Picture Credits – Jeannie Selda
“Doing nothing is doing something.”
– Jennifer Hough
A key to thriving is remembering that doing this is actually important.
It’s ‘nothing’.
That’s the thing, doing nothing is doing something.I’m sure you’ve sometimes tried to keep pushing through a project when life is showing you the harder and longer you push, the more unproductive things get, right?
I’m so guilty of feeling invincible or, put another way, stubbornly carrying on instead of being present to what life is showing, or sometimes commanding, me to do.
The problem is we judge doing nothing. As a society, we overvalue being productive and making sure we’re achieving, creating a source of anxiety.
Having worked with many clients, I know visionaries are creators to varying degrees. We equate slowing down to somehow going off track, to something going wrong.
Sometimes, taking space is the only way to access the space between the atoms holding the ideas and inspirations we need which then quantum leap us forwards.
This week has been a tremendous example of that for me. I’ve been preparing for my TEDx Talk in Asheville, while still speaking with my coaching clients and while our business is going through massive shifts. There’s been so much preparation involved and, multiple times a day, I’ve realized I had to slow down.
Every time that I did that, inspiration came, including sharing this message with you. Pushing is overrated. It doesn’t get you a closer seat in heaven, I promise.
Taking space to enjoy, play and breathe several times per day, allows me to do so much more. YES MORE.
Most days what assists me is riding my bike or watching the sunset. I was taking space WHILE I was working too, that was ‘okay’ and necessary!
You can be a martyr and then die one day. Or you can actually take the time to be present to the alchemy that is this dance with Creation, find fulfillment and die.
You decide.
You probably know which option I choose.
The Laws of Physics support us only in our most amazing and meaningful life.
With love for you and this journey,
