Is it time to find a new way?

You may be feeling a bit restless about where you are in your life, or role at this time.

Your time is now. We’ve been challenged to live and work differently. To learn and unlearn. Some very strange things have happened, and, depending on who you listen to, we are either in a great World War, or on the brink of it. 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.

There’s never been a better time to take on the power of the moment. What is it you are up to? What has been incubating within you? What have you hesitated to take on? What do you want more of in your life? Consider that the world is ready for you to step into the change and disruption all around us. To take 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 your time to bring all of you forth. To say no, say yes, be kind, be generous, listen, pay attention, ask, take care of yourself, acknowledge someone, lift another up, begin an inquiry. Be courageous.