Posts Tagged ‘Self Growth’

I love this time of year – the dance that occurs between the cool rainy monsoons, the voice of the thunder and vibration of lightning and the endless green that covers the mountains just lights up my soul!  Everything is ripening – coming into it’s fullness.  Whether it’s tomatoes or peaches, we’re being gifted with the bounty all around us.  Do you see it?  Are you having an experience of it?  What does this season bring to your life? What wants to happen for you?

I feel like I’ve been on the move this past month, creating things that nourish me at the deepest level…. flower therapy in the mountains… learning to salsa dance with my husband… and sharing a wood-fired hot tub with my beautiful women friends at an awesome cabin in the high country.  At the same time, I’ve noticed that all these things have brought me a quality of awareness, of noticing that while some things are in full bloom, others are slowing and changing.  With my only daughter leaving soon for college, I have moments of clarity where I can feel the excitement for her just starting in life, while I know for me a huge chapter of my life – the intimacy of raising a child – is ending.  There’s all the poignancy and bittersweetness I can imagine holding.  Some days the tears just come and I sit in awe of how much I can love one person.

The bigger picture here is all about the Paradox that calls me to stretch myself into a being that can hold opposites at the same time.  This is a Quest, for sure, one I’ll be working with for years to come.  The clincher is that the outer world is not on this Quest with me – daily I’m bombarded (as we all are) with black/white scenarios that are lose/lose in my opinion.

In the article below, the conversation is about being a Visionary.  Well, I believe that the qualities of being one are also qualities that are just plain necessary to keep stretching myself and going forward on my Quest.  Here are some of them – in my own language of living your True Life

Living in the Mystery – Oh, we humans think we have control over things and that’s such misinformation!  Life is a Mystery and our job is to trust the unfolding.  I know this continually calls me to BE PATIENT and HAVE TRUST.  It’s one of the hardest lessons and yet, when I am there, peace is at hand.

Relax! In recent work I’ve done on some of my own ‘immunities to change’ I’ve gotten to see how ‘relaxing’ wasn’t something really modeled for me growing up.  While I’ve always loved to play and am better balanced, I still see areas that I can drive myself (crazy), working and pushing to ‘make’ this or that happen.  I know this tightens up my energy – contracts it actually.  So stepping away and finding a soul-centered activity can settle me down and return me to the abundance and flow.  When I take things on again, I am more grounded, calm and vibrating a whole different way!

Active Waiting – I included in this month’s newsletter the wisdom of Lao Tzu, writer of the I-Ching.  He’s describing a way of being that is so valuable, and definitely not given much credence by our society.  Instead of always feeling pressured to act – and often before one is clear – make time to get quiet and listen.  What wants to happen?  This stance of stillness allows things to unfold, but with mindfulness present.  Then when you say “Yes”, it’s a complete investment of you.

Co-Create What Matters – The Superwoman (or Man) archetype has run out of steam.  Doing everything perfect and by yourself won’t work – it really never was sustainable.  We are one community, one planet.  How can I engage more synergistically with other like-minded people (my tribe!)?  Where do I need to ask for help?  Bringing the diversity and creativity of many together helps create the contribution that has the most impact.  We are the ones we’ve been waiting for – let’s inspire one another!

Know Yourself – When you take the time to get to know yourself – the whole enchilada that’s you – you can keep a stronger focus on what your livelihood is; what you’re meant to bring to the world.  We each have a unique gift and finding its expression brings a lot of fulfillment and joy.  Healing and wholeness within myself ripples out and helps create the change in others too.  Give yourself full permission to develop a relationship with your inner Beloved.  Then you’ll be your own best friend and treat yourself with the love and respect you deserve.

Faith in Source -  When you know yourself, you come to know Source, as we are microcosms of that great macrocosm.   Not something reached through the usually dependable 5 senses, this place of Source is reached through direct knowing.  It’s very rarely explainable in any rational way.  Faith implies putting our trust in something we can’t see or touch, but have experienced.   It’s remembering the connection that links us all. It’s remembering we’re not alone.  It’s coming home again.

While I’ve discovered these gifts for living, I always need reminders to use them.  It’s easy to fall into a sleeping state as I move through life.  So many conflicting messages coming at me, it would be easy to just get lazy and be swayed by cultural/familial/relationship winds.  But, I am committed to growing and stretching into becoming a fully realized human being.  Will you join me?  Let’s share the richness of ripened fruit together!

