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January 8th , 2007
A Time To Dream
Welcome to 2007! Rather than focus on New Year’s
Resolutions this year, I want to lead you through a
process of envisioning your dream. To get started, I
have a few questions for you.
- What do you want for your life? Can you picture
your dream?
- What did you hope your life would look like when
you were a small child? Does your reality look anything
like those aspirations today?
- Are you happy with the life you’re living,
or have you settled for the life that’s shown
up?
If you’re like most people, much of your life
is committed to supporting other people; your spouse,
children, boss, family members, friends, and neighbors;
just to name a few. While you undoubtedly care about
every one of these people, it’s possible you frequently
feel overtired, overscheduled, and overwhelmed. (Sound
familiar?)
In fact, while you probably appreciate and enjoy the
life you’re living, I’m willing to bet you
sometimes wonder if “this is all there is”.
Like many of the people I’ve worked with in my
coaching company, it’s likely you’re juggling
multiple responsibilities, and struggling to manage
the many tasks required by both your work and home lives.
This juggling act makes it easy to allow your dreams
to sleep. I want to wake them up, and invite them to
come out to play. Before we can do that, you must begin
to give voice to what the life of your dreams would
look like. That’s what we’re going to do
this month!
To get started, (ideally) schedule 15 to 20 minutes
in your calendar this week. In that time, sit down in
a quiet place, where you won’t be interrupted,
and answer the questions from the beginning of this
week’s message.
Minimally, pay attention to your life this week. What
makes you happy? What frustrates you? What satisfies
you? What upsets you? When you consciously observe your
day-to-day reality, you create an opportunity to clearly
define what’s working – and what’s
not. Once you’ve done that, you will be empowered
to make positive changes in your life.
Until Next Week…
Kim
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January 8th, 2006
Sanity Saver Turn Your Attention Inward
Chances are, if I asked you who you are, you’d
tell me your name, age and marital status. You’d
tell me about your family, your career, your interests,
favorite books, music, movies. But the truth is,
you are more than all of this. You are more than
what you do, the roles you play, what you own,
what you love.
As young women, we expended so much of our energy
seeking material rewards that we’d overlooked
the importance of our inner life. It’s not
that our authentic self has abandoned us, we’ve
simply lost sight of it.
It’s not that our Authentic Self has abandoned
us; we’ve simply lost sight of it. Our inner
being is there, intact, waiting for us to return.
As we reduce stress and restore our sense of sanity,
we yearn to bring this sacred dimension back into
our lives. Many of us have achieved a certain
amount of success, yet we realize that the peace
and satisfaction we’ve longed for must now
come from within.
Who would have thought that the very thing we’ve
been seeking is as close as our own breath? The
great thinkers throughout history have offered
us their guidance Diogenes implored, “Know
thyself”; Shakespeare said, “To thine
own self be true”; Plato cautioned, “The
unexamined life is not worth living”; and
Jesus advised his followers, “The Kingdom
of God is within you.” Now it’s time
to make a conscious choice. Are we going to continue
to search for more and more achievement in the
world or are we going to search for the deeper
meaning of our lives?
Committing ourselves to a deeper calling is a
major shift for most of us. It’s certainly
not something that we’re going to find a
lot of support for in our culture. But when we
make the commitment to respond from the core of
our being, a burden is lifted.
When we finally admit that we don’t have
all the answers and we surrender to something
deeper, we experience a tremendous sense of relief.
What we choose to do in the world will be a natural
outgrowth of this connection with our soul. It
will emerge from the deepest sense of who we are.
Here is a series of questions to help you explore
your deeper calling. I suggest that you spend
a few minutes exploring what you would do if you
allowed your Self to be carried more by the river
of your life. What is your deeper calling? When
you quiet your mind what does the voice of wisdom
whisper to you?
Take Care,
Stephanie
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down walls”
Although our life is one WHOLE complete life,
society and culture break apart our whole self
by giving us "labels' and "roles"
so that we can easily and neatly fit into the
compartments of our environment:
At work, you're a photographer. Maybe you’re
a business owner.
At home, you're a father or mother.
With friends, you're a jokester.
You get the idea. . . “labels” and
“roles” are given to distinguish between
each setting or situation. Oftentimes we buy into
these compartments and separate our work life
from our home life from our life with friends
from our spiritual life. This is why there is
a need for balance with work and life.
In reality, you are one entity.
You are you all the time.
There is One Life.
How do you balance that?
Ultimately it IS one life, one entity, so true
balance comes by breaking down the walls that
separate and divide the whole part of Life. Pulling
away from the labels and roles and just "being"
who you are. By being you all the time, there
would be no need for "balancing" and
"juggling." You feel happier. Life flows
a lot easier. There is no more struggling. Imagine
the possibilities!
Life is in balance when every moment of every
day you can be fully YOU.
Next Week: “Your Balance Recipe”
Make Happiness Yours,
Susan
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