When you look in the Mirror what do you see?

One of my clients is writing her memoir and shared a chapter with me.  I was truly touched when I read it;  so much so that I  wanted to post it on my blog.  I thought if it touched me so deeply, maybe it would touch you too.

Memoirs of a women after God’s heart:

Everything was crystal clear. My career was on track, I knew what I wanted to do with my life and I knew God’s purpose for my life. For much of my life my dream was to become a director, president or vice president of someone’s company. I longed for the five meeting days, long hours and late nights at the office. As I progressed in my career and aged, I decided I wanted to have my own company and/or a non-profit. Again, along with that would come long hours and late nights. For as long as I remember I have always lived my life five years ahead. I never saw where I was now my only concern was where I was going or what I could be until one day someone asked me “what do you see when you look in the mirror?

The mirror is a reflection of who you are not just how you look physically, but the mirror allows you to look deep into your soul and spirit and discover what your strengths, your fears and the your weaknesses. That day in the mirror I saw a future size 6, successful, powerful woman, who spent her days walking with God. In the same mirror, I saw a young lonely, chubby girl longing for acceptance, and scared of rejection. But what I did not see is who I was at the moment. I did not see all the good that others saw. I did not see success or beauty. It seemed as if there was a gap between the past and the future, there was no present. For many years, I professed knowing and walking with God, but that day I realized that you cannot walk with God if you are absent from the present. In the chapter of Matthew, Jesus said “Don’t worry about tomorrow because tomorrow is not promised to you”.

That is the question that changed my life and at that point I became a woman after God’s heart.

MY BIG DREAM PART II

Last week I told you about my big dream, which was to meet and hold at least a 20 minute conversation with 10 of the most influential people of our time by July 2009.  The question you are probarbly pondering is how close am I towards reaching that goal?  Well I am about 20% there, so I still have a long way to go.  But I believe in miracles, divine intervention and appointment so my 20% can go to 100% percent in a nanosecond, well maybe not a nanosecond, but with a miracle it can happen pretty quickly.

I also requested your participation in an exercise given from one of the folks on my list and said that I will share my outcome.   So here it is:

1) What are the opportunities worth pursuing?  Surprisingly, there were plenty of opportunities that came up for my clients, none for me.  These opportunities were clear as a bright summer morning and I recommended that my clients pursue them.   I was surprised because I thought that the exercise was very personal, it was intended only for the participant and I was expecting something that will directly make it self available to me.  However, showing others the opportunities that are in front of them were so much more rewarding.  

2:  What’s missing in this picture?  What came up for me as the missing elements were tolerance and acceptance.  I feel that there is a spirit of intolerance in the world and I think it is more pervasive than ever before.  In my picture I saw people, including myself at times, being intolerant.  Interestingly enough during the week of the exercise my patience was tested in multiple ways; one being a gas station attendant who refused to provide her duty of service with a pleasing and helpful attidtude.

Another event occured which also showed me my intolerance was when I escaped a near head on collision because the other driver was going the wrong way.  At that moment, I was so angry and all I thought about was my own safety and the other driver’s incompetence in navigating the road improperbly.  It never occured to me when I was infruriated that perhaps the driver was new to the area and was desparately lost, or something even worst.  When the police (who was in the right lane across from me) pulled him over immediately I felt a sense of satisfaction.

We aren’t very tolerant of others who are different, not very tolerant of people making mistakes, people cutting us off when we are driving or waiting in line.  We aren’t tolerant of other people’s prespectives, some of us will vehemently defend our political, religious or scientific views.  We will even go as far as imposing them on others.   So what does this mean?  Should you and I tolerate bad behavior, crime, poor legislations, road rage and the like?  Well, no.  No one should tolerate bad behavior, crime or anything else for that matter that take away something of value from us. 

What it means is that we suspend judgment until we get the facts.  As people we often judge others by the way they look, act, talk, walk, work and so on.  We almost never suspend our judgments until we get to know the person.  Most of our judgments come from our own limited understanding and the lenses we see the world in.  We instantly size others up and get to an opinion even before they get to hello.  Now there is credit to be given to our gut feelings about a person.  But intuition doesn’t come from a place of judgment, it comes from Spirit, and Spirit doesn’t judge, it gives us wisdom so we can act accordingly. 

