We are getting ready for my children, their pets, and their partners, to join us for Thanksgiving. I love family "home for the holidays" and when they bring company-animal or human-even better! Our house benefits from a thorough cleaning, the gourmet cooks confer for menus, and the fall flora shares it’s beauty in floral arrangements.
I am grateful for a holiday that reminds us to offer gratitude for the gifts of life. Life can be overwhelming at times and it can be tough some days to stay focused on the positive. Taking a break to enjoin with community in celebration, is restorative and taking time to be with loved ones in celebration is critical for balancing out life's challenges.
Whether it's the weather, the economy, the environment, the age-old conflicts, life is turbulent these days. There is no doubt heavy lifting is being demanded of humans and my personal experiences with challenges have me optimistic about humans being up to the challenges....challenges requiring our faith, trust, and understanding of ourselves, our infinite possibilities, and each other.
Here are some tips and tools for navigating our turbulent times:
* Learn to embrace "different"....different choices, different beliefs, different conclusions. When we long for our life to be different yet continue to choose the same as always, we are simply doing what I call “circling the drain”. Begin to make "different" your BFF and fasten your seatbelt for how quickly things in your life begin to change!
* Lead life more through the wisdom of your heart..... and less through your mind's desire for control. Become honest with yourself where you rationalize and compromise your integrity, stop doing so, and watch your self-respect will take off! Living with integrity to your heart and soul is priceless, and living with integrity creates faith in yourself and life!
* Discern, decipher, and delight.....in the abundant guidance and support being offered by your heart and soul for challenging times. Life will brings you both challenges and the means for meeting your challenges. When you learn to tune into-and trust-the wisdom and guidance of your body, your emotions, and what shows up in your day, life goes from scary and random to delightful and amazing!
* We all need a village.... to be healthy, to be happy, to realize our infinite possibilites. The myth of the rugged individual is just that.....a myth. The lie of strength through independence is being updated by the truth of strength through honoring your interdependence with others. The presence of others-whether by choice or "coincidence", not only helps you get by in life, relationships bring learning your staying "safely in control" cannot deliver!
Knowledge alone cannot meet the challenges and changes your life is bringing to you; there is more information available than ever before in human history and our world is in crisis. Learning to honor the deep wisdom of your heart and soul is no longer optional, it is the new normal of smart, safe, and able. Creating a dynamic relationship with the resources and wisdom of your infinity will deliver what your mind alone cannot......the miracles your life and your world are awaiting.
