GOOD COACH.. BAD COACH…

Sculpture in the center of town in Redondela, Spain

Good coaches notice what you did right and they teach.  Bad coaches notice what you did wrong and they focus on it.

Quote by Dr. Daniel Amen

REFLECTION:

  • What kind of “coach* ” are you? 
  • Do you focus on what is right and teach or do you focus on what is wrong and  correct?
  • What kind of “coach” do you want to be?  Make the shift.

* Substitute leader, boss, Mom, Dad, friend, sister, brother, employee for coach… applies to all roles you may play.

A NEW BEGINNING

FOR A NEW BEGINNING

In out-of-the way places of the heart, 

Where your thoughts never think to wander,

This beginning has been quietly forming.

Waiting until you were ready to emerge.

 

For a long time it has watched your desire,

Feeling the emptiness growing inside you,

Noticing how you willed yourself on,

Still unable to leave what you had outgrown.

 

It watched you play with the seduction of safety

And the gray promises that sameness whispered,

Heard the waves of turmoil rise and relent,

Wondered would you always live like this.

 

Then the delight, when you courage kindled,

And out you stepped onto new ground,

Your eyes young again with energy and dream,

A path of plenitude opening before you.

 

Though your destination is not yet clear

]You can trust the promise of this opening;

Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning

That is at one with your life’s desire.

 

Awaken your spirit to adventure;

Hold nothing back, learn to find ease in risk;

Soon you will be home in a new rhythm,

For your soul senses the world that awaits you.

FOR A NEW BEGINNING by John O’Donohue

REFLECTION:

  • Are you staying you your safety zone… your familiar routine?
  • What have you outgrown but are reluctant to change?
  • Is there new pathway for your this year?
  • New adventures await… what spirit of adventure needs to be awakened in you?
  • Find ease in risk… seek a new rhythm.

LIVE A LIFE THAT MATTERS

At the end of life, what really matters is not what we bought, but what we built; not what we got, but what we shared; not our competence, but our character; and not our success but our significance. 

Live a life that matters. 

Live a life of love.

Author – Unknown

REFLECTION:

  • As we close out this year, I hope you will take some time for reflection. 
  • What really matters to you?
  • As you are stepping onto a new year what does living a life that matters look like?  What does living a life of love look like?
  • Journal!