Have you ever found yourself midway through a book and the temptation was so great you flipped to those last pages to discover the ending? I have.
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I find myself wishing I could scurry ahead a chapter or two in my life to discover how this subplot I am living is resolved. But, then, I have to remind myself, there is to skipping ahead. Life is to be lived moment by moment.
No matter how uncertain our circumstances, no matter how glaring the imperfections we discover, somehow we must call upon the courage and the strength to live in each moment. In the moment, we commit to carefully wading our way through the challenges. In doing so, we learn our life lessons and live our soul purpose.
The power of the reframe — to see our challenges and life lessons as opportunities for growth — cannot be emphasized enough. Through the reframe, we choose to live in the moment no matter how gritty and pain-filled. Within this reframe life becomes less a minefield of uncertainty waiting to explode by a seeming misstep and all about opportunity for growth and transformation.
We accept that while we may not be able to change the externals, we are not living a preordained life plot. With curiosity and daring we choose the next arc in our story. Choice is the power that resonates behind the plot we find our self living. With awareness we see how our thoughts, words, and actions have brought us to this moment. We recognize the skills we have gained along the way. We use those skills to resolve our imperfections and live fully amid the uncertainty.
By seeing the world differently, and noticing the shift in our reactions and responses to it, our paradigm shifts. We are no longer a passive reader who wants to skip ahead to the end. No, we are the writer of our own story. We choose how we respond amid the constraints within our life. In a sense, we accept that we cannot control anything but our response to the externals. Our story truly becomes an inside job.
This willingness to navigate the wonderful uncertainty with joy and compassion is our power. Our end goal does not happen some where in the murky future but in every moment that we act with courage by sharing the message of our life.
Vanessa F. Hurst, ms, is an Intuitive, Coach, Catalyst, who uses mindfulness practices and intuition tools to create strategies for personal and relationship transformation. She is a professional speaker & author who weaves inner wisdom into all she touches. Her books are available @ www.wildefyrpress.com. Contact Vanessa (vanessa@intentandaction.com) for life coaching, intuitive consultations, keynotes, and programs.
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