On New Year’s Day I had the honor of speaking at the Unity Spiritual Center of San Francisco. Before I spoke I listened to Rev. Maggie Oman Shannon welcoming those of us gathered on the first day of the New Year. She mentioned that the most popular New Year’s Resolution people make is to lose weight. While I am certainly familiar with this resolution, the word weight echoed through my mind and I kept hearing, Now is the Time. The Wait is Over. In declaring a resolution, intention, dream, goal, etc… aren’t you actually saying that the wait is over? You are making a commitment to live aligned with your vision reflected in your thoughts words and actions.
In the past few days I’ve been exploring what it means to me, in terms of living my Inspired Life Vision, that the wait is over and here’s what I’ve come up with:
- Now is the time, the wait is over, to say YES to your Inspired Life Vision since you have been talking about it and thinking about it for many months.
- Now is the time, the wait is over, to align your thoughts, words and actions with your Inspired Life Vision – to live from your vision, trusting that the resources and support are available for you.
- Now is the time, the wait is over, to use breakdowns – challenges along the way, fear, anxiety and worry – as stepping stones to breakthroughs.
- Now is the time, the wait is over, because you are not given a dream that is too big for you!
I was particularly struck by my thoughts about breakdowns. So often breakdowns are viewed as proof that our dreams are bigger than us. This idea has often stopped me in my tracks, leaving me feeling that my dreams, my desires will always be out of my reach. But in recent years I have re-framed my ideas about breakdowns. I now approach breakdowns as opportunities to:
- strengthen my commitment to my vision
- evolve a pattern from the past
- become aware of my self-sabotaging thoughts – upgrade the software of my mind
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