March 29, 2008
Life is not a Dress Rehearsal - Are you living yours as if?
Are you living your life the way you want to? If you die tomorrow will you have fulfilled all of your dreams? If not what are you waiting for – this is not a dress rehearsal – this is all we get, are you taking advantage of this opportunity? What is your legacy?
If you answered no to any of these questions – what is it that is holding you back? What story are you telling yourself that keeps you from living up to your potential? Could it be that you don’t have enough time, you don’t have enough money or you don’t have the knowledge?
Fear or our stories, which ever you want to call it, keeps us safe. So what is it that you are afraid of? What is your story? Are you really willing to leave this earth without fully tapping into your potential – I know I am not – are you? So what are you going to do about it?
Let’s just take a moment and reflect. How many times in one day do you say that you can’t do something that you really want to do because you believe you should do something else? Is it really that important? What will happen if you don’t do it?
If you had the resources, time, and knew you would not fail – what would you do? Come on now I know there is something – it just may take some time to find it because you have been trained to suppress the things that make you happy. Really dig deep here. Okay, so why are you not doing it? What is it that is holding you back? What story are you telling yourself that allows you to stay stuck in mediocrity?
My challenge to you is to look in the mirror and ask yourself – what is it that I really want my legacy to be – how do I want to be remembered? What answer did you come up with?
Okay now my next challenge to you is to find the off button – you know the one that says auto-pilot. Turn it off and begin living your life on purpose. Stop each time you are going to do something and question why – are you doing it because that is what is expected, or are you doing it because that is what you have always done but not really sure why? Now is your chance to ask why – why do you do what you do and does it honor who you are?
I have found that we are conditioned to certain behaviors from childhood because that is all we know – until we have an opportunity to explore our outside world. Are you ready to start exploring? I remember quite clearly when I realized that there were other religions other than Roman Catholic. I was raised in a Catholic family and went to a Catholic school until sixth grade – imagine my amazement when I transferred to the public school in seventh grade and realized that some of my friends were Methodist and Lutheran. Go figure – who knew there was more than one religion?
So what childhood conditioning do you carry with you that you have not taken the time to question? Does it really reflect who you are now? Could that be the reason why you have lost your passion for life? Could it be that you are living someone else’s story? Isn’t it time to start writing a new story - yours?
Are you ready to turn off that auto-pilot and begin living your life consciously? Are you ready to begin writing your own personal story – one that reflects your true authentic self? If so then contact me for a coaching session today and begin regaining your passion for life! Make 2008 the year that you begin defining your legacy!
