Monday, October 14, 2013
Personal Journey-- "Progress Sharing"
Group:
Julie suggested we open a place for comments and reflections on your progress with your Personal Challenge.
You have had a couple weeks and quite possibly "see" the challenge in a different light than when you started this process of working on it.
Since there may well be a commonality of experience, please use this heading as a place where you can share your adventures in addressing the challenge.
(As always, if there is something you wish to send directly to Julie or Hal, rather than post, you are encouraged to do so.)
Press on,
Julie & Hal
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Confession: I had not posted here because I was feeling a little stuck. Today's gift was a "budge." I had the privilege of being able to spend the day at an all-day meditation and yoga retreat. Timing was perfect; a great opportunity to let many of the lessons from this class settle in. At one point my mind was wandering so I decided to put Julie's ravine meditation to use. In class and after, I had ventured into the ravine, trusting what was that the bottom, to find my future self there. I set her free but remained in the ravine. Id been there ever since. Today, it was EEE to fly right across it. No wings, no tricks, no engine, no help. A simple leap.
ReplyDeleteIf it had been appropriate to bound up from the meditation and give a high-five to my meditation partner, I would have. Frankly, I am not entirely sure what it means... but the log-jam seems to be breaking apart.
I thought I should share that the exercise of the fourth class (the boat, the rock, the wise person...) helped me finally crossing my ravine. The wise person I saw on the rock was my great-grandmother (who died before I was born) I think I was so excited of having that "wise person" there just listening to me, with no judgments and with the answers I needed, that so I asked questions after questions and all I had as reply was another question...was a simple question with one objective answer (that I always knew). Later, what I realized was the answer to her question, answer all my questions too. After that, I was so relief and confident that I tried to face again my ravine and these time, it was as easy as I could never imagine it would be.
ReplyDeletePracticing the “live with” exercise of “doing only what I love” has helped me re-visit my personal challenge from a different perspective. Previously I was not sure my personal challenge would be feasible for me to achieve because of other responsibilities and considerations. But as I reflected further, it occurred to me that perhaps my initial thoughts were based more on VOJ than VOI. I now believe that my personal challenge is attainable, it just requires planning. For example, a phased approach will help ensure that I continue to address the other responsibilities and considerations as I also continue to make progress on the overall goal. My recent focus on “doing only what I love” has helped me align my priorities, and figure out more creative methods to keep me energized while I make progress on my personal challenge.
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