At last... I have words!
Isn't it fascinating how life changing moments, epiphanies and true crystal clear clarity often comes at the most normal and mundane of times?Today, I sat out on green soccer fields watching my son practice. There was a nice breeze, a few gnats, absolutely perfect weather and a perfectly quiet time for me.I was skimming through a book asking a series of specific questions about what it was I wanted and didn't want in my career and life. I'm pretty darn clear about what I want, what I value and what is important to me in life and business.The author asked us to specify what we are good at. I KNOW what I'm good at.Being succinct and clear to others about what I'm good at is another story. Most people have to experience me to fully understand, because when I explain what I'm good at they understand the words but I can see the lack of meaning in their eyes. They just don't entirely 'get it.'With my long history as a communicator, this is exceptionally frustrating, so I have worked and re-worked the words. And as a highly self-aware person I'm fully conscious that if other people really don't understand what I'm good at, that simply reflects to me that I myself don't understand either.So again, I pondered the question: what am I really good at?As I watched a bunch of 8 and 9 year olds practice their footwork and ran up and down fields, I had my epiphany. MY moment of clarity - right deep into my soul in a way that made me feel like I finally discovered the core bit, the little nugget, that is the source for all the rest.I've spent some time rolling it around, trying it out. Testing it to see if it really does have roots through to my soul. See if it will stay clear.It all boils down to this:
I see/sense/experience Your Pure Potential.
That's all it is. The big and the little of it.I'd just never thought of it this way. Your Pure Potential is the clear aspect of you, your soul, that is expressing itself through this life in this body in this time.This is so complete for me that it often takes me a while to begin to see all the ways that my clients and friends limit their Pure Potential. We all do it. We all have habits and beliefs that distort or diminish our Pure Potential. Fear, procrastination, arrogance, anger, timidity, low self-esteem, perfectionism, judgement...
How does this help me?
Well, now I have words for what I feel. It gives me an orientation for seeing the world. It gives me a new perspective for how to be of service.Ironically, it creates more questions. But that moment of clarity was truly uplifting. Now I get to work on how I can enhance my expression.