Happy New Year!
It is these decisions that allow for us to find more about ourselves, to get new tools. We judge these storms in relationship to the island, to our Destiny, our Path. Perhaps it is time to make a turn? And then, whatever you decide allows for you to expand.
It is the beauty of choosing our way, in every moment an opportunity to grow. It makes the idea of what we "should" do become that sparkling dream that comes from the present. It doesn't bring in judgement of where we were or how we got here and most of the time it feels very effortless and perfect.
Goals. Why do we set them? Is it to attain the vision that we have or create for ourselves? Or, is it the process of getting there that is important? I think that it is a little of both, actually.
Let’s try on some different terminology around these “New Years” or “New Moment” or “New Life” goals… intentions.
The word “goal” seems comes from the mind's designations of what we “should” do. We should lose 5 pounds. We should give back more. We should call home more. I think we get confused about what we feel that we "should' do and the power of what we are doing in this present moment. I believe that what we are doing now, could be all and more of what we often think that we "should" do in the future.
Let's explore this.
The word “goal” seems comes from the mind's designations of what we “should” do. We should lose 5 pounds. We should give back more. We should call home more. I think we get confused about what we feel that we "should' do and the power of what we are doing in this present moment. I believe that what we are doing now, could be all and more of what we often think that we "should" do in the future.
Let's explore this.
What does our soul say, our spirit say? Our internal compass, our soul's voice, provides us access to our highest destiny or our Path.
There are many people who tell me that they don’t know his or her path. That they are looking...
Here is a little activity to try:
I would ask that you disregard the “I should” and to begin to day dream: “what is possible for me” , "what do I want in my life" ? Try all of those possibilities and dreams on, see how they feel in your body, try another possibility on, see how it feels in your body, until you find a few possibilities that seem to ignite you, to provide a joy, a lightness, a levity, and happiness. You might even have a few dreams that make you smile. I might ask that you use that possibility as a good place to start when defining your destiny, your path, and see where it takes you.
Here is a little activity to try:
I would ask that you disregard the “I should” and to begin to day dream: “what is possible for me” , "what do I want in my life" ? Try all of those possibilities and dreams on, see how they feel in your body, try another possibility on, see how it feels in your body, until you find a few possibilities that seem to ignite you, to provide a joy, a lightness, a levity, and happiness. You might even have a few dreams that make you smile. I might ask that you use that possibility as a good place to start when defining your destiny, your path, and see where it takes you.
Visualize this destiny as an island, tucked in the most perfect climate, with the most beautiful of palm trees, golden sand, fresh fruits, the Eden of our imagination, our most perfect place. The place that represents our most perfect self, our most healthy self, our most perfect path, the place of joy and of light that is inside us.
And there you are, beginning the new moment, in a little boat, with your little sail, heading towards this perfect Island. The water becomes choppy. The winds pick up. Then, you see rocks. And then, you look at your island and you think, “Is it worth it for me to go this way?” “Should I turn around?” “Should I give way to a new route, by making a quick turn here?"
It is not required that you weather any storm, if that is not what you feel is the right thing to get you to your perfect Island. It doesn't matter which way you get there. The truth is that there are many ways to get there and the one that you choose is the one that you are on. There is no sense dwelling on where you have been and certainly no sense in trying to predict and worry about what is to come. The rocks might come when you can't predict them or the water may be calm once you arrive.
It is not required that you weather any storm, if that is not what you feel is the right thing to get you to your perfect Island. It doesn't matter which way you get there. The truth is that there are many ways to get there and the one that you choose is the one that you are on. There is no sense dwelling on where you have been and certainly no sense in trying to predict and worry about what is to come. The rocks might come when you can't predict them or the water may be calm once you arrive.
It is these decisions that allow for us to find more about ourselves, to get new tools. We judge these storms in relationship to the island, to our Destiny, our Path. Perhaps it is time to make a turn? And then, whatever you decide allows for you to expand.
After whichever turn we took, we look again to that Eden of our life. Perhaps we find that channel of communication to our soul’s voice has shifted and cleared in a new way. Perhaps that whatever turn we took was not very pleasant and we will avoid that route the next time. We have allowed for the possibility to view that path again from a new set of more intelligent eyes.
It is the beauty of choosing our way, in every moment an opportunity to grow. It makes the idea of what we "should" do become that sparkling dream that comes from the present. It doesn't bring in judgement of where we were or how we got here and most of the time it feels very effortless and perfect.
And when that next moment comes, when you do find that there is a treacherous storm brewing in front of you and you see beyond it to your soul’s greatest Eden, you know the difference between feeling what you "should" do and what you dream to be.
So this “New Year” define your island over and over and over and celebrate every moment of the journey. There is powerful intelligence in these moments, each a powerful opportunity for our greatest self to navigate our greatest life and grow the relationship with our greatest Path.
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