Sometimes showing up for life can seem like a major achievement. And within that 'showing up' we're showing tremendous courage. We're not giving up. We're forcing our way back - searching for meaning, trying to find a new direction? a reason to go on.
I know the emotions of failure. I know the thoughts - the questions: what's the point? Why me? Why now? What is this all about? And I know the choice we come to within these questions: do we fall away, a bitter cynic; or do we find our way, make our way back and somehow make our life worthwhile.
Too many days can be spent alone. Too many days can be lost to failure or fear. Too many days can be lost in pity.
The world is changing, life is evolving, every twist and turn on our path can bring us new hope, new beginnings, new love, new adventures. If only we can see that the world is not a darkened, hopeless place, put our hearts back into place, remember life is about love we will not only 'show up' but make our days fulfilling and meaningful.
Rebuilding life starts with a brave look around you. I know how easy it is to be sucked into materialism, achieving, being the best, succeeding; and I know the consequences of these things: often a shallow, unfulfilled existence where we forget or close down and deny, not only the people around us we love and adore, but deny our selves.
The world is waking up. Westerners are hungering for meaning and purpose. We want to find the reason for life. We're finding that doing and achieving feels great for the ego, but can leave something missing in the spirit.
And we want to fill that spirit. And we begin our search. What I find is that more and more people are looking for purpose - life purpose. Some come with hope - hoping to find what's missing others come with an attitude of 'doing' purpose and moving on again.
Life purpose is not for doing. It is for being. It is where you rediscover that the world is timeless. Where you fall back in love with life and handle everything from your heart and not from your wallet or your clock or your diary.
It's about waking up in the morning wondering about the possibilities, rather than focussing on difficulties.
Jo Ball (LCA, Dip, NLP) is one of the UK's leading Life Coaches. Join her fast growing Life Purpose newsletter at http://www.unstoppablelife.com
pet-friendly home cleaners Bannockburn ..."Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because... Read More
There are many different and interchangeable terms that are used... Read More
What type of person grabs your attention and motivates you?... Read More
Do you go to God seeking His will for your... Read More
You can think of your Animal Totems as imaginary guides... Read More
How many of us rush blindly through our days, fall... Read More
There are no better people to be around than those... Read More
Back in 1992, Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruise co-starred in... Read More
One of my favorite movies is "The Green Mile". A... Read More
What purpose does keeping a journal serve?Do you write down... Read More
Observations from the Town Car... "Home James!"The bulk of driving... Read More
I am a Falun Dafa practitioner. Maybe you've heard... Read More
Originating in what is now modern India; Tantra is at... Read More
It is my personal view that the reason we call... Read More
The contrast between the two men could not have been... Read More
If you would like to learn to read tarot cards,... Read More
In a recent case study which I also summarized in... Read More
The concept of integrity has arisen often in discussions of... Read More
We as human beings travelled in small bands for hundreds... Read More
I am often asked to explain what I mean by... Read More
I love rivers. I have for many years lived away... Read More
As I sit here and ponder my existence my heart... Read More
An interesting question arose within a poetry workshop I attended... Read More
THE GNOSTICS, ESSENES AND THE 'OCCULT':Throughout this book I have... Read More
I still remember the scene vividly. I was getting out... Read More
custom home cleaning Wilmette ...Maybe once in a lifetime, we find ourselves seeking spiritual... Read More
I heard recently on a Christian radio station somebody talking... Read More
I am going to remind of some simple, yet important... Read More
As Christian's we are often very independent. We try to... Read More
Years ago, my minister spoke to us about how you... Read More
Forgiveness breaks all bounds of repression and depression. It liberates... Read More
Symbols and symbolism are popular in almost every civilisation, culture... Read More
Echo was a flea-bitten gray horse, with brown speckles everywhere,... Read More
Stress is amazingly persistent, even seductive. We get used to... Read More
People engaged in kissing experience information and energy transfer, although... Read More
There is a concept in Jewish mystical thought known as... Read More
I can truly say to this day of August, 2005,... Read More
Have you ever thought about how your orientation to time... Read More
Oceans... There's water in 'em! :-)It may seem a bit... Read More
Yes, we are living in a world where we are... Read More
To a shaman a kachina isn't really a doll or... Read More
Eden, the garden of ecstasy is no longer available to... Read More
The tongue is such a tiny little organ. Yet, it... Read More
As Christians, we know we need God in every aspect... Read More
I'm not sure Paul had the Japanese culture in mind... Read More
When King David was old and well advanced in years?... Read More
David understood the aguish only those who have chosen to... Read More
Have you heard the saying that; You have a friend... Read More
Are you at a crossroad in your life where you... Read More
The still place is the beginning. Settle in there, ask... Read More
Spirituality |