Victoria

Some days the world comes at you at 90 miles an hour – ie, either endless small non-stop challenges, or big challenges that take your time and heart away from what you think you need to be doing. 

It can sure be overwhelming!  We all have connections to so many people and things – as part of the interconnected web we’re a part of – each one brings joy and fulfillment sometimes and new challenges for growth and learning at other times.

The past couple weeks I’ve had one of those big challenges facing me and it requires me to change.  To change how I’ve been in relationship with someone who I care deeply for.  Which in some way is like a break-up.  Since I’ve been married for 22 years, and this person is not my husband (whew), i
t’s been quite awhile since I’ve ‘done’ break-up.  I’m not used to the many feelings and emotions I’ve had arise.  This had required me to stretch myself for sure.

How do you handle all the feelings that loss brings up?  What keeps you centered as you go through letting go? (I’ll discuss the Letting Go part in another blog soon)
I have a big basket of tools (thankfully!) but that doesn’t mean I don’t get so caught up in feeling that I forget them.  Humanity is a never-ending experience!  This week, as I felt myself struggling, I recognized that it was time to connect with a tool, as the path I was on was turning into a huge downer.

What tool worked this time?  Well it’s usually a combination of a couple but the one I want to highlight here is:  Doing the Laundry!  Surprise!  Surprised?  Yup, it worked for a number of reasons.  Here are a few:

1. Creating order from chaos – when change shows up, it can turn our nicely organized world into chaos.  We all want some measure of control over life – sometimes though, it’s just not going to happen in the area of change.  So if I turn my attention to something else – something I can have an effect on in a positive way, it brings me more breathing space to settle down.
2. Feeling Productive – when I do the laundry, at the end I have an outcome that pleases me.  Nice warm piles of folded clothes.  This alone warms up my heart and begins to soften me towards the change I need to embrace with an Open Heart. 
3. Making a Difference – if I do the laundry for me and my husband, I know I’m making a difference.  It may not save the world but we each have fresh clothes to wear that are ready to go.  Making my life and someone I care about’s life a little easier also expands my heart.

Just living these 3 values I notice the positive effect on me.  I am not so triggered by the changes facing me and now, I can start to let go.  There’s more breathing room.  I can start to see more possibility in the change — what doors are opening that had been closed?  What new aliveness is possible in me?  A fresh perspective becomes available – expansion and magic are back at work.  I’m no longer in freak-out, emotionally triggered mode.  I can see and then take my next step.

Are you dealing with Change?  Has it got you off in Never-never Land?  Try this simple way to realign yourself with yourself.  Let me know how it goes!

To the living the Change Journey with Grace,

Victoria

Well, here I am in Siolim, India, a small town on the southwest coast of the state of Goa. There are palm trees and lovely breezes and I am definitely not in Kansas, oops I mean Colorado, anymore!

I was called here by my friend Patti, already in India, accepting a request to accompany her 3 daughters from Durango to Goa. It was a way that I could support her healing journey, and it spoke directly to my heart. It also spoke to my love of adventure and exploration. 20 years ago I traveled quite a bit, as the owner of Breakaway Adventure Travel but my wanderlust hasn’t been given much free rein while I’ve been in parenting mode for the last 19 years. A little here and there but this big journey seemed to come at just the right time. After a killer cold and snowy winter in Colorado, I was more than ready to say YES!

I love that we are in a beach area where things are relaxed and people live close to the land. It’s a simpler and colorful life. Certainly it’s not without it’s difficulties but I’ve noticed in my travels that often the less people have, the more friendly and grateful they are.

We’ve visited 2 beaches so far – one, Vagator was a beautiful setting in a cove with rock formations. We climbed down about 50 steps to get there and settled into some beach chairs with palm-frond coverings. While I liked the setting, we were visited non-stop by women selling sarongs, jewelry and henna applications. We did make some purchases but it was interesting to notice how some, once we said, ‘ok, no more, thanks’, got a bit huffy and annoyed. Since I hadn’t slept for 24 hours I noticed I was getting frustrated and losing patience

After a fantastic 12 hour sleep (a new record I think!) we headed to today’s beach, Morjim, which was quieter and had a beautiful, long stretch to walk with endless waves breaking. It was absolutely more relaxing with only a few people coming by to ask if we wanted a cold drink from one of the restaurant shacks that lined the beach behind us. We boogey boarded and read and had a delicious lunch of tandori chicken and fresh fish. Simple fare, just what you need on a hot day in paradise.

