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- April/May 2010 - Call to Adventure
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- October 2009 - Are You a Traveler or a Wanderer?
- September 2009 - The Art of Ideaphoria
One Morning in Maine
On an autumn trip to Deer Isle, Maine, I made a point of positioning myself each morning, with a cup of coffee, in a nearby cove. From here, I could soak in the intense views of water and sky so unique to the Maine coast. One spectacular morning, I noticed a lobster boat named Perseverance plowing out of the harbor and through the water to reach each of its yellow and red-stripped buoys; the sun assuring the lobstermen on board that this was indeed the right place to be in the world that morning. But as I watched, the weather surprisingly shifted, stirring up gray and rough waters. Still the Perseverance motored on.
I was struck that the Perseverance must embrace a silent faith as she launches out each day into the erratic and unpredictable Maine sea. Like the Perseverance, we too face a world that is erratic and unpredictable. And, each day we can chose to sit safely in the harbor or we can voyage ahead through life changes with a sense of hope, trusting that even rough waters must hold within them an incomprehensible buoyancy that can keep us afloat and motoring forward!
Musings on Staying Afloat through Change:
- Learn navigational strategies and skills to help you flow, glide, roll, and float through change more effectively.
- Let yourself feel that tingle of fear as you face unknown waters. Uncertainty and doubt are normal. Just put your arm around them and take them along.
- Trust in your inner-buoyancy – you may even get wet, but you can make it through.
- When you’re ready to dive into a change, you may find the water more refreshing than you ever imagined. Fear can transform into exhilaration.
- Heavy waves may head your way from external forces, but you can stay upright if you face them squarely and prepare to roll up and over or dive through them.
- You can reach worthwhile goals and destinations if you practice “Perseverance”.
- Remember, when you’re on the water, you always get a bigger vision of the sky.
- Find a safe place to hunker down on land if a true hurricane hits. You need a safe place during the eye of the storm. Remember: it won’t last forever.
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