Mix It Up……

On the lake yesterday I experienced the strangest disturbance, north waves combined with a  gusty westerly wind. As a paddled against the wind and rode the waves it moved me further from the shore and down the lake. The first thing to enter my head was fear which quickly moved to stubborn determination.

As I leaned into the wind and focused on the power of my stroke in the water, there was a shift. The mind is a powerful tool as it can be your ally or your enemy. It is your choice. The fear can be a great motivator when channeled.

I had manifested this lack of channeling the whole week, feeling consumed to the point of recklessness. It was also presenting in my body as a three day headache and total body fatigue. Questioning life, purpose, and passion while falling into old patterns of thought and eating.

The first step is to identify the cause and then walk through it with acceptance. Naming the cause has never been a challenge, it’s the walking, feeling through it that has me stumbling constantly.

What makes it so difficult to be authentic and true to yourself?

Fear…….

The endless obsessive dialogue in your head of all the reasons to conform, fit, label, be silent, sleepwalk through life.

Wake up!

On the edge of fear is where your greatest personal transformations will occur.

Hold on, push through, do whatever it takes to keep going.

When the fear came on the lake, I chose to lean in and paddle hard to safety. One stroke at a time listening to the paddle hit the water and the rhythm of my breathing. There was nothing else, pure focus to achieve.

Take that and apply it to being true to your authentic self.

Life is not black and white think of it as a rainbow of color waiting to be explored by finding out who we truly are.

The longest relationship you will ever have will be with yourself, take the time to nurture that first and foremost.

What would happen if you where more true to you?

Is today your day to shine bright and spread your sparkle?

Blessings and Much Aloha….