All tagged reflect
What an incredible weekend.
The Masters, a tradition unlike any other, returned to full glory this past week with the crowds roaring, the azaleas blooming, and the stars shining. There's something about Augusta, the spring, and the world's best golfers vying for the most coveted prize that brings out inspiration, motivation, and appreciation.
Courage is complex. It's captivating. It’s far more than bravery, much more complex than taking risks. It entails facing fears, but it also includes the heart behind those actions and the greater why that motivates the decision. And it's especially needed, now and always.
Why am I writing on courage? Because it's the word I need for 2022.
Can you imagine trying to build a house without tools? Similarly, developing self-awareness without a toolkit is an intimidating feat. Having a trusted toolkit we can go to in times of need or assistance is a vital part of the journey in growing self-awareness.
And now that we have learned a bit of the process, it's time we learn about the tools to help us on our way.
Self-awareness can be helpful through knowing yourself better to lead yourself better. It's in aligning conscious and subconscious realities to produce health through a life of integrity and alignment.
In understanding that self-awareness as a worthy endeavor that is both practical and attainable, we also need to address the process that makes it actionable.
Looking back on the past 2-3 years of my life, I see two different narratives that compete throughout the weeks and months along the way.
The first narrative is one of willfulness.
The second narrative is one of willingness.
Writing, what an interesting thing. Taking thoughts in our head and putting them down onto a piece of paper (or typing them onto an electronic screen). This thing called writing was something I used to despise. I was a numbers-guy, through and through.
Now, this isn’t a story where “one day, it all changed…,” in fact, it didn’t all change until years after I began writing.
