One day I'll, ____ (fill in the blank). If this statement seems all too familiar, it's time to embrace the idea of carpe diem (seize the day!), as life truly does not offer any dress rehearsals. Visualize "opening night" seeing yourself as both the director and the star of the show. As the "curtain goes up", you've made a commitment to the "here and now" as the showcase for your stellar performance.
In the song, "Clouds", Joni Mitchell plaintively sang, "It's life's illusions I recall, I really don't know life at all". Does this metaphor strike too close to home?
• Differentiate between a genuine need for practice vs. an excuse to never effect the actual presentation?
• Convenient excuses- waiting for the right person, the right job, the right time, as a way to stay stuck, being "too busy" to take the necessary steps to implement change.
• Equating patience with procrastination-is indecision stopping your dreams, goals, or desires from becoming realities?
• Using perfection as the yardstick to measure all- an insurance policy to guarantee that change will not happen.
• Is the phrase, "If only…", being used ad infinitum, as a way to remain a victim of circumstances, or maintaining that others are responsible for foiling your plans?
• By not capturing the moment, you may not have the opportunities or the capabilities you have right NOW!
• Living in the future-masking dissatisfaction and disillusionment in the present, always awaiting the thing (new house, car, relationship, etc.), which will surely bring contentment.
• Are memories and perennial nostalgia your jailer?-constantly checking that rear-view mirror, allowing the past to infect the present?
• Have you had any dramatic life altering experiences? How did they impact your life? What changes did they initiate? If you did it once, you CAN do it again!
And remember, taking action is the catalyst for change!
Friday, January 16, 2009
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