Since we are all guilty of judging others here’s something you and I can do this week.  When we are introduced to someone new before we formulate our first thought about the person, what if we suspend that thought and operate on the principles of acceptance and understanding.  What if we begin the introdutions by asking a question that will provide us with a little more information about the individual? And how about we apply those principles from here on out?

My BIG DREAM!

One of my biggest dream is to meet and have a 20 minutes conversation with 10 of the most influential and inspirational people of our time by July of 2009.  Hopefully, I don’t die any time soon as it requires much planning and plenty of time to make this happen.  I want to ask them the one question that I ask successful people (I’m sure you want to know what the question is, but I’m not telling, at least not yet, not untill I meet them all).  I believe in learning from the best and even the worst so you know what to do and what not to do.  The people on my list are mostly authors and business gurus, people that have added value to the world.

On July 2nd I participated in a teleseminar with Michael Gerber, renowned author, The E-Myth.  This teleseminar was very powerful in that he described how we as individuals limit ourselves by our own beliefs about what we can accomplish in our lives.  He said that many of us don’t want to go outside of our comfort zones.  How true. I usually think of myself as a person who takes risks, makes bold moves and challenges conventional wisdom, but after hearing Michael’s views about limiting beliefs, I have much streching to do with my vision for my business.  So I’m going to implement a very basic exercise he suggested.  He said that this exercise will awaken the level of consciousness that is needed to birth new products, services, etc. but is lock.  Beginning this week I will look for opportunities worth pursuing and make observations in terms of what is missing in the picture.  He suggested to do this for 7 consecutive days.  So please join me in doing this exercise.  In your journal this week write 1: Opportunities worth pursuing and 2: What’s missing in this picture.

I would like to hear what you’ve came up with, so please post your results and I will do the same.  Want to know whose on my list and want to work with me to help make my dream come true?  Contact me at info@indigocoachingsystems.com. 

Interested in dreaming with Michael Gerber in his Dreamingroom, here’s some information:

Greetings!As you know, for the past 31 months, small business owners. and people who want to start their own business have been gladly investing $3,000 – $5,000 for the opportunity to spend 2 1/2 life-changing days with me, Michael Gerber, author of The E-Myth, in our spectacular Dreaming Room Intensive!    Many speaking opportunities have been converted and are being expanded into full Dreaming Rooms across the Globe – London, AU, New Zealand, Jersey Island, Wales, Cardiff, etc.     The E-Myth Revisited book has been introduced and implemented into a 3 year curriculum in a London University!     We have added a “Mentoring Program” which is taking Intentional Dreamers from Dream to Launch in 6 months.     We have began the process of “Duplicating the Dreaming Room System” and now have our first Licensee!     Our Affiliate Program has tripled!     We have opened new Dreaming Room Intensives in new horizons     Dreaming Room, Manhattan, NY     July 9-11, 2008 Dreaming Room, Manhattan, NY     July 25-27, 2008 Dreaming Room, Houston, TX         August 1-3, 2008 Dreaming Room, Flagstaff, AZ        August 21-23, 2008 Dreaming Room, San Diego, CA    August 29-31, 2008     AND MORE…   “A Business Without a Dream is Like a Life Without a Purpose!” - Michael Gerber “With the E-Myth, Michael Gerber created the seminal business development system for the small business owner. Now, with The Dreaming Room, he is offering us the next level-the opportunity to awaken the entrepreneur deep within us and dream bigger than we ever have before. When I heard I could spend three days with Michael Gerber and receive personal coaching from the world’s #1 small business guru I literally jumped at the chance. I experienced a total transformation that has had an immediate and explosive effect on my business. I implore you – please – don’t walk, don’t run, but sprint to The Dreaming Room. You and your business will never be the same.” Come dream with me Michael E. Gerber and The Dream Team         See You In The Dreaming Room!

Come Dream With Us In The Dreaming Room®… “Where All Great Ideas are Born”

Unsubscribe or change subscriber options
 https://itdr.infusionsoft.com/opt?o=0&i=41963&e=4A9582EE