Begin again...

‘Begin again…’ 

I’ve been contemplating this annoying/inspiring little mantra for a while now.  ‘Begin again…’ has been floating around my brain for months; a gentle and relentless tidal pull towards creating something new within my business and how I work with my clients.   I’ve come to understand that ‘Begin again…’ is, for me, a pull to develop and expand the work of Awareness Training in some form; and to widen the impact of my work by putting myself and my work unabashedly out there in the world. [yikes!]

I’ve been resisting all that for a couple of reasons:

The first reason is a bit embarrassing because it seems shallow: I’m comfortable.  Life is pretty good right now.  I enjoy what I do and the way it’s set up.  Not that it couldn’t be improved, but I love working with my people and I’m not worried about paying my bills.  There is no primal ‘survival need’ driving me to grow from where I am now professionally.  I’ve been witnessing my reluctance to leave this comfortable familiar space to set back out into the unknown.  Putting myself ‘out there’ on social media feels a bit…umm…exposed!

The second reason I’ve been resisting setting out on a new professional journey is that I’ve fallen into a false assumption that I need to figure out exactly what Spiritos Training will grow into before I even begin to create.  Imagine me standing in a forest clearing – trees in every direction - waiting to glimpse the majestic mountaintop that I want to ascend.  Day after day I wait, mistakenly assuming that I need to see the final destination before I begin.

What I need is my trusty compass.  

I can’t see this destination clearly from where I stand, I need my compass to keep me pointed in the right direction.  That’s the profound and spooky magic of a compass:  a magnetic needle mysteriously floating in alignment with the unseen larger magnetic field.   Of course we all have our own internal ‘compasses’; the challenge is to remember to use it regularly as we move through our busy lives.

As for me, I’ve consulted my compass and I’m setting out on this new path.  I hope you’ll join me! 

Love,

David