Flexible and Courageous

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. ANAÏS NIN” 

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."

Anais Nin

When presented with boredom, we can recognize it as a signal to move towards unexplored directions.  If we feel completely jammed up, we can view what is blocking our flow and pry it out.  As we refrain from being closed off, we allow fresh air to flow inwards.

We can establish a healthy balance between being over extended and isolation.  The key to new beginnings is putting our thoughts into action.  As we move forward, we are living with our inner soul beaming and our outer identity sustaining.

If fear stands in our way, determine how realistic or factual this projected emotion might be. In spite of hesitation, what rewards are waiting?   Does the end result offer fertile ground to plant new seeds?  If we choose to become flexible and courageous, we can move out of our shades of  darkness, developing an enriched version of life.

Pattern of Self-Completion

"Throw your dreams into space like a kite, 

and you do not know what it will bring back,

a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country."

Anais Nin

Dreams can become stagnant as we drift away from a strong sense of self.  We begin to doubt, question, and give up hope that life will ever be in our favor.  We struggle, and try to be flexible, while our drive slowly shuts down within.  We have lost our map and we have no sense of direction.

As we are suspended in nothingness, our ego finally relents and asks for 'thy will to be done."  It is when we relinquish ego's sense of power that great strides can be taken. Instead of working against the tides of control, we begin to work with waves of creation.  We replace designs of duplication and begin to free flow with insights aligned with our purpose.

We cannot sit idle wishing for change.  We must take steps and add movement to shed stagnation. An open mind accompanied by awareness will begin to recognize new thoughts and alluring passages tempered to who we have been meant to be.  As we hold our lovely selves accountable, we begin to channel a pattern towards self completion.

Force A Performance

"We do not grow absolutely, chronologically.  We grow

sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly.

We grow partially.  We are relative.  We are mature in one

realm, childish in another.  The past, present, and future mingle

and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present.  

We are made up of layers, cells, constellations."  

Anais Nin

Through most of our lives, our expectations are too high.  If we are forcing a performance with all of our energy, we may be overshadowing our authentic direction.  At times, we become so narrowly focused, we can feel like a victim.  It is through the discovery of options we fine tune our ability to choose.  To assert action, to learn new steps, life pulls us from our victim rolls.

We are destined to live life to the greatest of our natural abilities, not a false image to please others.  Time is required to slowly step into silence to intuit creative direction.  We follow our steps to discover our strengths and talents.  We learn to respect what resonates within our core and deliberately renounce unfulfilled illusions. 

Life is a dance swinging us from a graceful waltz to a gyrating jive.  When we are swift on our feet, we will be flexible to bend and relax into life as it presents.  It is easy to become aware when we are out of sync, but not as easy to change.  Listen to the music and trust our lovely selves  to sway into every shadow and sunbeam evolving as we dance.