Wednesday, June 17, 2009

The Roller Coaster of Life!

Today I was reading a post by Kate over at http://fiercecharlotte.blogspot.com and it really got me thinking. She wrote about how life had handed her some curve balls over the last 18 months and with her birthday coming up in a month she'd made a decision that she was:
... tired of the inertia that I’ve accumulated of hopelessness, apathy and resignation. I’m ready to look up and move away from the negative. But I don’t think it’s enough to move away from something – that just implies escapism and denial; I want to move toward something or somewhere. I want to know my destination and that what I do every day gets me a little bit closer. The real questions, though, behind moving along my journey is “Who am I?” and “Who am I meant to be?”
So ... Enough's enough and she's drawn her proverbial line in the sand! Well done Kate!

The fact is, I could so relate to where she was at that I was motivated to write a comment and as is often the way, in making the comment to Kate, I held the mirror up to myself ... it really got me thinking about my own life.

Over the last 18 months or so i too have been seriously pushing the boundaries of my comfort zone and the results are always startling.

There are times when I set an intention and everything that's so unlike the intention I've set seems to happen, it's mind blowing! It's so easy to end up in bed with the quilt over your head! ;)

And then there are other times when the opportunities just seem to drop out of the sky in apparent randomness ... and that's also mindblowing in a totaly exhilarating, let's throw a party type of way.

It was on this roller coaster of everything unlike what I wanted and everything so like what I wanted in such rapid succession that I finally got to feel what I'd heard so many people talk about in the past ... how it's possible to get excited about the things that go ... well I was about to say wrong ... but ... not to plan is probably more like the true term.

I realized last year that in the past I'd really paid lip service to that point of view. I heard it, I'd read it and a I even agreed with it ... but I hadn't personally experienced it and taken it onboard as my own way of BE-ing. Does that make sense?

I still have moments when I go into blame and abdicate my accountability however it doesn't last as long.

I still have moments when I'd like to curl up under my quilt ... however I've now realized time out is a good restorative.

And then there are those moments when life just hands out one blessing of an opportunity after another ... and more and more times I'm able to find these moments in the things and the situations and circumstances that would once upon a time have seemed like the worst thing in the world.

So the next time something goes awry ... take a few moments and see if you can turn that untoward situation into a gift, the opportunity to shed some old belief or decision that no longer serves you in the direction your now going ... I dare you!

Love life and live it creatively


Leanne
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Friday, June 12, 2009

What Makes Your Heart Sing

The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.
~ Ferdinand Foch


What makes your heart sing?
What's your passion?
What do you enjoy doing?

Sometimes we need to do things to bring in the money. There are basic needs like a roof over your head and food on the table that need to be addressed, particularly if you have children.

Sometimes though we can lose the joy life because what we're spending our day doing is not our greatest love.

I'm not sure if you can relate to this or not, but what I've found is the more I focus on what I don't want, the more of what I don't want there seems to be?

Go figure!

Some how or another, one of those wonderful mysteries of life, the more fun I'm having, the more 'luck' I seem to have.

What's your experience?

Love life and live it creatively,

Leanne
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Monday, June 8, 2009

The Day Question?

I think, what has this day brought me, and what have I given it?

~ Henry Moore

And when I do this I've found one of the most powerful processes for me is to look for the 'gifts' in the day.

It's quite incredible that the times when I have to look the hardest for the gift ... and I find it ... they're the times when the most magical things seem to happen out of nowhere in the most unexpected way.

I'm not sure why this happens, in fact truth be know I don't really care why, I just appreciate that it is and I'm grateful that it does.

How about you ...

What has this day brought you?

What have you given it?

Love life and live it creatively,

Leanne
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