Do you know who you are? I don’t mean your personality, your strengths & weaknesses or your experiences. I mean at your core – do you know the fullness of who you are? You see, beyond all of our conditioned ideas about ourselves there is more to discover. There is so much more to who we are than we might imagine.
I get ahead in my mind a lot. When I’m excited about a new project, a new idea, a new opportunity or the hope of one, I am off to the races in my mind. I get excited and inspired about all the possibilities. This can be a fun part of the creative process; we pipe dream and play with the potential of what’s possible. That creative spark, the inspiration and aliveness let us know we might be on to something.
How do we bring our entire self to what is in front of us? We go ALL IN.
What does go “all in” mean? There is a way to be all in, in feeling, in enthusiasm, in presence. Engaging wholeheartedly in an open way with no attachment to outcome.
It takes courage to settle below all that’s expected of us so we can finally touch what is meant for us.
Settling below all we’ve been taught, all of our conditioning, below our plans for our lives, what we believe others expect for us or even our idealized images of ourselves, allows us to discover our own truth; our path, our voice and our expression. Taking the time to reveal ourselves to ourselves creates a new sense of what’s possible.
The best way to learn, to evolve, to see what it takes and to find your own voice is to begin. To start. To engage. As Steven Pressfield is known for saying, “Start before you’re ready.”
Over the last few months I have had the phrase, “You got this,” or “You can handle it” on my mind a lot. I’ve been saying one version or another of those words to myself, my clients or the people in my life every day.
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