Life is always interesting and pitches curve balls every so often. Life is certainly taking the roller coaster approach for me lately, and it's brought up all sorts of questions.
Does one ever stop being afraid? Do we stagnate and live on the surface for so long because there's no fear there, or not much anyway? Can I go deep and intense and not be afraid? Or just feel the fear and do it anyway?
Since I'm in this mindset, of course, everything seems to apply. Just a few items that came across my field of vision the day I wrote this:
- Daphne Gray-Grant, in her recent issue of Power Writing, talks about Frank Langella's portrayal of Richard Nixon in Nixon/Frost. She writes, "Langella, who teaches master classes for actors, then went on to add a more personal and even more interesting digression. 'When I do master classes,' he said, 'what I say is: 'Never give in. Try with every fiber of your being to push past your window of terror.'"
- Next was Christine Kane's newsletter. As is appropriate for January, she talks about goals and how scary they are for people. "The only block is your ego. Your ego wants it to be done now. Your ego wants to move through life risk-free, foolish-free, discouragement-free, mistake-free, tired-free. And the best way to trick your ego (and yourself) into letting go a little bit is to take baby steps. If you read the comments on my blog post on New Years Day, you noticed that many people chose the word "Courage" to guide them through 2009." This was the first loud message that courage goes right along with fear. Yippee.
- And the next came a newsletter (I swear these were all just back-to-back - at least it seemed so at the time. I'm sure it was just my mind being open to these messages) from Cheryl Richardson. She talked about seeing the movie Dreamgirls and what a strong reaction she had to it. "I'm sure you've had a similar experience where you find yourself deeply influenced by a theater performance, a great song, or the stunning beauty of visual art, only to be transported to another place that connects you to your highest potential... It's the energy of inspiration that can be used as divine fuel that keeps us moving in the right direction." What I got from that was the idea of movement, connection, potential.
- Last, this message from Abraham-Hicks: "Whatever you are giving your attention to is already vibrating. And when you give your attention to it, if you maintain your focus for as little as 17 seconds, you begin to include its vibration, whatever it is, in your vibration. When you see something you want, and you give it your attention, and you say yes to it, you are including whatever its vibration is in your vibration. When you see something you do not want, and you shout no at it, you are including whatever its vibration is in your vibration."
Where does this leave me? It varies from day to day. Today, I'm trying bullet #3 - connecting with my highest potential. I'm working with amazing clients, and I'm refocusing on Write Well U (look for more info on that in the next few weeks).
Tomorrow? Who knows? Maybe it will be a day where I pick another bullet point and go with that.
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