As we move into spring, people are working on their lawns and making paths to their front door. This got me thinking about the paths that we create in our own lives. I find that most people are on some kind of moving sidewalk where they are telling themselves that they're on a path but when in fact they are following along to wherever the sidewalk is moving. Allowing life to direct them rather than directing their own life. This can work if you're willing to live a life that is reactive to whatever is being tossed at you but considering we are all magnets and drawing things to us, it seems to me the more fun way would be to create that path ourselves.
Before constructing a path it would be helpful to have a plan to put in place. It's not necessary to identify every little flower that you would have along this path but having an idea of what the layout will look like is extremely helpful.
Often when someone comes in for coaching and feels like they have absolutely no direction in their life. I reassure them that it's not necessary to know every blade of grass but rather to be willing to put the pavers down that create the path in the first place.
So often people want immediate results and want to lay their paths out like a roll of sod where we just roll it and it's automatically green and beautiful. If that is the method taken, we would miss the fun of watching the new blades grow and show how strong they really are. We can leave the sod rolling to athletic fields. When it comes to our lives, a bit more connection and care is suggested.
So what do you do when you have absolutely no stinking clue about what you would like your path to be never mind where to put it? You start asking questions. You start asking what do I like? Where would I like to be? Who around me could be helpful in arriving in this place? And what belief systems do I need to identify in order to start the ball rolling?
Someone asked me a brilliant question last week that I had not considered. They asked if they had to know or identify a particular block in order to come in for a session for Belief Re-patterning. Absolutely not was my response. It's not even necessary to believe you have a block or a limiting belief system for Belief Re-patterning to help. At some of the demonstrations I've done at the complementary events once a month, people have been amazed at the identification of their own beliefs systems when they had no conscious knowing that anything was getting in their way.
Most of us live our lives operating on that sidewalk of automation working from the subconscious rather than being totally present and being conscious. There is an empowerment when one realizes this and decides to live from a conscious place and a place of choice. Belief Re-patterning has helped me to make that shift and to do it in a way that is supportive and fun, even when faced with challenges. I'd love to help you do this too.
Our subconscious can be like that weed that keeps growing up in your sidewalk between the pavers. At first it doesn't seem like such a big deal you can weed whack it or put some product down to slow the growth of the weed but eventually it takes over and it pushes the pavers right out of the way. When one decides that their path will be one of choice, the weeds stop growing so prolifically and show up as exceptions rather than the rule.
We all have weeds in our life. We all have limiting self belief systems. Realizing we have a choice about how much they impact our daily experience is where we get to decide to construct our path and to do it from today rather than looking at all the old paths that may have been laid.
I don't know about you, but I've grown bored with the idea that limiting myself is somehow productive. It no longer serves me and I know your limiting your awesomeness doesn't serve you either. So, if you'd like to learn how to create a path that is supportive, fun, exciting and fulfilling, please give me a call or attend one of the Belief Re-patterning events. For those of you who may not be in the area, I do have a live online event coming in May. Stay tuned for that information.
In the meantime, look around you and see what ideas you could come up with for creating your path. This is your journey. You get to decide how you would like to live it. There isn't a magic sidewalk button pushing troll who's in charge of it, you are. Isn't that fun?
Making friends with my weeds,
Vicki
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