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The Mirage

Okay. What are you worrying about? Over planning for? Fearing? What is out there in front of you stealing your attention?

Guess what? It’s all a mirage. Yes, really! No matter how much you think and plan and prepare for “it”, “it” will be different. “It” might feel awful when it arrives; “It” might be awesome! Either way, in this moment, “it” is in the future and will shift before you get there. “It” is in your imagination. “It” is a mirage.

So today, come back here to now. Take a breath. Focus away from the mirage. 

What is really present now?

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What Can You Be?

“Each and every moment of each and every day
the opportunity is mine to mold myself like clay
into the grandest version of the greatest vision I can be.
Yes, each and every moment is mine to be what I can be!” (*)

That means we choose. We notice what life is presenting and we choose how we will react or respond to it. We notice each thought and ask: Is this thought one I want to nourish? We notice each emotion and ask: What part of this needs to be felt and released? We pause to imagine what we want to create and then breathe into its completion: What does your imagination create?

What can you be this moment?

(*) Lyrics by Jeanne Loehnis based on words from Alan Cohen.

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What’s Not Being Said?

Growth, creativity, expansion into all we can be doesn’t come from reporting what we know or sharing what we’ve done. Far more vital, especially in the context of a coaching session, is this: What’s not being said?

Begin to notice what you leave unspoken at work, at home, with friends and with your coach. What thoughts do you dismiss? What emotions do you stuff? What energy is moving through your body that you are trying to ignore? What are you afraid to speak aloud?

What happens when you acknowledge it?

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Your Impact

No amount of intending, planning, leading and seeing our dreams to completion will EVER give us the full picture of our impact in this lifetime. No matter how many accolades, awards or expressions of gratitude we receive, these will never be the full picture.

Rather, each one of us, moment by moment, is having an impact on this world and the people in it well beyond our awareness. In ways we are oblivious, others are observing, learning, being touched. Furthermore, their actions are affected by our impact; our impact is expanding like a web that truly is out of our control.

In what ways do you WANT to impact the world you live in?
In what ways are you WAITING for acknowledgment before acting?
What message is your life sending now?