When I released a January blog entitled 2020: New Year and Time for Hindsight, I had no idea just how predictive that headline would become!
The
version of hindsight arrived in ways that I, and likely others, could
never have imagined. At some level, hindsight slapped us all in the
face.
While there have been many unexpected moments of joy and
intimacy this year, we've also discovered ourselves "revisiting" many of
the darker caverns of life that we would probably prefer to avoid.
Individually and collectively, we've been forced to face the hiding
places where our fears and vulnerabilities reside.
In penning this blog, I was reminded of R.E.M.'s 1987 Indie hit It's the End of the World as We Know It
which provides an apt sense of the energies of 2020. The tune opens
with reference to an earthquake, perhaps inviting thoughts of apocalypse
or scorched earth. It's also replete with an earlier version of today's
agitating, confusing and cacophonous news.
Yet despite the chaotic sense of all that circulates in this song, the lyrics of change provide both worthy advice (spend some time alone) and hope (it's the end of the world as we know it . . . and I feel fine).
Despite
all we've been experiencing, I relate to the lyrics of this decades-old
song today. I have always sought to tune out the world's messaging and
to spend some time alone. It's in my own quiet place where I can always
return to peace. A lifetime of facing challenges have made peace my
faithful home. It's also the place from which I gain life and
inspiration for living happy from the inside out, something we can all
learn to discover and do.
The ABC's of NOW - Third Installment
Recently,
I was inspired to release a special 26-part podcast series entitled The
ABC's of NOW. As a helpful counter-point to the discordant outer world,
this series is designed to remind us all of the inner peace that we
each know as our "Home."
The series is designed to help un-do many
acquired thoughts, beliefs and even emotional ties that might keep us
from emerging as our best versions of self as we prepare for a better
world ahead.
That new world ahead is quite glorious, but escaping our current faulty matrix is a process.
With
12 episodes released at present, the ABC's of NOW helps bring you
backwards through the alphabet. As if un-doing and un-raveling the
building blocks of our early ABC's, each letter and episode invites
listeners to revisit and reassess some of our acquired learning as to
who we believe we are and what we surmise our world to be. Each segment
introduces a letter and an assigned word with some thoughts and ideas
you can think about and ruminate upon.
If you haven't already
done so, I urge you to check out my two earlier earlier installments -
whether before or after reading this current blog. Click here for Part 1 and here for Part 2.
Are you looking forward to navigating through change with a bright and hopeful perspective?
I
invite you to check out the following episodes. May each one of them
remind you of your own inner light and may they empower you to step
forth with confidence to greet a Brand New Day that awaits!
Click here for Episode 9: The Letter R us for Reckon
Click here for Episode 10: The Letter Q is for Question
Click here for Episode 11: The Letter P is for Positivity
Click here for Episode 12: The Letter O is for OMG!
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