I can feel myself slowing down. I will send some blogs but also take time away from ‘reporting’ to just Be. Traveling somewhere where no one knows you is a great way to explore the question “Who am I now?” You get to notice how you’re responding to new surroundings and what kind of thoughts are occupying your mind. Checking in with your Inner State helps to create full choice on who you get to Be in each moment.

Try it in your life, whether home or exploring parts unknown. Where are you reacting to life, not responding? What beliefs might be limiting the full expression of who you are? Send me a response and let me know what you discover.

Stayed tuned to for more ramblings from the road!

Victoria

Driving your life into a higher gear doesn’t happen by itself.  You’re at the wheel and to step up the power, you will need certain things.  Here’s my quick and dirty list to help you go from start-up to inspired success!

1. Creativity & Imagination – By now you’ve probably taken some time to Dream what you want this year to bring.  And if you haven’t, block some personal time now for it.  Nothing goes anywhere without your imagination engaged.  I dreamt up the Vision Board retreat in November and 2 weeks ago 11 amazing women came to engage with their dreams!  Create quiet time without distractions – you know what distracts you: phone, email, kids, partner, pet; so set these things aside in a clear way.  A journal or writing paper, colored markers or your favorite pen to capture the vision.  In stillness, ask yourself: what would I do if I knew I couldn’t fail?  Listen for your true answer.
2. The Plan – Great ideas are only that if you don’t have a clearly marked Road Map to make them real.  Wishing is just wishing.  Outlining a step-by-step plan gives you the pathway to get where you’re headed. 
3. Support: Your Cheerleaders – We all need somebody we can lean on (as Mick said)!  What support do you need?  Answer this taking into consideration your Mind, Body and Spirit.  You are not alone – but you have to ask! Who will it be?
4. Flexibility and Stretch – You know the phrase ‘The best made plans…’?  Things don’t always go as we envision.  Sometimes there’s a better way, a different timing, a new discovery.  Be flexible and listen as you move forward.  When suprises show up, stretch yourself in new ways – you’re bigger than you think! Step into your unique experience and dance with it as a fully engaged partner.
5. Fuel for the Road – In my life I’ve used these 2 things over and over for success: Devotion and Consistency.  Engage your Passion and keep your lighthouse shining. If you don’t, your dreams won’t know where to find you!

Implementing the items on this list is a surefire way to cruise down the highway to your Dreams.  So what do you think?  What will be your first step?

Victoria

I heard this song title on the radio yesterday, and it hit home so powerfully.  As we live life, run a business, take care of our families and ultimately ourselves, life is notorious for not letting us stay in a peaceful and content state for long.  It is always bringing us opportunities to remember who we really are, to return to our center.  Whether it’s big stuff – losing a loved one, or your job/livelihood, or one of the smaller incidents that annoy and frustrate, we all know what it’s like to fall away from ‘home’.  There’s a hopeless feeling about it and it comes with thoughts that are filled with victim assumptions – I will never reach my goals, I will always be the one left out – you know what I mean, don’t you? And energetically there’s that deflation.  Like having a full balloon of possibility and excitement and then suddenly it’s like all the air has drained out and you are nothing.

So let’s get back to the bus and the faith that we need to get by!  What is Faith?  I see it not as a religious belief system in a all-powerful God who will save me from disaster, but a combination of courage, strength and the wisdom to know that I am connected and in relationship with a Source that wants me to succeed.  I am not alone, as Michael Franti might say.  When I make sure to give my relationship with this Source my attention regularly, I discover my Truth.  Nothing is ‘perfect’, there will always be challenges – and yet the presence of these things does not negate the bigger truth of being loved.  I hold that love inside me – it is me.  In that place there is abundance and gratitude and a whole lot of aliveness and joy.  If I can remember to Remember, then the companionship of my journey increases.  There’s a full busload, not just of Faith but we are all riding together in this Mystery Tour of Life.

