Simply Showing Up

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June 9, 2009

Simply Showing Up

For most of my life I have been a people pleaser. My desire to be liked, admired, respected and accepted by others has been stronger than my desire to please myself. This behavioral pattern has been cultivated through my lineage of generational patterning. In some circumstances it has served me well and in some it has not. Like any behavior, when it becomes an automatic response, it can be inappropriate for the situation, leading to dysfunction. When it is used consciously with discrimination, it can be an incredibly functional and wise response. With practice, commitment and a lot of self-reflection, I have been working on making this unconscious behavioral response a conscious choice.

One of the gifts that people pleasing has given me is the inner motivation to over-perform, over-prepare, and over-study. My fear of failure, my fear of being ridiculed and not accepted drives me. Unconsciously, I believe that if I over-prepare and over-perform, I will be able to protect myself from judgment and I will be able to control the situation. This drive has gotten me to where I am today. It has helped me climb the corporate ladder. It has helped me start four businesses. It has adorned me with athletic accolades. However, I have come to realize that when I approach life this way, I am the one that misses an even higher possibility of experiencing my own potential.

The reality to life is that we can't control it. Our egos like to think they can but it is a false story we make up to keep ourselves feeling safe and secure. We place a box around ourselves and the situation we are in so that we don't have to deal with the unknown and the unpredictable. Yet, I have come to learn that inside the unknown and unpredictable lies the magic of life that I am seeking. That is where miracles reside. That is where co-creation occurs. That is where synchronicity is abound.

My latest realization is that Simply Showing Up is enough. I am not saying that I don't prepare. I definitely prepare. I am saying that I consciously choose to leave my desire to control the situation as a protection mechanism at the door. I allow myself to be completely present, noticing what the Universe sends me through people, words and ideas, and then I make myself available and attentive to respond. I surrender to something greater than myself. When I do this, when I leave my ego at the door, when I allow my truth to be more important than what others think of me, when I invite the Divine to work through me, when I open myself as a clear channel for intuition and healing..... MIRACLES HAPPEN. Things are changing. I am changing. My clients are changing. It is simply amazing.

And, that's it! Simply Showing Up is simple. We all can do it. We all were made to do it. We can BE who we are right now, right in this moment, in any situation - authentically, wholly, and completely.

This week, I invite you to Simply Show Up in everything you do - at work, at home, with your hobbies, with nature. Simply Show Up and witness the miracles occur. For I AM enough and so are you.

With love & light,

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