Regroup, Reframe, REVEAL....
Just a minute....
That's really all life is, just a minute....blink, turn your head just a little, and you miss the whole point. So easy to do these days, all the distractions, all the choices, all the doodads and gadgets and stuff....
Took a walk on the beach almost two weeks ago on what was supposed to be rewardingly sinfully relaxing weekend, getting away just before embarking on a new professional journey. The end of an era--leaving a somewhat stable, albeit VERY stressful job, exploring a totally different non-governmental world for a promotional opportunity. Call me crazy for leaving a County job, I know. But something told me I had to go. So, listen to the inner voice did I....
Along the way to our weekend getaway, news of the sudden death of a dearest friend's father took the rewardingly sinful part and added a very humble and reflective quality to that brief walk on the beach--for which I'm so profoundly grateful. Took the seagulls' serenade, the ocean breezes' softly-whispered sympathies, and that peaceful stroll on the beach to regroup, reframe, and REVEAL....
No matter what we get caught up with in the daily grind, titles, meetings, status, brand names, invitations, clubs, memberships, things....we revel in the importance and urgency of the here-and-now. We lose sight of who we are, what we're doing, where we want to go.
Then, along comes a life-altering-possibly-life-shattering event. A "smash-and-grab," if you will, of your attention, to pull you out of the reverie of "ME" into the emotional gutting of everything-rushed-to-routine into a sudden smack in the spiritual face. Layoffs, foreclosures, earthquakes, pandemics, sickness, death, other crises that ebb, crest, and crash over your world,financially/socially/physically/emotionally/spiritually shutting you down.
Reacting comes slowly, automatic, delayed, stunned, hazy shaking your inner and outter head into trying to figure out how to do the socially-acceptable thing. That grey matter within pulses with wrestling with reason and logic--illogically, so out of place in the world of gut-feeling-knee-jerking impulse. Emotions pull us one way, our brains pull us another; and, depending on our individual situations in life at the time, life can pull us out fully into left field.
If we could only take just a minute--to step back, unplug, tune in, exhale, and allow ourselves to Reframe...for me, this was that walk on the beach. To allow me that natural pause in my own life's sentence, to recall what matters and what won't. EVER. For me, this was also deciding to depart the familiar and explore that professional next step. At a time when nothing seems certain nor sure. A small leap of faith to trust in your own God-given instincts to lead you along your way. Not THEIR way, YOUR way. Even when you don't quite understand why, but still feel you must, so you DO. Trusting that you'll eventually learn the answers to those questions when the Big Guy Upstairs and YOU are ready for it to REVEAL.....
Copyright ©2010 by Eliza Jane Farley Gomez
That's really all life is, just a minute....blink, turn your head just a little, and you miss the whole point. So easy to do these days, all the distractions, all the choices, all the doodads and gadgets and stuff....
Took a walk on the beach almost two weeks ago on what was supposed to be rewardingly sinfully relaxing weekend, getting away just before embarking on a new professional journey. The end of an era--leaving a somewhat stable, albeit VERY stressful job, exploring a totally different non-governmental world for a promotional opportunity. Call me crazy for leaving a County job, I know. But something told me I had to go. So, listen to the inner voice did I....
Along the way to our weekend getaway, news of the sudden death of a dearest friend's father took the rewardingly sinful part and added a very humble and reflective quality to that brief walk on the beach--for which I'm so profoundly grateful. Took the seagulls' serenade, the ocean breezes' softly-whispered sympathies, and that peaceful stroll on the beach to regroup, reframe, and REVEAL....
No matter what we get caught up with in the daily grind, titles, meetings, status, brand names, invitations, clubs, memberships, things....we revel in the importance and urgency of the here-and-now. We lose sight of who we are, what we're doing, where we want to go.
Then, along comes a life-altering-possibly-life-shattering event. A "smash-and-grab," if you will, of your attention, to pull you out of the reverie of "ME" into the emotional gutting of everything-rushed-to-routine into a sudden smack in the spiritual face. Layoffs, foreclosures, earthquakes, pandemics, sickness, death, other crises that ebb, crest, and crash over your world,financially/socially/physically/emotionally/spiritually shutting you down.
Reacting comes slowly, automatic, delayed, stunned, hazy shaking your inner and outter head into trying to figure out how to do the socially-acceptable thing. That grey matter within pulses with wrestling with reason and logic--illogically, so out of place in the world of gut-feeling-knee-jerking impulse. Emotions pull us one way, our brains pull us another; and, depending on our individual situations in life at the time, life can pull us out fully into left field.
If we could only take just a minute--to step back, unplug, tune in, exhale, and allow ourselves to Reframe...for me, this was that walk on the beach. To allow me that natural pause in my own life's sentence, to recall what matters and what won't. EVER. For me, this was also deciding to depart the familiar and explore that professional next step. At a time when nothing seems certain nor sure. A small leap of faith to trust in your own God-given instincts to lead you along your way. Not THEIR way, YOUR way. Even when you don't quite understand why, but still feel you must, so you DO. Trusting that you'll eventually learn the answers to those questions when the Big Guy Upstairs and YOU are ready for it to REVEAL.....
Copyright ©2010 by Eliza Jane Farley Gomez
Very few people have the courage to travel the untraveled road, but those who dare usually find their purpose. Purpose is a chameleon--certainly not easy to see at first glance, but it's there, and within reach. I'm glad you decided to take the journey, and grateful that our paths have crossed. -Melanie Geddes
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