How about you – what is faith to you?  What helps you get by?  I’d love to hear your experience in coming home to yourself.

Victoria

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain

This is such a great reminder of how we can get into our safe, cozy lives and let our passion and creativity fizzle. I’ve seen it many times in my clients – they come in with that loss of aliveness. It comes from living the ‘expected’ life. The life society expects of us. Which doesn’t leave much room for our deepest hearts to sing, right?

Take a look today. Notice the habits and conditioned responses that are part of your life. It could be your routine going to work each day that’s become deadened. Or the choices you make at the grocery store. Or the people you’re spending time with that don’t even know who you are. Can you feel the tug of the bowlines wanting to set you free? What is one small way to do it? What can you say Yes to that will let your inner voice be heard, that will set you free?

Come on – I challenge you now, for the sake of that True Life that lives in you and longs for your attention – tell me 1 thing you will choose this week to set the bowlines free. If you do, you’re sure to feel some of that inner Sovereignty that comes from consciously choosing your life. I can almost feel the breezes now, and the glide of the boat, as you take the time to reflect and choose…. I

f you need a first mate, to support that choice, I’m ready to assist. Just give me a shout, and I’ll be there.

Victoria — victoria@truelifecoach.net

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.” (Robert A. Heinlein – Time Enough for Love)

This quote by Robert Heinlein sure puts out the freedom here to everyone who ever thought they should fit into just one box! I am a multi-faceted being and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Of course, sometimes I forget, being human, and think I am just one thing and, that one thing and how it’s going represents my total contribution in this world – what poppycock! (love using that word)  Recently I got a lovely reminder about this from a documentary I saw on Neil Young (former member of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young). He spoke of having to follow his creative muse, no matter what others thought he should being doing – that he could venture off onto any path that beckoned his creative juices. What a beautiful permission letter – on the most perfect stationary, written in my favorite font, with a golden calligraphy pen!

My business evolves as I do.  While one year I might create one thing, I don’t have to repeat it if it no longer fits me or my clients.  I can adapt with flexibility.  I can engage inside myself and see what is calling to me – where the spark is for my passion today.  This keeps a real aliveness present as I meet myself where I am.

Where are you limiting yourself because you think you have to do it a certain way?  What is actually present for you now?  What would bring your passion alive?  And here’s the most fearless question of all:  What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?

I’d love to hear your comments on this, or any of my posts.  Let’s bring forth your authentic self now!

To living the joy, wherever it shows up,
Victoria

All of us have an inner judge – its part of being human.  It’s not just criticism for its own sake – Our minds are trying to protect us or help us survive in some way.  Often this judge is so familiar, so ingrained that we aren’t even conscious of it!  Here’s where the trouble starts.

If you find yourself feeling blue, a bout of depression being the lens that you’re viewing life through, it’s very possible that your judge has got you by the neck.  What would this really look like?  I’ll give you an example of what you might be hearing:

Are you crazy?  You can’t possibly do that.

What makes you think that you know what you’re doing?

Nobody cares what you think is a good idea?

You’re too ____ (fill in the blank here: fat, ugly, short, old, etc).

You’ll never be good enough.

 Etc, etc – I think you get the idea.  Sound familiar?  Whew – get me outta here!

While this state can seem like it will be interminable and everlasting, there are many things you can do about it.  Today I want to offer four powerful questions that come from Angeles Arrien, Ph.D, a cultural anthropologist who brings forth ancient wisdom to help support our journey today.  In these Native traditions, someone who’s feeling sad will seek help from a local healer for what ails them.  Arriens refers to ‘The Four Salves” – healing inquiries that can help one see where they have gotten off course and bring direction to coming home once again to our innate joy and aliveness.

