make a difference on this planet and that is what we focused on.

I am so grateful for this blog to be able to share my experiences. We all want to live a harmonious existence. We all want to feel peace and I think we can all have it. It just takes letting go and opening up to the idea that who you are makes a difference. If you hold on to that and focus on being a contributor then life will get that much sweeter. So to anyone from Lodestone reading this, I am truly grateful to you and what you brought to the group. I am inspired and excited to work with you… squirrel…;)

Peace and blessings!