Image: Greg Rakozy
As winter sets in, and a new year approaches, it may be useful to look at what’s emerging within. Is there something - an aspiration, an interest - wanting attention in your life, or in your area of responsibility? Is it time to nurture that, or find a new way to take care of something?
You may be feeling a bit restless - about something you’ve wanted, where you are in your life or in your role at this time.
Consider that it’s time to step up, to act. To take a small step. Make a request. What shift in your mindset would open things up for you?
We’ve been living through a lot of shifts and disruptions, and with that, openings. There’s an opportunity to let go of whatever stops us and cultivate a greater ability to be in the present moment, in order to take care of what really matters.
Arguably, there’s never been a better time to take on the power of the moment. What has been incubating within you? What have you hesitated to take on? What do you want more of in your life? Consider taking on what your inner voice has been calling you to do, be, let go of. It starts with noticing what we are avoiding, distracted by, frustrated with, attached to. To give that the conscious focus that will offer up something more, a release of sorts. To learn from this and step into the creativity of the moment in time. How we bring ourselves to each moment matters. Are we reacting or responding? As Deepak Chopra notes, “all problems arise in contracted awareness- individual, collective awareness. Solutions arise in expanded awareness.”
Many of the larger issues we face collectively are a result, Otto Scharmer of MIT’s Presencing Institute argues, of what he calls “absencing,” a kind of numbness, a lack of being present. A lack of bringing our presence, our curiosity, our creativity, our heart to what we encounter. And, we may bring our open mind, open heart, open will to a challenge at times and wonder when others will join on. Yet, consciousness, like emotion, is contagious. We each can begin what we see to begin.
The current moment is our opportunity to bring ourselves forth. To say no, say yes, be kind, be generous, listen, pay attention, make an ask, acknowledge someone, lift another up, begin an inquiry. Be courageous.