1. “When did you stop singing?” This is interpreted as: When did you set aside your own voice?  What do you want that you’re not asking for?  What truths aren’t you speaking that need to be spoken?   
2. “When did you stop dancing?” is next.  Are you actually living in your own body?  Have you forgotten the connection to the physical that grounds you?  When we fully are living in the body, we have access to a whole world of inner wisdom that is authentically our own.  Movement is the road there – whether it’s dance or walking or chi gong or any type of physical activity that brings you into the present.  When we aren’t using the body, we lose touch with its innate energy; we disconnect from the flow.
3. “When did you become enchanted by the stories others have of you?  These can be the stories others have created for you to fulfill or the ones that you have integrated into your unconscious mind that aren’t authentically your own.  This is one of the judge’s favorite places to tell you what is expected of you and what you must do.  When you listen, you disown your true story – the one propelled by your essence.  Are you living someone else’s version of your life?  It’s time to return to your own truth.
4. “When did you stop practicing the sweet territory of silence?” Without stepping off the Hamster Wheel of Doing and Busyness, you can’t hear your own story or live it.  In silence there is connection to honest reflection, new insights and your creative juiciness.  Are you making time for this sacred quiet?  Are you giving yourself a chance to know your True Self?  Can you slow down and rest in the abundant flow that’s always there for you?

By claiming these questions, you begin to return to your own Sovereignty in your Life.  The questions are about recognizing where you’ve stepped off the throne and abdicated your power to other forces.  When you recognize the meanings of the symptoms of sadness, depression and being lost, the journey back begins.  These four questions are a magnificent Explorer’s map to find the Heart of your Center once again. 

Victoria & Fred

‘Have you lost anyone?’
‘Who hasn’t?’

This is such a common exchange, one that I overheard recently between 2 women.  It didn’t take me but a couple seconds to deduce that they were talking about breast cancer.  October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month – it’s also the month of my sister’s birthday.  She would’ve been 52 this year.

Now that I’ve reached my 50’s I’ve known many women who have dealt with this terrifying experience.  Happily I can say that most are survivors – and truly they are inspirations as well.  They’ve made it through the chemo, the hair loss, the mastectomies – some even doubles.  I bow before their courage to get up each day, make more choices and go forward.

Today I’m writing about the woman I lost – my only sister Stacey.  She was in her very early 30’s when she was diagnosed with a lump.  I remember sitting with her the night before she was scheduled for a mastectomy.  She didn’t feel prepared at all – she felt rushed and ungrounded.  She called the doctor’s office and cancelled the surgery.  Nope, she said, she was going to try a different direction. She usually did.

Stacey made many decisions in her life that went against the grain of what others thought were right.  She had a child with a man who didn’t want to be a father.  She chose to make jewelry and art that were true to her passion, even though she barely got by.  She often prided herself on being different – the black sheep of our family.  Her relationships were volatile, especially with the immediate family.  It seemed that getting close to her was always a struggle; an uphill battle. 

But she taught me things as well.  While our relationship would always be up and down, we had our moments of connection as sisters.  There were the things about our childhood that we could laugh about – memories that only we shared.  I will never forget on my wedding weekend, she and I put together about 100 goodie baskets for the guests arriving on Nantucket and then spent an afternoon, driving around the island in her old beat up truck, delivering them and laughing at the lengths to which my mom would go – always dreaming up more stuff for us to do to please others.  I know, now, what a lovely gesture it was, but I will treasure the lightness and fun we shared that day.  It was a rare time of connection and closeness.

Stacey’s son Fred, my only nephew, will be 20 in a couple months.  He was the sweetest little boy you ever saw and only 8 when she passed away.  We all adored him (and still do).  She was as devoted a mother as you will ever meet and while her pain pushed her to leave this world, her love of him kept her here longer than would be expected.  As Fred’s mom, she found the one place where she felt unconditionally loved and could give that love back.  As we love him now, we get a small piece of her that lives through the amazingly grounded young man that he is.  God, she would be so proud of him!

And I can see today, how losing the only sister I had, even with the tumultuous relationship we had, has been a wound for me that’s led me to create experiences for women that emulate the love, support and vulnerability of sisterhood.  Our scars speak in our lives, if we look closely.  They can hold us back, unhealed and still creating pain in this moment, or they can infuse us with courage and creativity to find ways to turn the greatest pain into our deepest joy.  When I go on retreat with a group of women, and watch and experience the love and respect and joy and sisterhood that emerges, I am healed once again in the loss of my sister. 

She would be happy I think to know how this part of her, through our challenging relationship, lives on, a legacy she didn’t know she left behind. 

P.S.

My nephew, Fred Milgrim, is on the crew team at Brown University.  He and his teammates are racing in the ‘Head of the Charles’ this weekend.  To make their race tie in with a bigger race – the race for a cure – they are collecting donations individually and have a goal as a team of raising $20,000!  Go here and click on Fred’s name to make a donation: http://main.acsevents.org/goto/fmilgrim.  

