Universal Truths

Times they are a changing...

I have learnt to embrace change. I don't always love it but I certainly have made change my friend.

In my "past life", prior to the last seven years :o), I loathed change.  In my unconscious attempt to control everyone and everything, not in a conscious neurotic sort of way but from an unconscious place of deep fears, change represented uncertainty.  I found it scary, unpredictable and not always in my best interest.

These days I know that change is certain and
I view it as an ever ready portal
through which all my undesirable conditions can be transformed.

During my recent years of great personal transformation, it was a surprise to me just how many aspects of my life and myself I didn't like. The more I chose to shine the light on areas of myself and my life, the more I found I was less than content with.

Learning what we've learnt along the way, I got to change much about myself.  As I did I found that when I achieved the next version of "me" in an area I considered to be ideal, I would realise yet more was available, if I so desired.  I came to understand that not only can I continually and endlessly imagine other, grander versions of ideal, for ever aspect of my life, but that it is in harmony with Life Itself to do so.

It has become known to me at a cellular level that my number one purpose for existing at all is to partake in the Great Plan of Life/Evolution which by definition is "a gradual process in which something changes into a different and usually more complex or better form." *

Last weekend marked the "next step" of significant change for Anthony and I yet again. While most weekends do, the difference this time is that I wish to share the planning, the process, and the progress via this space.

The areas upon which the Light is currently being shone includes: our body composition (or personal physical expression), our expression via our home, and the manner and roles through which we express ourself in areas of service.

As I have blogged and posted in the past, planning precedes performance.  So, last weekend was when I put keyboard to screen and produced my latest "What" document. From a place of uncritical observation, I listed "What" conditions I am currently producing/receiving (Keys: Awareness + 1).  I then asked and noted, "What do I now desire?" (Key No. 2), and this elegantly led me too, "What" my new focus needs to be on (Key No. 3).

I also took some current stats in terms of my height, weight and measurements. To accompany these I took some now photos which I'm also doing with the cabin (our home). I intend to upload these on weekends or when the tools of the trade permit me to do so more regularly with ease. Whilst the body shots will be conservative for professional purposes they will reveal enough to document my progress.

And what does this have to do with manifesting an inner city abode or becoming a company culture change agent, you might ask? Everything of course! Absolutely everything as we'll come to see...

until I post again...
Love the Life you Live
J x

* source: meaning of evolution

Planning Precedes Performance

"Keys to a Better Life" 

I often hear individuals say they are desirous of living an "authentic life".

I too was desirous of this and it was my coach, beautiful friend and partner, Anthony, who reminded me that we can’t live anything but an "authentic life". After all, there is no other version of you and me on the planet. We are unique, one of a kind, therefore how could it be that the life we are living, here and now, be anything but authentic?

If this is so, how could it be that we were living authentically and often felt so miserable? What was it about the lives we were leading that felt so incongruent?

As we journeyed we discovered, amongst many things, that many facets of our personality were adopted...

To see how this could be so, let’s take a look at the definition of personality*:

1. The quality or condition of being a person.
2. The totality of qualities and traits, as of character or behaviour, that are peculiar to a specific person.
3. The pattern of collective character, behavioural, temperamental, emotional, and mental traits of a person.

Where did these qualities, conditions, traits, characteristics, behaviours, temperaments, and emotions originate from? Initially at least they were learnt, taught to us, and adopted as we observed and profiled others, thought on things repetitvely, and formed our values and beliefs - consciously or unconsciously.

In the same way all skills, abilities, and expressions are mastered, like crawling, walking, language and so on, we take on these facets of our personality through slow normalcy and repetition.  And, depending on the extent of awareness and practice we dedicate to the task, we become anywhere between poor and extraordinary at expressing them…whether we like them or not.

When enough was enough, we discovered there was no time like the present to plan an ‘ideal’ version of our Self; so plan we did…

• We planned our new personalities
• We planned our ideal future
• We planned our greatest desires for the next year, month, week and day
• And these days we plan about pretty much everything...!

After we plan, we implement…we contemplate and meditate about the next inspired action(s) to take and we go for it! Some days we are better at this than others...but whatever the season, there are two things for sure, one is we never give up and the other is we are always getting better!

Today, we continue to define and refine these plans because there is no doubt in our minds and experience that "Planning Precedes Performance".

When we desire to excel in or at something, we require a plan of excellence to ensure that success because after all, "Like Attracts Like".

until I post again…
Live the Life you Love
J. x

Related post: What's important to you?

* Source: thefreedictionary.com/personality