I have been feeling funky this week. Worried about making money. Doubting whether what I am offering is useful. Feeling the weight of the systemic economic and environmental challenges we face.
I was “on it”.
And while I kept moving forward by doing the little things – exercise, biking, being with the kids, hanging with friends, and sharing my ideas, I could not see how to get past it.
I even remembered a teacher of mine who said “it is not that I don’t get on it, but I am able to get off it way faster than you and others”. His perspective is that the way people find meaning and fulfillment is that they are able to get off it faster than others.
The idea was there, but I remained stuck.
And then I got an email from a friend – who was on vacation - about a radio interview he was doing with Dan Pink...on vacation? Dan Pink happens to be one of those people whose ideas get me inspired and engaged. So I listened to the show.
And the ice melted. The funky feeling began to fade. And my positive, powerful, inspired self emerged again.
I coach my clients that when they are feeling funky to get their Play Huge Notebook (where inspiring and powerful items are captured) and get themselves going again, but I had forgotten.
As soon as I began to fill up my brain with possibilities, ideas, and challenges the powerful part of me emerged again. Now, a day later the possibilities are flowing and I feel reconnected to my aliveness and drive to make a difference.
Now its time to capture how to help you and others awaken your spirit.
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
Thursday, November 27, 2008
An object in motion...
November 24, 2008
After last weeks radio program about Bursting the Bubble and getting our selves out of the Trance we are in, I have been thinking more about what it takes to get in action. The truth is that I think about this all the time, because it is a foundational element of my work as a Life Coach.
How do we get in action?
I woke up this morning and wanted to exercise, but did not feel the motivation to do so. I have done yoga for over 10 years and often get up in the morning and do some stretching. But lately I have not felt the motivation to do it, so I have not done it and I have felt like a slug.
Then I remembered the Sun Salutation. It starts with breathing and simple movements. The first several rounds are very simple and easy. Then the salutations slowly ramp up their intensity. What I know about myself is that if I start then I get into the flow and instead of losing myself in a mindless (and useless) activity, I get wrapped up in my yoga. I know this, but starting is always the most challenging part of the whole thing.
The last 3 days, I have gotten up and begun the simple breathing and motions of a Sun Salutation and on all 3 days, I have spent at least 30 minutes doing yoga/exercising.
What is the difference between executing what we want in our lives and sitting around hoping that we execute what we want in our lives?
In the meditation that I did after my exercise, it occurred to me that this is exactly why the Sun Salutation is designed this way. It starts simply and then gets more challenging as you warm up, get into it and warm your body up.
Newton’s first law of motion states:
An object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
The difference between getting what we want and not is action. In order to make a difference in your own life and in the world, you must get in action.
Do something, anything, to get yourself moving.
What is your experience?
After last weeks radio program about Bursting the Bubble and getting our selves out of the Trance we are in, I have been thinking more about what it takes to get in action. The truth is that I think about this all the time, because it is a foundational element of my work as a Life Coach.
How do we get in action?
I woke up this morning and wanted to exercise, but did not feel the motivation to do so. I have done yoga for over 10 years and often get up in the morning and do some stretching. But lately I have not felt the motivation to do it, so I have not done it and I have felt like a slug.
Then I remembered the Sun Salutation. It starts with breathing and simple movements. The first several rounds are very simple and easy. Then the salutations slowly ramp up their intensity. What I know about myself is that if I start then I get into the flow and instead of losing myself in a mindless (and useless) activity, I get wrapped up in my yoga. I know this, but starting is always the most challenging part of the whole thing.
The last 3 days, I have gotten up and begun the simple breathing and motions of a Sun Salutation and on all 3 days, I have spent at least 30 minutes doing yoga/exercising.
What is the difference between executing what we want in our lives and sitting around hoping that we execute what we want in our lives?
In the meditation that I did after my exercise, it occurred to me that this is exactly why the Sun Salutation is designed this way. It starts simply and then gets more challenging as you warm up, get into it and warm your body up.
Newton’s first law of motion states:
An object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
The difference between getting what we want and not is action. In order to make a difference in your own life and in the world, you must get in action.
Do something, anything, to get yourself moving.
What is your experience?
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