Thanks for helping!!

I’ve been noticing the connections between Possibility and Letting Go, and how they are both in service of Living a Bigger Life.  All this began back when I sent out the email about 9/11 and how it was such a wake-up call for me to pay attention and make some choices that would lead to more personal and professional Aliveness. (Some of you are familiar with my image of the Alive-O-Meter… well it wasn’t exactly at its height back then.)  So down the Road I went.  And I’m still learning and seeking to discover all the ways that my Soul wants to express itself.  Only in order to really listen… to hear what’s coming through, I’ve learned that I have to Let Go.  I have to let go of my limiting beliefs or ways that I’m maintaining my safety with small thinking.  (If you’re a security junkie, you may want to stop reading now.)  I have to let go of how I only let myself dream ‘so big.

At aseminar I just in San Francisco, this got explored some more.  When I want to expand and create, many times I will assume that I have a variety of choices… A or B, C or D.  I look at those and think, “Which one should I choose?”  To some this many look like lots of options, beyond black and white thinking.  But here’s the thing – when I make up (since it’s all made up anyway) that my choices are A, B, C or D, what other possibilities have I just completely missed?  I’ve short-circuited the real road to authenticity, which is to just ask myself “What do I want?”  This is a whole different way to play!  Once I’m clear on what I want, I can ask for that – clearly and purposefully.  It’s about choosing what I want, not just what I decide is available.  But again, here’s where the letting go shows up some more.  Once I’ve clarified what I want and taken the time to ask for it, now it’s time to let go.  Because, as the poet Rumi said, “There are 100 ways to kneel and kiss the earth.”  There are many ways to achieve something and I may receive support that is very different from what I asked for.

It’s all good in theory but seeing this in action is so powerful and inspiring.  And that’s what happened when I picked up the book “Kabul Beauty School” on the way back from San Francisco.   This is the story of Debbie Rodriguez, a beautician from Holland, Michigan who went to Afghanistan in 2002, wanting to serve, wanting to help somehow.  Upon arriving with an international aid group, she first felt that only the doctors and nurses truly had something to offer the ravaged people, who’ve lived through some kind of war now for decades.  But little by little, noticing the gray-toned city with the women covered in dark burquas from head to foot, she realized that her mission was one of Beauty.  Since all the beauty salons had been shut down by the Taliban, there was this perfect contribution that she was totally qualified to make – starting a Beauty School!  While to some may this seem frivolous in a country where food on the table may be a bigger priority, her school and the opportunity it gives to the women of Kabul is huge.  The financial independence would be enough to make a difference, but creating a safe place for women to meet, share their stories and support one another to heal their broken hearts and spirits goes right into the Land of Inspiration for me!
 
So again, how does this come home to me?  Well that too, appeared on my trip to San Francisco.  I got to meet with a young cousin of mine and hear more about her business that supports financial independence for women of South Africa.  She sells products that they create there across the U.S., in specialty shops and on the internet (http://www.besweetproducts.com).  It’s another really inspiring story and I’m so proud of her.  As we sat at dinner talking about the different ways we each empower women, what emerged was how we could link together and have more of an impact.  The idea was born of how I could go with her and bring some of the empowerment tools I know to even further support these women, who are new to financial independence and the power that can bring to their lives and the lives of their loved ones.  Suddenly the space I could contribute in, never before imagined, expanded exponentially!  And let me tell you, it’s pretty exciting and pretty daunting as well.  I know there would be so much learning, not just for them, but for me as well.  Right now, nothing is decided but just a glance at this opportunity made me realize how much bigger I can dream!  Even though I sold my adventure travel business back in 1990, I’ve still dreamt of traveling the globe, only bringing my coaching tools with me this time.  So many of my values would be honored by this: adventure, making a difference, connection, diversity, possibility – just to name a few.
 
Moving into your world now, how does this story impact you?  Where are you limiting your dreaming?  What possibilities are out at the edge of your landscape…and beyond?  Let go of choosing from a small pond and take the leap to a bigger one.  I’m talking about allowing your passion to speak loudly so that you can follow the signposts.  Take the time to get quiet and open your heart to hear – what’s your next Possibility?