02.01.2010


   
Michael Fox CPCC,
founder of magine!,
is a professional
coach and trainer,
author and creative artist, whose work has been featured throughout
the world.

Michael is a
Certified Practitioner
of the
Myers-Briggs
Type Indicator.

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Gallup, New Mexico...   
I once found Gallup, New Mexico, a disturbing place to be.
 
Gallup, per se, was not the problem. What was once just a stopover with few accommodations is now a bustling town complete with a Starbucks, albeit nestled within a Safeway grocery store. But still. There are places of interest in Gallup.

There's the nearly century-old El Rancho Inn, a rugged hotel, restaurant, and bar built by the brother of film pioneer D.W. Griffith. The El Rancho was the home-away-from-home to dozens of luminaries from Hollywood's Golden Age--including Bogart, Goddard, Hayworth, Hepburn, Reagan, Stewart, Wayne, even the Marx Brothers, and more--when westerns were frequently filmed in the region.

No, I found Gallup, New Mexico, a disturbing place to be because it was neither here, nor there. In fact, it was a long lonesome road from Gallup to anywhere. And whenever I found myself in Gallup, I felt lonely; I felt lost; I felt loosed from my moorings. Almost desperately so.
 
Gallup, I now understand, was merely a metaphor for a greater personal angst.
 
I've never, by nature, been comfortable with neither here nor there. Yes, I know the words: life is a journey, not a destination; spiritual formation is a process, not an event; endurance is forged on the plateau, not on the peak. But, I've always found more pleasure in the conception and celebration of a project, an event, a journey, perhaps a relationship, more than I have patience for the tedium of its completion.

But, finally, after a half-century of living, I've learned that most of life and learning happens on the way. In, metaphorically speaking, Gallup, New Mexico.
 
 
Is there a metaphor that represents for you the angst that Gallup, New Mexico once represented for me?

Mightn't it be possible that underneath much of your general malaise--including loneliness, despondency, anxiety, and the like--is a reaction to the tedium and fear of a Gallup?

What would it take for you to develop greater patience and peace for the monotony and desperation of a Gallup? How might you employ all of your senses to discover the value of this moment, of this space--and then this one, and this one?
 
What do you need to remember or bring with you to "anchor" yourself when moving through a Gallup?

What wisdom might help keep your mind off of the outcome, and to allow the process itself to witness to you?
 

Michael Fox
m�agine!

530/613.2774
407 Myrtle Drive
Farmerville, LA, USA 71241  
In addition to personal and professional coaching,
m�agine! specializes in spiritual transformation coaching,
employing its proprietary models
--Values, Vision, Voice
and Heart, Soul, Mind & Strength--

as well as
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator� curriculum
published by CPP, the People Development People.

Michael's books include
 
Complete in Christ,
Complete in Christ Spiritual Transformation Workbook,
and Biblio�files.

Coaching fees are based upon a sliding scale. Contact us for details.
For additional information, visit our website at maginethepossibilities.net.

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On the flip side, if you are able, please inquire about opportunities
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