I have recently had cause to counsel someone about feeling one way and yet acting in a way opposite to those feelings. I called it "not living authentically".
I want to explore that concept for me. I am about to encounter a few changes in my life, some have already been underway for some time. Others are just beginning. I have been doing life coaching for almost 3 months now, and it has been an inspiration to see how laying values out explicitly and seeing where the gaps are, can be completely transformational.
Even when I am not looking for transformation, it's come looking for me.
What do I actually want out of life, then? I am going to just list things as they occur to me, relying on my right brain "instinctual" side to answer this:
I want to explore that concept for me. I am about to encounter a few changes in my life, some have already been underway for some time. Others are just beginning. I have been doing life coaching for almost 3 months now, and it has been an inspiration to see how laying values out explicitly and seeing where the gaps are, can be completely transformational.
Even when I am not looking for transformation, it's come looking for me.
What do I actually want out of life, then? I am going to just list things as they occur to me, relying on my right brain "instinctual" side to answer this:
- love
- family
- health
- movement
- travel
- adventure
- authenticity
- emotional stability
- mental stability
- compassion
- understanding
- seeking
- questioning
- excellence
- truth
- beauty
- warmth
- confidence
- humour
- sponteneity
- courage
- conviction
- erudition
- spirituality
- peace
- love
I like that 'love' is first and last; a purposeful and yet unexpected cycle that speaks volumes. I like it.
ReplyDeleteYou should get your red pen out and cross a few of those off as "done".
ReplyDeleteAuthenticity you obviously already have in spades. And compassion, understanding, seeking, questioning? Tick tick tickety-boo.
Humour seems to be a given, as is erudition. Courage? Well, you post blogs about how you feel, so another big red tick there.
Beauty? You, as a clever woman, should know that beauty comes from who we are and what we do, so I guess you've got that one licked as well.
The rest? I don't know you well enough to comment yet. But I'd wager they're probably also quite at risk of the Coming of the Red Pen.
I say switch off that pesky right brain, and come up with a new list compiled by that logical left bit.
Start it with: Stop making lists about what I want, and start making lists about what I have.
Oh, and buy milk.
Oh sorry, I meant this as a list that I live my life to, as the values that I hold dear, not as a list of things that I want! That's all :)
ReplyDeleteyou're right about milk, though ;)
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