Kate's Thoughts
Kate's Thoughts
Again, its been a while. I find myself in a place of being offered any direction I want in all directions of my life - a place where truly anything is possible. So, in wanting to be as responsible as possible and use this opportunity to my best advantage, I started thinking about how I am going to Be in this time. Here are some of my current goals...
Personal: I will be aware about my intentions, and the power they have to beseeds of change.Change is happening all the time. A widespread phenomenon I notice amongstmy friends, people in my community and even globally, is that we spend a lotof time talking about how important it is for us to make change happen.People seem almost in a panic about it, "hurry up we've got to changethings, now!" I think we forget that everything in our universe isconstantly in a state of change regardless of what we say, think or do. Itdawned on me yesterday that the remarkable thing about being a conscioushuman being is that we have the power to intend. And intentions are powerfulthings. I will spend more time considering the life I want to create formyself and set clear intentions, knowing that these intentions have thepower to change reality itself.Community: I will share my ideas with my community, even if that feelsscary.I have had many ideas about ways things in my community could be donedifferently, making it a better place, but I have held back out of fear.Fear that my ideas will be rejected, fear that I am the only one who seesthings that way, or that I would be thought of as crazy. Knowing that youhave support to go out on a limb can help you to let go of your fear andpush forward. But it strikes me that we don't always get offered thisluxury. Sometimes the someone who has to 'go first' is you. Recently Istarted speaking up in my community about things that I felt were notright. I was afraid at first, that people would think I was a whiner, orthat I was wrong. I was even afraid that I would be ignored. But whatactually happened when I spoke about what I saw, was that people thanked mefor 'going first' saying they they hadn't been able to find the courage tosay something, even though they had really wanted to. Pretty soon, there wasa whole circle taking place of people who felt inspired by my bravery tospeak up. Sometimes it is your turn to 'go first', I will stop shyingaway when it seems like my turn, for myself and for the good of mycommunity.Globally: I will remember that in order to make meaningful change globally,I have to be clear about my personal intentions.Realising how connected my personal intentions are to my actions and livingwith a deep sense that that my actions are to be ones that are brave andhonest, I am starting to get a sense of my role in terms of global change.That old saying "Think globally, act locally" actually means something. Infact it is critical that we get really good at the second part before theglobal change we all seem to be intuiting can truly begin to take place.There is a trap that we can fall into that is called, 'now I must make youdo things my way because I know better'. This trap has caused wars (oftenover religion). It creates an imaginary divide, an us and them. I know howto listen for what is true in my own life even if I dont always like whatI learn. It might be that I find that I find myself making decisions thatseem inconvenient to me (getting rid of my car, or travelling less byplane). My struggle is to stay true to what is true for me instead of tryingto get others on board. To help the global changes that seem to want sobadly to happen, I will focus on my own intuition letting that guide theintentions I set. I will allow my actions to inspire others, but not judgethose who are doing their own work.
Again, its been a while. I find myself in a place of being offered any direction I want in all directions of my life - a place where truly anything is possible. So, in wanting to be as responsible as possible and use this opportunity to my best advantage, I started thinking about how I am going to Be in this time. Here are some of my current goals...
Personal: I will be aware about my intentions, and the power they have to beseeds of change.Change is happening all the time. A widespread phenomenon I notice amongstmy friends, people in my community and even globally, is that we spend a lotof time talking about how important it is for us to make change happen.People seem almost in a panic about it, "hurry up we've got to changethings, now!" I think we forget that everything in our universe isconstantly in a state of change regardless of what we say, think or do. Itdawned on me yesterday that the remarkable thing about being a conscioushuman being is that we have the power to intend. And intentions are powerfulthings. I will spend more time considering the life I want to create formyself and set clear intentions, knowing that these intentions have thepower to change reality itself.Community: I will share my ideas with my community, even if that feelsscary.I have had many ideas about ways things in my community could be donedifferently, making it a better place, but I have held back out of fear.Fear that my ideas will be rejected, fear that I am the only one who seesthings that way, or that I would be thought of as crazy. Knowing that youhave support to go out on a limb can help you to let go of your fear andpush forward. But it strikes me that we don't always get offered thisluxury. Sometimes the someone who has to 'go first' is you. Recently Istarted speaking up in my community about things that I felt were notright. I was afraid at first, that people would think I was a whiner, orthat I was wrong. I was even afraid that I would be ignored. But whatactually happened when I spoke about what I saw, was that people thanked mefor 'going first' saying they they hadn't been able to find the courage tosay something, even though they had really wanted to. Pretty soon, there wasa whole circle taking place of people who felt inspired by my bravery tospeak up. Sometimes it is your turn to 'go first', I will stop shyingaway when it seems like my turn, for myself and for the good of mycommunity.Globally: I will remember that in order to make meaningful change globally,I have to be clear about my personal intentions.Realising how connected my personal intentions are to my actions and livingwith a deep sense that that my actions are to be ones that are brave andhonest, I am starting to get a sense of my role in terms of global change.That old saying "Think globally, act locally" actually means something. Infact it is critical that we get really good at the second part before theglobal change we all seem to be intuiting can truly begin to take place.There is a trap that we can fall into that is called, 'now I must make youdo things my way because I know better'. This trap has caused wars (oftenover religion). It creates an imaginary divide, an us and them. I know howto listen for what is true in my own life even if I dont always like whatI learn. It might be that I find that I find myself making decisions thatseem inconvenient to me (getting rid of my car, or travelling less byplane). My struggle is to stay true to what is true for me instead of tryingto get others on board. To help the global changes that seem to want sobadly to happen, I will focus on my own intuition letting that guide theintentions I set. I will allow my actions to inspire others, but not judgethose who are doing their own work.
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