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Here I sit this beautiful Fall morning with my hot cup of java, looking out the window and wondering what to write about the topic “Awakenings”. I am grateful for my own awakening this morning as I enjoy the panorama of colors that Columbus, Ohio, has to offer us in the Fall. I think of those who stumble out of bed, rush through their morning ritual, and with coffee in one hand and briefcase in the other, jump in the car and join the swarming masses migrating to work on their morning commute. It seems to me that “awakenings” come in two predominant categories, one more prevalent and usually preceding the other. I refer here to a category we often refer to as “the wake up call”. What does this call sound like? The sweet sound of whispering angels? Likely not. We often come to the place in our lives where we are so deeply “asleep” or so numb in our fear and stubbornness that the “wake up call” is often painful, intense, and life changing. Often accompanied by “the dark night of the soul”, this version of “awakening” is like a spiritual earthquake, tearing us from our numbness and slumber, and often rearranging just about every aspect of our lives. Many of you recognize this version and have lived to witness the amazing transformations these “awakenings” have blessed you with. We don’t generally plan on or for these enlightenment episodes. We don’t include them in our spiritual “to do” lists because they are so traumatic to us in the process. However, if we wish for a life that we are holding ourselves apart from for far too long, the angels (our Higher Self) generally step in and get things moving. Caroline Myss, PhD once quipped, “I sometimes think the angels need to go to charm school!” Well, is there any other choice when we have the faucet on full blast and yet we refuse to unkink our life force hose? The pressure will indeed take over at some point. In stark contrast is the other variety of “awakening”: the one that sends you invitations all day long, the one that shows you a brilliant orange-tipped tree illuminated by the first rays of the morning sun. Or maybe, it’s the sweet smiling face of a little child on his first Halloween, dressed as Mickey Mouse, and looking up at you for goodies, or the steady, soothing purr of our cat contentedly curled up cozily against you on a chilly Fall evening. These are the subtle “awakenings”; the ones that do come as angel whispers, the ones that invite you to this moment. Invite you to open both your eyes and your heart. Invite you to turn down your mind and turn up your awareness. It is these invitations that make it unnecessary to experience the more seismic “wake up calls”. It is these invitations that invite you to places you long for—peace, joy, love, beauty, grace. It isn’t your Doing that brings you to these longed for places—is it in awakening to your Being. And it is in each and every small “awakening” that you are one step closer to your heart’s truest desires. In honor of this issue’s topic, I invite you to practice “awakening”. Each day for one week, I invite you to make three notes sometime during that day. This note is an “awakening note”-–a pause to notice and to note something in your experience that makes you smile, something that moves you, or something that lights up an “AHA” in your consciousness. Close each day with a statement of appreciation and gratitude. After seven days, you will have twenty-one “awakening notes” and seven statements of gratitude. I invite you to share these with me. Writing is enjoyable, but communicating is even more gratifying—it puts the intimacy in the act of writing. E-mail me your seven day list of “awakening notes” and gratitude statements and I will personally respond to your message. So, wake up to life, to the beauty and the possibility that each NOW moment invites you to. Why wait for “wake up calls” when moments of “awakening” await you around every corner? Victoria A. Vetere, PhD, HC is an Enlightened Life Coach offering individual sessions (phone or in person), seminars, groups & special events based upon the powerful Law of Attraction! For more info please E-mail her or call her Grandview office at 614/486-7010. Why wait any longer to live the life you dream of? You truly can Do, Be, and Have anything! |
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