It has been a while.... as you can tell by the date of my last entry. This is partly because I haven't quite embraced this social media thing and partially because of happenings within my own 'human condition'. Shortly after the last post I went headfirst into a very busy fall with a full client load, 27 presentations/workshops between August and December, and also indulged in my usual fall travel-- hiked Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons National Parks in September then headed to Peru for another wonderful spiritual adventure. However, while out of the country, I received word that my oldest brother had passed away, which led to more travel back to my homestate of Colorado twice before the end of the year. Since then I have been immersed in the writing/completion of my first book-- "Soul Health: Aligning with Spirit for Radiant Living". (Stay tuned for release date.) This adventure has brought its own challenges, but much learning about myself and others along the way.
You see, even though I write about the human condition, I am not exempt from experiencing it myself. This 'being human' thing tests us on a daily basis, many times when we least expect it, and when it is the least 'convenient' to feel as if we can manage it let alone learn from it. But human we are. And this means that we must take what comes to us and open ourselves to the 'pop quizzes' of life along with the major exams.
Last year when walking along the south rim of the Grand Canyon I had my own conversation with God, Universe, or whatever else you may call 'it'. It was a moonlit night, far too wonderful to want to go inside even though it was too dark to even see the canyon. I was wandering along wondering why life has to be so hard at times. The thoughts that came to me went back to my graduate school days when, to me, it wasn't an option to allow anything to get in the way of finishing, no matter how difficult other parts of life might have been. I just kept pushing forward. I found myself chuckling as the words came to me that I chose the 'graduate school' of life when I committed myself to learning, growing and evolving no matter what. Like those days in school, I realized that I wouldn't be doing life any other way than to just push forward no matter what.
I often tell clients that one of the hazards of therapy is that once you begin to learn and grow you never want to stop-- which creates a vicious cycle of more learning and growing along with the challenges and discomfort that comes along with it.
So, here's to the 'graduate school' of life for those of you out there who are committed to your own evolution!!! Congratulations... and my sympathy all at the same time! No one said this human thing would be easy... but we keep pushing onward and upward.
Let us continue on our upward journey.....
