It’s Spring, Unflower Your Hidden Potential

As Spring begins to unfold I am reminded of new beginnings. The long winter is gone, we can plant seeds in the fertile soil of our souls and look as the sun rises to a new way of Being in the world.

My journey has taken me to a new way of being in the world, a kinder more gentle me. An unflowering of my potential, a piece of me that has always been there but I was not aware of the fullness in me.

It has been a winter of learning. My practice is to stay with it even in the tough times, even when I wanted to quit, even when in the stillness of the night I felt so all alone. I was embolden to keep the faith and to continue with courage until I could see the dawning of a new day, until I could see the seeds of faith begin to grow flowers of love, joy, patience and forgiveness. Trust me it is worth the wait when the flowers of your soul blossom and you find a calmness and peace that goes beyond understanding. It is worth the wait, you are worth it!

IN the Unflowering of your Hidden Potential consider these Life Giving Tools:

1. Cultivate Stillness in the midst of craziness and chaos
by practicing BEING PRESENT in the moment. Ask not that the moment changes but you change in the moment. In that moment be present without judgment, without blame and without resistance. Just notice the quiet in you.

By raising your self – awareness you become less reactive. We open space for something more, something different or something new. This is what it means to “awaken” to your life.

The shift (transformation) occurs not when we change someone else but when we change how we react to them or to the situation. (BIG AHA for me!) Transformation is when our response is NONREACTIVE and it comes from rich, fertile soil within us, from a whole place of wanting to meet another where they are.

2. The backdrop of the human condition is to run from hurt and disappointments, to find comfort zones to ease our inner pain, our soul wounds and to fall into habitual patterns that help us forget. We become unconscious, less alive, less present even unto ourselves.

Mindfulness happens when we practice being with the currents of life; the rough waters of our lives. Instead of struggling against the current in the river of life, turn around and let the current carry you! When we are able to do this we leave space for Life to teach us, move us and manifest more than we can imagine. We no longer struggle to control every outcome. But we are able to flow with Life as it is.

3. When we are not working so hard to control outcomes, to identify with our roles, goals, titles and needs we are free to feel our energy and be conscious of watering the seeds in our own souls, of planting seeds in caring, trusting relationships, and breathing in the sweet aroma of our true meaning and purpose.

We are able to feel the shift in our way of Being in the world, be Present to the Stillness and Calm ness that lives in us – this is the Unflowering of our Hidden Potential. Our Hidden Potential is to ‘show up’ as our selves and know that alone is enough.

Stay Present to the UNflowering of YOU! Namaste

To be yourself in a world that tries to make you someone else, is your Greatest accomplishment.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson