The Power of CHANGE
Sometimes just leaving a familiar environment . . . the daily grind, is the first step toward creating your life's dream!
To choose a different 'way', well it's scary and unknown. The mere thought of stepping away from our gerbil wheel creates anxiety and fear.
We've grown accustomed to and & comfortable with our lives, even though emotionally painful and boring. Even if our dreams are frozen and our lives no longer flow in a meaningful direction!
How does one go about finally following the dream of a lifetime?
The answer lies in 'baby steps' one day, one week, month and year at a time. Creating a change in your life that at first feels like RISK, but then eases into joyful reality for you.
Here are some suggestions for simple yet powerful acts, which can act as a catalyst to get you out of the rut:
Do you love the outdoors? Buy a tent and promise yourself to use it. Research every wonderful state park in your area and go to the nearest one to test it out. Stay a couple days and sink in to the joy of getting away and 'roughing it'. Invite friends you usually wouldn't invite, step out of your shell and eat a new food while out there. Take a LONG stroll in the woods or by the sea. DO what you have been missing. DO what you have been longing for. DO NOW what you have only been imagining and dreaming of.
* The risk is the time you carve out to do it. The thrill of leaving your schedule and habits and common comforts - to expose yourself to a life you once loved.
Don't stop here. Come home and immediately pencil in a date and commit to doing this or something even grander AGAIN.
Join a movie club and get away from your regular genre- watch inspirational movies, comedy or science fiction. Spend time alone with yourself watching movies that touch you soul, make you sob and feel deeply about life. Laugh out loud and ponder.
Pick themes that speak just to YOU - Go on a 'movie marathon'. Something new for inner work- to bring about change.
*The risk here is the emotional healing and awakening, which will occur by allowing yourself to FEEL.
Volunteer at a place of interest which turns you on. Do it just a little and totally focus on the joy of giving when you're involved. Do you love cats? Even if you don't formally volunteer, simply visit the Humane Society a couple times a month to enjoy the cats. Do you feel passionate about women issues, volunteer a couple days a month at a women's center.
*The risk here is in finding your true bliss job and finally seeing a path that leads you there!
Embrace change & take a risk. There are SO many ways!
If you are so fed up that you actually give notice and leave your job, trust the void and embrace the opportunity for real change.
CHANGE IS POWERFUL. Learn to love it. Say to yourself when things start to fall apart- "This is an opportunity!"
Have a blessed Monday, full of light and new thoughts.
& maybe you can share your experiences with others here, about what you once did (& are doing) which had the power to create miracles in your life.
Light!
Fawn