The Full Circle
Wednesday is Business Series
Post 6
Disturbing our natural balance, especially when mind and body are favoured over the spirit is a signal that we are headed for trouble. Even if all that choice does is numb our brilliant emotional power for connection with other souls, tone down our intuition to guide our intelligence, and dim the light so that we don’t make unnecessary waves – we have done ourselves the greatest disservice of all: seemingly safe existence.
It is simply not true that picking the options above will result in happy feeling inside your own skin, and satisfaction with life on your own terms. Yes, we do get to define our own measures of success and the level of satisfaction – this is never meant to be one size fits all, nor am I suggesting what’s right for anyone else. I only know best for myself, as you do for you, my friend.
I have been through a period of life (close to a decade), where I adapted myself to a belief that feeling secure equals being happy, and the lifestyle where I was so busy giving my all to the job I performed, without prioritising time for soul work (choosing to do very little of what nourishes the soul, albeit having a perfectly great justification that there were not enough hours in the day). It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that was going to backfire, because I disturbed the natural balance with accepting that my soul is strong enough to carry me through, without me having to spend much time within the quiet, safe and welcoming space of my soul. And it was strong enough, because it carried me through all those years, with me giving almost nothing in return.
Indeed, I was too close to notice, too involved and too tired even to muster the level of energy needed to break away from the cycle which was going to spin in the direction of unwanted. I was fortunate to have had one of those life defining moments, is which we face a choice that is not in the grey area, but plain as day: one choice is good and one isn’t. The good one comes with all the uncertainty (which would make even the moderately strong feel queasy), but also with all the possibility unlocked from within, and accessible once again. The bad one…. What??? No! Let’s not even describe where that could have taken me.
So, the choosing was the easiest part. Then you have to face the phase of living through your choice, by standing firm in your belief that with returning to your natural balance and the rhythm of your soul – all is truly well for you, and forever will be. So what if you are starting from the scratch at 47?
So what if you are starting to build the business from the ground up, as well as healing? So what if your friends were in some way connected with that old job and you lost a network of people and a social circle in one swipe? You know that your choice was right for you and the peace in your heart confirms this. So what if your very best friend of your entire life, and certainly of the last ten years (who is also the person who asked you to marry him) is point blank scared of your choice, and you both know that choice is right for you? So what if he decides that he can’t follow you, and that is easier to walk away from the ten years of incredible closeness of spirit and mind, than to face change with you? (Yes, he was that scared of my choice!) You have to respect other people’s right to make their own choices for their own life – regardless of how that makes you feel, my friend. They are choosing what they believe is the best choice for them and we owe them the same love and respect in honouring their choices. Nothing changes the love in your heart, not even through heartbreak. If the reason we love is because we are connected to the pure love inside us, then we can let go gracefully (to the relief – and their own heartbreak, of the other side). Now, that is hard for most people to understand, and that’s not the subject of this post. Knowing our own heart and being at peace with our choices signals that our own alignment and balance is restored, and that is all the confirmation needed to know that we are on the right track for us, once again.
Here’s the Moral (if you want the short version)
The only reason for choosing this kind of vulnerability within the business post – is to further reiterate two points:
· When your balance is intact you are on your best game – no doubt about it. And suddenly you have time to build the business, make new friendships, have quality relationships with everyone (starting with your family and new friends, people you meet through your business – teachers, collectors, other artists, new friends, curious folk, people you can serve with your message), create daily routines that benefit your mind, body and soul, learn, read, write, grow, paint, be grateful, happy and present in each and every moment of every day – this moment included, and this one, and this one, and every moment spent writing for you!
· If I can do this, you can be brave enough to do anything you need to do in your own life, my friend. I promise you there is nothing to fear, only happiness and peace for you when you choose to return to your natural balance. Don’t glorify excuses – call them for what they are: busy, not enough time, something else more important than your soul work (nothing ever is!), not there yet, too comfortable, not too uncomfortable, complacent, not motivated…. You can (– period)! The only question is will you let yourself?
Corfe, Dorset by Katarina Miletic
Remember – You Are Safe Here
This is the sacred place between our souls. Thank you for sharing your visions, dreams and ideas. Your courage to be vulnerably seen will always be respected, and you will be treated with nothing but kindness and compassion. ♡
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