Do you wake up some mornings and get into motion, without much feeling attached ? I think we probably all have our days, at one point or another. And if you ask someone over 50, they will probably admit that those days come more and more frequently. After all, you’ve been on the treadmill of life for many years already, at that point, working hard to fulfill your many obligations, and hoping you can stay glued together. Does this ring a bell at all?
Take a moment now and ask yourself how this week is going? Is it totally high speed, with no pit stops (or very few), and do you just wish that you had a moment to catch that all-important healthy breath, and slow things down? I cannot tell you that every person’s situation can be changed easily or even changed at all. Only you can decide. But it really is up to you, and thank goodness, for the moment, we still have some rights and freedoms to choose what we would like our lives to look like.
Are you still with me? But here comes the challenge…Okay. You’ve dared to pause, and you have taken the risk to even consider that you may have options. Now, what will you do about it? I repeat, it is a challenge and a risk involved, but the reality is you can stay where you are, and know that you made that choice, or you can at least begin to build something beautiful, one piece at a time. Granted, some people are more creative than others, by nature, and some are more bold, more intuitive, more something, something, something. Right? But please do not allow the concern about what you lack to stop your process. We are all made to be unique, with certain strong areas, and some ”not-so-strong” areas. And, now it’s time to allow others to fill in the gaps, and help mold the clay of your life into something fulfilled and complete. I cannot stress enough—-you are not alone. There are many people out there, who are eager and prepared to serve.
After observing people for a very long time, I have seen how difficult it can be for some to simply “allow” others in, instead of feeling as though you have failed, when you seem unable to do it all on your own. Do you think that maybe we came into this world incomplete, so that we would need each other, to therefore give us relationships, which become the reason for existing? Just thought I’d pose that question.
So, when you are feeling less than “on top of your game”, just take a minute to pull that burden down off of your shoulders, inspect what is in that heavy pack of yours, and think creatively and open-mindedly if there just might be another way. It does not make you a lesser person, of lesser character, for doing so. Quite the opposite. It gives you a deeper sense of meaning, value and “completeness” that you may otherwise miss out on, simply because you were afraid to go there.
Do not fear change. Look it in the face, stand tall and choose. You CAN do this.
