Its a miracle. And her name is Isla, our 3rd child and 2nd daughter. She was brought into this world just 8 days ago. I have only just found the time to sit down at my laptop and scribble a few words about the experience. As Isla was dragged (it was a cesarean section so she was dragged) from my wife Helen's body it occurred to me how in many ways the experience of birth is a lot like life. Isla had remained where she was for near on 9 months, happy as Larry (if she had been a boy), content with where she had found herself, unaware that just around the corner there was another world. A world that she could not possible imagine. A world that, whichever way she got there, was going to be painful. But in experiencing the pain and discomfort of her change in circumstance she would allow herself to be able to grow in a way that nature intended.
Of course she had no choice in the matter but we do have a choice in where we find ourselves. In life many of us remain in a place that we are not happy with and for some reason unable to find whats necessary to take that leap of faith, to do that thing that we are frightened of, to do that thing that may, at first, feel uncomfortable but in fact will take us to a place that we never knew existed. We need to get out, to step out, to climb or even be dragged out of that comfort zone in order that we can grow and get anywhere near our full potential. One things for sure, that little voice that you may think is yours, talking you out of doing those things that you are capable of, was not a voice you were born with. Its an accumulation of your experiences or the experiences of those around you as you grew. The most important conversation you will ever have is the one you have with yourself. Stop living a life sentence, start being alive. Be brave, be courageous, be the incredible miracle you always were from the moment you were conceived.
Apart from that, nothing much doing here. Is there much doing in your neck of the woods?
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2 comments:
Great analogy and rang true with me. Working with entrepreneurs over the last year has made me realise that I was destined to be one but did nothing about it. My 'little voice' keeps telling me that I'm now too old, have a mortgage to pay, it's too risky, I might fail...I know they are just excuses! Sometimes it takes a sudden shock to spur you into action. In a year's time, my current contract expires and I'm in the jobs market for the first time in 34 years. I know that my chance is coming so will plan over the coming months for my 'birth'.
Fantastic Lynda. I wish that more was done with young people so that we as adults learn not to listen to that voice when it is limiting us. You're right, often its the shock that allows us to tap into the inner resources we all have. I only wrote my book because my sister stabbed her boyfriend. The fact was that all that I needed to write the book was already there. I could have written it anyway.
Whatever you decide to do when your contract comes to an end, and I dare say you will make a success of it, you have the resources to do it without your contract ending.
Its those leaps of faith that we need to take that can take us to another world. Isn't life just so exciting?
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