First, set your intention.
Then…
Speak it.
Name it.
Declare it.
Write it.
Proclaim it.
Do whatever must be done for it to be set, known, seen, and held in the light.
Then be intentional.
Time stood still for me today with a quote I heard from the great Dr. Parker J. Palmer.
He said, “As long as we are wedded to “effectiveness” we will take on smaller and smaller tasks, for they are the only ones with which we can get results.”
Here’s a HUGE question for all of us. Is effectiveness your drug of choice?
If so, be careful.
It’s a short buzz with a small ending and the only fix is another hit of the same scenario.
PS – Last week I released a podcast that has struck a chord with many of our listeners entitled “Ludicrously Happy”. You can listen to it here. It was a short riff off of a poem from Rumi and it may help you connect some dots with growing your capacity, increasing your awareness, and living out the difficult and necessary paths for a great-big-lovely story.
When you finally find yourself and start to live out and through this integrity you will have just found your niche.
This should settle some of the confusion around the topic of choosing one’s vocation.
Episode 18 is a short and sweet riff on this excerpt below from one of Rumi’s poems that I read this week and had to share!
Friends, we are traveling together.
Throw off your tiredness. Let me show you
one tiny spot of the beauty that cannot be spoken.
I am like an ant that has gotten into the granary,
ludicrously happy, and trying to lug out
a grain that is way too big.
Rumi
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Enjoy.
Have you given any of these a shot?
If not, pick one.
It will make a great first step towards whatever song won’t stop playing in your chest.
Ashton.Gustafson 