Clarity – 2 years in the making.
I finally realized just this past weekend, with absolute clarity, that my inspired future is about living in freedom. Truly living in freedom and helping others to do the same. As I say that with certainty and conviction, so many of my struggles with identity and purpose just fall away.
Here’s a brief snapshot of what it has taken to get here….At Destination Coach in April of 2008, I identified freedom as one of my top 10 values. Sometime after that, I read an account of Dr. Wayne Dyer’s career progression and as he shared his journey to freedom, I found myself really relating. Last September when I was enjoying an amazing trip to Chicago to see Oprah, it came to me that my life is about freedom and fun. On a vacation on Vancouver Island last October, in response to some stress that I was experiencing, Aileen suggested that I spend some time sitting with the phrase ‘I am Free’. As I did that, a clearer picture starting forming about what that really looks like for me. Finally, last Thursday I had a stimulating conversation with a client about the words obligation and commitment and as I processed that discussion, it became crystal clear that I am all about freedom.
2 years to get to one word?! Yes, 2 years to get to one word. 2 years filled with experiences that represented true freedom for me and many that did not. I now can see that those great moments and the very uncomfortable times where I struggled through obligations were about pointing me to this clarity. I see now that many of those experiences were meant as small tests; tests to check in with myself about how important freedom is for me. A gradually building crescendo. Oh, this is good.
