Sunrise Pages September

Sensational, Grand Universe!

What a glorious sunrise this morning.  Just lovely, and quite a treat.  I am grateful.

Earlier to bed, last night, with some reading to do, to prepare for tonight’s final gathering of our Bewilderment Book Club.  I had a good night’s sleep – Sleep Scale: 4/5.

Dear One, I’ve been writing about ownership these last days.  And, I’ve been contemplating what it is that I do, or rather, aspire to do; and, how I describe and articulate the work of my life coaching business.

Folded together within my coaching are mindfulness, loving-kindness, and the development and encouragement of the daring needed to change and grow.  It is precisely these same practices that I am using to move onward with my coaching business, as well as my personal development.  It’s about leveraging my strengths while exercising and developing my weaknesses, all while creatively and imaginatively puzzle-solving.

Part of my introspection has been examining the connection to my experience this summer as a kayak instructor.  I am recognizing the effectiveness of having a strong, basic curriculum that reaches most participants and is structured and repeatable.

It’s time for me to create and offer courses with a structured curriculum and a clear, focused purpose.  I want to help others find their Joy, their Light, and their Purpose.

It’s time.

My journey up to this point has been unique, yet similar to many.  I have been told and taught many things – some useful, some not.  And, through mindfulness and compassion, I’ve learned that there is space between my thoughts, and that I have the right and ability to choose who I wish to be, and how I respond and show up in the world.

Now, it’s time for me to release who I’ve believed myself to be, in order to become who I am able and choose to be.

 

Please consider this Prompt:

Dear One, nothing we do or have done is wasted.  Sometimes, when we look back at our lives, our focus draws to our suffering and pain.  When we revisit, that pain can resurface.

In reality, that past is only a painful thought.  There is also a story of resilience, creativity, learning, and experience.  You are who you are now, because of whom you were, and what you went through, then.

That can seem good or bad.  But, even now, you can choose again who to be – still tied to those thoughts of suffering; or, born anew, a butterfly with brilliant wings to spread, to fly high in the sunshine.

 

It’s a considerable notion, Dear Creator, to release my loyalty to my suffering.  Toward that is Freedom.  Lead on, Dear Guides!