The Journey by Mary Oliver

One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice -
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
Mend my life!
each voice cried.

But you didn’t stop.

You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
through their melancholy
was terrible.

It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.

But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do -
determined to save
the only life you could save.

There is a shift occurring in the world today. Can you feel it? We’ve been handed some big challenges, causing everything we thought we knew to be questioned and reconsidered. Some people are scared. They’re certain that we’re on the brink of disaster.

I believe the human race requires change in order to evolve. As our circumstances change, our spirit is invited to rise up to meet the new challenges we’re presented with. We were created with the talent and tools to navigate this life, and at our soul level we invite this change.

Every bump in the road, every twist and turn on our path reminds us that we’re meant to grow and expand beyond the comfort place in which we’ve grown so accustomed. It’s our journey. Embrace it.

Coach Charrise

Steve Chandler speaks about people making a gentle shift, rather than thinking they have to "change" something about themselves.  I’m finding that this is absolutely true in my own life.

As my mind has shifted into possibility thinking, many new possibilities have come into my life.  When I’m focused on what I don’t have, I come from a place of need.  When I focus on the abundance in my life, I attract more abundance.  I always knew this was true from an intellectual standpoint; I’ve studied quantum physics and I know how energy works.  What was missing for me was the deep down, organic, heart centered belief that I deserved success and abundance.

When I shifted that one belief, everthing in my life shifted.

I see this sort of thing happening with clients every day.  One of my clients has always wanted a Steinway Grand Piano.  His belief was that it was financially out of reach. Our work together showed him that it was within reach, and he has since acquired the dream piano.  His shift was simple – he chose to believe the piano was his, and he made it happen.

Do you ever feel like you are so close to something – and so far away at the same time?  Like you know that something big is coming, and it’s not arriving soon enough?  That premonition is real, and it’s amazing when you are open minded and open hearted enough to greet it with arms wide open.  It’s a simple shift; expecting that good things are coming your way all the time because you’re meant for abundance. And knowing that the wait is part of the bigger plan.

Thinking about shifting rather than changing is a powerful way to approach your life.  How can you shift so that you are attracting the kind of life you want?

Coach Charrise