Make a Declaration - I Dare You!

In the midst of launching a new career and managing all the related excitement, I have also been transforming my personal life. I have been working through some self-directed course material intended to help me embrace MY potential in an area that has suffered neglect for quite some time.

Yes, some times the motivator needs a motivator, it is true! This course work has allowed me to examine my past – as far back as I can remember – up to the time I started the course. The recent past can seem the most painful to process yet it is often rooted in unresolved issues from childhood. We experience recurring patterns today because of lessons we haven’t yet learned that can go back years. I am doing this work to heal my soul and to allow something new and wonderful to grow within me. It is all part of embracing my potential.

This week I began teaching a four-part workshop and asking the participants to embark on a series of self-discovery exercises. My integrity to this process is demonstrated in my willingness to work through my own issues as, deep down, we are all the same. For four weeks now, I have diligently put pen to paper every day and the results have been incredible. To say that every day has been a rose garden would be to simplify the process. In order to grow, we must accept responsibility for choices that have not served us; we must forgive ourselves and those around us; we must love ourselves above all else. This is not easy but it is well worth the short term discomfort. When you make a commitment to embrace your potential, you learn that the Universe is just waiting to give you what you want. It is your birthright to be happy. And so, I continue the journey…

Earlier this week I was asked to set an intention and give myself a deadline. I had to write it out, share it with someone and then Let Go and Hold On! Now, if you think that is all there is to it, you obviously haven’t done this before. Life is never as easy as that. You had better be clear because, when you DARE to set an intention, the Universe rises up, and tests you to see if you are certain that THIS is what you want! Your ego will respond to this new idea of success that you have conjured and taunt you: “Do you have want it takes to move forward? Isn’t it more comfortable back here? Why do you think you deserve this?” Oh yes, the ego is a great manipulator. It has the power to keep us small. But, as Marianne Williamson reminds us, “Your playing small doesn’t serve the world.”

You know what? I do have the courage to move forward! I’ll face my fear of the unknown and walk forward with confidence. I deserve this because I am worthy of success as I define it. I will play small no more! THAT’S what I declare back to you Ms Ego. Look out!

Success, here I come! Oh… I have already arrived. Lesson Learned.