May 18, 2015

Pursue Your Aspirations............

"It is about you living with a sense of greater freedom to express your voice and pursue your aspirations!"  ~ Author Tara Mohr 

The above sentence jumped off the page while reading Playing Big: Find Your Voice, Your Mission, Your Message. I felt an immediate connection and empowerment!

There is a cautiousness, that comes along with expressing yourself! It is in the letting go of the notion that others need to approve, understand or accept, that allows for a sense of true freedom to ring. For me, if my choices come from a place which includes, consideration and compassion towards others, I will be on the right path for me.

I share the sentence with you Dear Readers, in the hopes that you too find freedom to express yourself and pursue your aspirations. And remember, it is the questioning, discovering and trying new paths, that we truly grow and find our voice and aspirations! It doesn't happen overnight, it doesn't happen easily and it certainly doesn't always look pretty....but what IT DOES, is come from a genuine place within..... and following your heart is the best place to start.

Stronger for doing so  ~ Happier for doing so ~

May 6, 2015

Found....

Yesterday at 6:18 AM I found myself and thought I should reveal my location since I haven't been posting lately.

Being out of sorts, due to "Life coming at me", at what feels like rapid fire, I have felt overwhelmed....functioning certainly, but feeling lost just the same. Flipping through a book I randomly picked up off my bookshelf, I found a folded photocopy of a book page, tucked between the pages....just waiting to be discovered!

The first two paragraphs provided me insight and comfort as I interpreted the words in front of me. I share them now, with certainty that others can relate and perhaps find comfort in them too.

"You may know about riptides or rip currents. These are strong currents (1 to 5 miles per hour) near the shore and near the surface of the water. Rip currents pull you out to sea. People do not usually drown from rip currents, if they do not try to fight it by swimming directly toward shore. If you do try to fight it, you will tire because a rip current is much stronger than you are. Once you are exhausted you sink (you are not pulled) under the water...End of story.

So if fighting a rip current is not the smart thing to do, what is? Lifeguards would tell you to relax when a rip current catches you because you can keep yourself afloat easily - you dog paddle for a while, you do the backstroke for a while, you tread water for a while - and you wait. A rip current does not pull you under, it only pulls you out for a bit. So you are safe as long as you float. Soon the current will die out and you are free to swim to shore."

So at the moment Dear Readers I will enjoy floating along, as I heal this body and mind for a few more weeks. And quite honestly....it is the being out to sea in rocky waters that reminds me how amazing things are back on shore and so glad that is the direction I am going in. 

~ Be kind to yourself ~ the current will pass & on solid ground you will be!