I give a BIG hooray to your "So, here's to butterflies, and bubbles, and
sunsets, and flowers, and music, and opportunity, and growth and movement.
To finding something everyday that moves me just because it's so beautiful.
And to laughter and joy and lightness and strength and power."
I am sitting on my balcony with the sun shining on my face, a beautiful
breeze blowing through the air and making a mess of my hair. I can see the
lake. I can hear the wind and the faint sounds of traffic. And I feel so
very settled. I am ME. In this moment, I can feel my breath, I can feel
the warmth of the sun on my skin and I know who I Am.
I've been spending time considering not renewing my contract and instead
STOPPING which for anyone who knows, they know this is unusual. I am always
on the go with work and a busy social calendar. It's in these moments of
sitting quietly - doing nothing and just being - that I am Me and fully
connected, rooted and with immense power, strength, magical creativity and
knowing. I've been creating more and more of these moments of stopping and
I am choosing to create more and more of them. I resonate with what you
have written, and with Angela's post about Freedom. I know that I am
creating new experiences for myself, because the old way of mindlessly
following a pack and spending my time, my energy, my LIFE doing something so
vastly empty is not for me anymore. I don't know exactly what form things
will take. And I do know that I will continue to experience my life
sustainably with the same nature of curiosity, hope, exploring, sharing that
is part of who I Am.
I say I was "considering" stopping - as if at this point it was an option?!?
Who am I kidding. I'm stopping already (and I have to admit that it's great
fun!). I remember thinking that I didn't need work to become unbearable.
That making this decision could be easy. And I am so happy to say that
today it has become so incredibly easy. I have bosses who want to knowingly
lie in a report that I would be part of presenting. So I've clearly stated
that I won't put my name on it. And that was that. I'd still get an offer
to continue working there and I know that I will not stay and working in
that type of space. So, I don't fully know what is coming next, and I know
that it will be whatever I choose to create for myself in this breath, in
this moment and in this space.
I am grateful to you, Angela and all the other women who have been posting
this week. There's been a flurry of writing and I recognize so much of it.
With great RIG and hugs,
Melissa
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