In yesterday’s Thursday HotSeat session, the Member in focus shared about some of the challenges he was navigating and his experience of doing so. He is someone who has had a number of different and very successful business careers, and he shared that he is transitioning through another period of change at the moment, and felt that he was experiencing two different perspectives at the same time – simultaneously feeling stuck and unsafe, and also moving things forward with things that make him happy.
His open sharing of the negative mind-chatter towards himself that he sometimes hears, as well as his acknowledgement of the courage he has always had in making changes and moving forward even when it has seemed difficult, was inspiring. It opened the floor for the brain’s trust to share their own similar experiences of current challenges and the ways they practice retaining a good state of mind as often and as consistently as possible.
We always have the choice about where we view situations and experiences from, although some circumstances can definitely test us more than others. Our ability to remain in gratitude and appreciation for as much of the time as possible, is something that takes practice and a conscious decision. It is not about being perfect or untouched by more difficult circumstances, but it is about choosing, more often, to be present in appreciation, which enables the most access to intuition and inspiration, providing fresher thinking and a lighter perspective to any situation.
The Member in focus ended the session by commenting on how interesting it is that everyone in attendance is on a similar journey of self-discovery, which can sometimes feel difficult, and yet they all still remain quite optimistic because they are doing the inner work. He said how good it is to know that there’s a community of friends within the Club and invited anyone to call him any time to speak about how they are.
It really helps to have like-minded comrades that you can turn to for unguarded conversations where the sharing elevates both parties. Although we are all walking our own journey, it’s not a path that needs to be walked alone.
