Choices. Choices. And, More Choices!

by with No Comment CHOICESOPTIONS

Why is it that when you make a decision another equally valuable, exciting opportunity shows up on it’s heels causing you to second guess your first decision?

Make A Decision!

It’s all about that old expression, when it rains, it pours.

Why is this?

It happens to me all the time.

I know it happens to you too.

How many times have you accepted a job, then all the other job offers come rushing in?

I’m not complaining.

It is so good having options.

Do not let having multiple options cause paralysis.

There is another expression called analysis paralysis.

This is when you just have to have all the answers about everything before you can make a move.

You’re stuck because you cannot choose to move forward until you have all the facts

What if you will never have all the facts.

Or, what if you won’t get the facts until you start taking action.

I’m just saying, make a decision and then take the required actions.

There is no use making a decision about anything if you do not then follow your decision up with action.

You can choose everything, but nothing will work until you do.

So bottom line is make a decision.

Know that the decision you make is the right one.  Then take the appropriate actions so you will get the outcome  you made that decision for.

For the over achiever, maybe both opportunities are meant for you.

They complement each other.

You just have to be able to give the right amount of attention to each choice.

Both are taking you to where you have chosen to be.

I think back to when I was in High School.

I had at lease five different classes each day.

Sometimes seven classes.

I got all the work done.

All the homework.

All of the assignments.

Done, and turned in, on time.

There was never any question about whether I would get everything done.

Life after Hight School can work the same way.

There are many aspects to our adult lives.

They all require our attention and time.

How do we get it all done?

The thing that helps me is having a calendar.  A place to organize all of the different parts of my life.

What we do with a calendar is basically called time-blocking.

Give each thing a day and a time that you schedule into your life.

Be careful though.

You have to then use the schedule.

Sometimes, after I get all of my stuff scheduled in, I do not then always follow my schedule.

I’m not talking about being flexible, which is important.

I’m talking about, I may not even look at my calendar to see what I have scheduled and end up not doing the thing which I have already scheduled in.

Nothing can knock you off track like not following your schedule.

Just don’t throw out your schedule because you failed to use the tool you created for yourself.

Remember, the righteous fall seven times and always get back up and in the saddle.

This is called being human.

Get back on track and keep going.

The other thing you can, and should do, when more than one opportunity presents itself to you, is to keep a running To Do list to park those babies someplace safe so you can get to them in their time.

Remember this too.

There is a time and a place, and a season and a reason, for everything.

There is value in all of the things that show up in your life.

Jotting the insights, known as opportunities, and Blessings, down someplace allows you to come back to activate the next one you then get to choose.

There is always going to be choices to be made.

Make a choice, take the actions called for, and see where it takes you!

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Are All Of Your Eggs In One Basket?

by with No Comment BE THE BIRDCREATORSIDEASMIND YOUR BUSINESSOPTIONSPREPARINGPROCESSWHAT EVER IT TAKES

How many baskets of eggs do you have?

I’m looking at a beautiful picture of a bird’s nest woven of a wheat colored straw, with three shiny light blue robin eggs safely, nestled inside.

Build Your Nest. Lay Your Eggs.

I cannot see all of the activity taking place just beneath the surface of the egg shells.

Although, in my mind’s eye, I can see life, growth and evolution going on.

I can’t see any of this taking place.

I don’t have to see any thing that is happening inside the eggs, but I know without a doubt life already is.

I cannot tell when, or how, the eggs will hatch.

Your Ideas Will Hatch

What I know is, they will hatch.

As I sit here looking at this picture, the process that ended up as three eggs in a nest is becoming clear to me.

I wonder if mama robin meticulously built her nest first before becoming impregnated.

Or, was the process of creating new life already under way before she decided to build her nest?

The nest itself is a woven work of art.

Just like the Israelites had to gather straw to make bricks to build the Egyptian pyramids, mama robin had to gather straw, lots of straw, to weave her intricately woven soft, sturdy nest to hold, and support  the eggs she would be laying.

First she had to choose the perfect tree and just the right branch for her nest.

I’ve never seen  a bird sitting on her nest, but I have seen a bird protecting her nest.

There was a nest in a bush planted in my flower bed in front of my house.

The only way I knew the nest was there is because whenever anyone got near the bush, the bird would start circling, somewhat noisily, around the area.

Just like a mother.

Just like a Creator.

Doing whatever it takes to protect her offspring.

Doing whatever it takes to protect her Creation.

Who taught mama robin how to build a nest?

Did anyone have to teach her?

There are so many things we know, innately, on the inside, that no one ever have to teach us.

We, too, are already equipped with all we need to know to prepare for, build and grow our lives, and all that which we choose to have in our lives.

All we have to do is be the bird.

Be who you are.

The robin is not concerned about any other bird.

She is all about her own business.

The other birds are not concerned about mama robin.

Because there is enough space, trees, straw and worms for each of them.

Their world is abundant.

There is no lack, scarcity, fear, worry, or doubt.

They just merrily fly, chirp and sing beautifully, eat worms, build nests, and lay eggs, simply living life, being birds.

Being, and doing, what they came here to be, and do.

They are Creators too, just like us.

We too, are here to be, and do, what we came here to be, and do.

Our world is even more abundant.

There is so much possibility available to us.

We have so many options to choose from.

There are so many nests we can build.

We do not have to put all of our eggs in one nest.

But we sure can put as many eggs in as many nests as we want to.

There are so many things we can breathe life into.

Our work is the same as mama robin.

We know that we must prepare the way for our Creations.

We have to choose our tree.

We have to gather the perfect straws and intricately weave them into a safe, sturdy, supportive, beautiful space to hold and nurture the eggs we are laying.

Lay the eggs.

Give birth to the ideas.

Then know without a doubt that the most important work will take place beneath the surface, in the place you cannot see with your eyes.

But in your mind’s eye you know God is busy working on your behalf, doing her part in the spaces you cannot see,  growing and evolving the creation you have laid the foundation for, and have been carefully preparing for.

You do your part and your art, and God will always do her part and her art.

There it is again.

That Co-Creative Dance with God!

Then we carefully watch over our creations and protect them at all costs, knowing they will birth into new life.

We don’t have to worry about there not being enough of anything, because there is more than enough abundance for each of us.

Let go of any lack, scarcity, fear, worry, or doubt.

Mind your business, and your businesses.

Merrily go about doing the work of being who you uniquely are. doing what you uniquely do, enjoying all that life has to offer you.

Be free, and understand there are no limits to what is available to, and for you.

You get to decide how many nests you have.

You get to decide how many eggs to put into your nests!

Now spread your wings and soar!

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