In the movie Titanic, Jack says to Rose -- Wake up, look at what is happening to you in the life you're in.
Your fire, your passion is not being nourished and it will go out. Wake up Rose, before it's too late. Be who you really are.
This is the voice of our Higher Self whispering, murmuring, sometimes screaming. Wake up. Look at what is happening to you. Choose
again. You can always choose again from that space of consciousness, awareness, and to do that, you have to Wake Up.
How many of us are still asleep? Lulled by the senses, fooled by the empty promises of the material world, stifled by the fear of
change, hiding under a cloud of shame that says "You're not good enough, and if you wake up you will see your ugliness and so will
everyone else." When indeed, waking up from that illusion will lead you only to see your own magnificence.
Shame is only a story about ourselves we bought long ago for a very high price of pain. So many of the messages we get as children
are shame based. And this is only because the messenger -- be they parents, teachers, or other influential adults and children --
are themselves asleep, unhealed, and ruled by shame. If you are not awake to your own magnificence, you cannot access and share the
message of consciousness which stands for your preciousness and only that. Anything less is an illusion.
In order to wake up, we have to first become aware that we are sleeping. In a dream sleep when we become aware that we are dreaming,
that is called a lucid dream. We wake up within the dream, notice it is a dream and move our unconscious out of the Director's Chair
and our conscious mind takes charge and begins to orchestrate the outcome of the dream. So too in our life, when we choose to
notice we are in a dream, an illusion, we can wake up to our discontent. Jog ourselves out of slumber with ever deeper relentless
questions to ourselves about our life.
- Who am I and what do I really want?
- Am I manifesting who I am to myself and to the world?
- Am I compromising any part of myself?
- Am I happy?
- Am I fulfilled?
- Am I living with passion?
- Am I doing what I love?
- Do I love what I do?
- Am I being what I value?
- What is my mission?
- Why am I here?
- Am I living that?
- Do I love who I am?
Deepak Chopra likens the Universe to a jigsaw puzzle with no spare parts -- each is essential to the whole. Each of us is a piece
of the Universal puzzle, and therefore essential to the whole. We have been brought here for a purpose, for a reason. We have a
contribution to make that no one can make but us. Wake Up. The world waits. The world needs us -- each of us, all of us.
So you say, Where do I begin? You just did! A willingness is all that is required, and if you are not always willing, be willing
to be willing. That's a beginning. Now, you may want to get support and guidance to keep you awake and focused as you grapple with
the most important questions in your life. Books can help, workshops can help, therapy can help for some of the deeper limiting
core beliefs that keep us stuck, and ongoing support around you will definitely help.
One profound form of support is to hire a coach who will work collaboratively in partnership with you as you choose a new direction
or upgrade the old direction that will allow you to achieve your dreams. Your coach is your champion, your cheering section, your
companion on the road toward the fulfillment of your hearts' desire.
As with any sport, the game of life has day to day exercises, drills, areas of focus to get you in a stronger position for the
game. A life coach knows what it takes and has great respect for those who choose to step up and say, "I deserve better in my life.
I want to go for my dream. Will you help me get there?"
Coaching is a commitment you make to yourself. It is about lasting changes, lasting benefits. And it takes time. It takes patience.
It takes perseverance. And it takes a willingness to embrace the life you always wanted.
If you're like most of us, this last sentence probably thrilled and excited you as it also scared you. That's a response we tend
to have to the idea of change -- "Yikes!! I don't know about this!" OK -- so you're human. You are complex. You have a part of
you raring to go and another part of you saying this is scary. So what? You can notice the fear and move forward anyway. Just
because you notice fear doesn't mean you let it run the show. YOU are in charge of you, not fear. A coach by your side can help
you to continue to move forward.
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