Week 12 already… The fact that this will be my first weekly blog submission – is a pretty fair indication of how far I am from keeping up with this amazing course.
I’ve watched all the weekly webinars, done basic readings (DMP, Og’s Scrolls, Haanel’s lessons) and have been pretty consistent on daily “sits”.
But cards, maps, and other dimensions are only gradually getting filled in. They are coming… I have committed myself on this.
From Day One/Week 1, it has all made sense – brilliant sense. Putting actual practice into learning is simple…genius.
But there all this other stuff…. Life…. doing the business and family things that are in my DMP – let alone the distractions and diversions that have filled too much of my recent past…. vs time and effort for MKE…. building my boat while sailing it!
Saturday morning, I happened to replay Mark’s Week 11 Intro. Midway through, he mentioned his experience as a child learning to ride a bicycle.
Most all of us probably had similar experiences – a family member, or possibly a friend, helping us get the feel, after repeated attempts, until we were finally pedaling on our own and losing them behind us.
We were actually doing it! maybe a bit wobbly, but definitely KNOWING that we had a new capability, a new dimension, a new power in our life!
The thing is, just a few minutes before, during my ‘sit’, that was exactly the feeling that had welled up clearly within me: I wasn’t there on the details or depth.
I may be wobbling for a while – but I am getting this, I am doing it, I feel the momentum … I have already persisted enough that I am on my way….
I can, I will… I am doing this!
Thank you to all for encouraging and pushing!
Will, I know where you are at. Be grateful that you can observe this and that you are getting to a helpful part of life and this course. We have difficulties and some are the same as what you are facing, but are just a distraction from what we need to be focusing on. With family, business, and this course just smile and take a step forward. We all will arrive at our desired destination as if we planned it that way (which we did plan).
It’s so great to have your blog here, Will! Well done–and now that you’re sailing (though still building your boat 🙂 while doing it as you said), you’ve captured the bliss of that forward momentum and its joy just as you did as a kid on a bike! “…KNOWING that we had a new capability, a new dimension, a new power in our life!” There’s nothing like it. Cheering you on!
Glad to see your work here, Will! I feel your work is perfect because you PERSIST and now you dig deeper. Beautiful!
Blessings on the wobbling. Reminds me of MarkJ’s Standing Tall book, where he says, “Now. Now is all there ever was. NOW is all there ever will be.”