Mark J talked about the “seasons of your life, and asked, “which is your favorite season, why, how many do you think you have left to live?” I knew the time had come for me to do something!
Oh boy, it hit me between the eyes! Fall is my favorite season, and it has arrived! You can say, I too, am in the Fall of my Life! May not see or experience many more Falls!
Thought about how many ‘Falls’ I have lived, and how many ‘falls’ I have experienced just like the leaves falling to the ground! Made me stop and think. I’m tired of falls.
I want to Enjoy more Fall Seasons and all its beauty. The smell and feeling of cooler weather, the slow, subtle changes in Nature that burst forth a canopy of colors and delights! Friends and family gatherings sharing lots of comfort food, stories of their summer vacations, accomplishments, setbacks, and plans for the upcoming holidays.
Tired of my days blending one into another, feeling depleted, missing the beautiful days and opportunities the Fall Season offers because more times than not, allowed the summer heat to drain me because I believed ‘it’s too hot to move” not motivated.
Winter was breathing down my back before I gave Fall a chance! I had already crawled into my cave to lick my wounds of failure. Never enough free time, money, freedom to do what I really wanted to do, which is live a life of joy and purpose. The truth, this constant thinking of ‘lack’ drained me, not allowing me to know what “joy and purpose” really mean to me, but it sounds good!
The book for class is Og Mandino’s The Greatest Salesman in The World, I read it long ago, I thought what great a story! Never did it enter my mind that it was meant as something for me, the reader, to follow and/or practice, I didn’t want to be a salesman. I was too busy working and feeling secure in my ‘job’. I was “safe”.
However, Week 1 of the MKE moved me to not give up and hide in my cave. I began to realize that my mind and therefore my body was tired from carrying around the heavy load of lack thinking in my laundry basket. Time to do the laundry. I have put my 1.00 in the washer. Said a Prayer, have no idea at this point what I have gotten myself in to. Still not sure but am going to go hunting for those maps with the 13 riches and do my best not to miss a clue.
I hope to find my “Joy and Purpose”.
If Hafid can do it, so can I. Not easy, but I am going to do my Best!
See you all in Week 2.
Aurora, I see you as a Borealis: alive and so full of color! 🙂
Aurora – Fall is also my favorite season. It’s a time of harvest and preparation. Keep doing your best, and listen for your answers in the sit. You will soon reap the harvest of your efforts, and your preparations will be the foundation for your new blueprint.
I too read The Greatest Salesman and did not quite extract what we are doing now! Too much thinking and not enough, “Do It Now!” It was exhausting. Now we are free to be us! Thank you for the reminder.
I’m glad that you are here! This is the time for you to do something great.
Wonderful blog Aurora! So happy you said “Yes” to your Hero’s journey. Like you mentioned in your blog, just “do your best” each day, one exercise at a time. Cheering you on!