THE DAILY SPARK

ARE YOU STALLING

ARE YOU STALLING?…. And of course, the answer is often “yes.”  If you’re waiting on an unavoidable delay, then you’re not stalling.  If you’re making things better in a way that the customer will notice, then you’re not stalling.  If you’re finding that the spaces in between are giving you joy and sustaining you, then you’re not stalling. 

But… If you’re holding back and looking for a reason why, and that reason is replaced by another reason, then… you might be stalling. 

FROM:  Blog post by Seth Godin  Seth Godin is a best selling author, speaker,  entrepreneur and most of all,  a teacher.  Books include: Purple Cow and This Is Marketing.

REFLECTION:

  • Are you holding back …. stalling on something you say you want? 
  • Examine your reasons for delay.
  • What can you do to move past the stall?

WHEN YOU BELIEVE

When you believe some thing is impossible, your mind goes to work for you to prove why.  But when you believe, really believe, something can be done, your mind goes to work for you and helps you find the ways to do it.

FROM:  THE MAGIC OF THINKING BIG by David J. Schwartz, Ph.D.  David was a motivational speaker, author, marketing professor (1927 – 1987)  The Magic of Thinking Big was written and published in 1959.

REFLECTION:

  • What is something you believed was impossible to achieve? 
  • Did your mind “prove” it wasn’t possible?
  • What is something you are willing to suspend doubt and let you mind go to work to prove a way to make it happen.
  • What is it?  Write it down, make it happen.

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 of 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 your courage kindled, And out you stepped onto new ground,  Your eyes young again with energy and dream, A path of plentitude 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. 

FROM:  TO BLESS THE SPACE BETWEEN US  A Book of Blessings by John O’Donohue

REFLECTION:

  • It is January 1st, 2021!  Reviewing 2020, what have you outgrown?  
  • What desires have you pushed aside… giving in to the “seduction of safety?”
  • As you move into a 2021, what courageous step is calling to you?
  • What new ground will fill you with energy and dream and make your eyes young again?
  • Awaken your spirit of adventure.  Find ease in risk!  Make a list and create a plan to embrace a new rhythm in 2021.