As some of you may know, Alissia recently became a facilitator for an amazing life tool called the Passion Test. Contrary to a few comments from the peanut gallery, it is not in any way related to a passion party. The test is designed to help you get clear about what matters most to you in life so that if you're not acting on those things day to day, you can get right on that and if you are, you can grow, stretch and find new expressions of them. We've both taken the test before, but this weekend I did a new one, with the help of a professional. :)
I thought it might be helpful to claim my top 5 passions so that my friends and family are all aware of ways that they can encourage and motivate me... or call me out when I'm so far in left field I can't even see home plate. (woohoo, my first sports analogy of this month's 31 day blog challenge!) I boldly proclaim the following:
My life is ideal and I am...
1) Allowing myself to play and dance with rhythmless childlike joy
2) Giving freely of my time, love, energy and money to those who need it
3) Serving others
4) Listening to my higher self's feedback
5) Freeing myself from my mind/inner critic
These are things that must be present for me every single day or I'm not choosing to show up like the bright and shiney little sunshine pants God sent me here to be. When I am doing these things, I am happy, fulfilled and purposeful. When I'm ignoring these things, I'm caught up in drama or silly stories about how my life isn't awesome. Let's be clear (and this statement is every bit as much for me as for my blog) my life is Awesome. My challenges, my failures to show up as the best possible version of myself, my outright temper tantrums, do Not detract from the awesomeness of my life. They are simply little road signs pointing the way to deeper levels of contentment.
For years, I've viewed my attachment to drama as one of my fatal flaws; a reason why I would never be truly happy. When I stop judging (even for just a moment) myself, I can breathe in and notice how beautiful life really is and find the motivation to spit shine anything that has gotten a little smudged. I know that I am not alone in my hyper critical self opinion so I just want to invite all of us to take a deep breath, think pixie dust flight worthy thoughts (happy... c'mon, Peter Pan is a great story) and leap into a day where we have abundant patience with ourselves.
What will you do today with the time you free up by simply choosing not to beat yourself up? :)
Finding freedom in choices, balance and FUN. Breaking a few rules to things the way that my heart tells me (but nothing illegal!) and sharing the honest journey of a soul that wants to make the world a better place starting with myself.
wow very nice.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Brianne. My hope is that by sharing my joy along my journey that others feel free to enjoy their own. May moments of indescribable joy bless your day and remind you of who you are. :)
DeleteHello again Miss bright and shiney little sunshine pants. Great to be back in the 31 day bloggingy thingy with you. Looking forward to sharing some laughs, dramas and tears over this next month.
ReplyDeleteInspiring as always Kieta :)
ReplyDeleteSeeing Tilla and Lisa commenting on my blog made me have to go find a youtube clip for the song that came to mind... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnLTG8x_g_w
ReplyDeleteSooo looking forward to writing alongside you brilliant ladies again this month.
Loved this post. I'm guilty of being too self-critical and it's not a good look.
ReplyDeleteRight? More importantly though Nikki, what can you celebrate that Is a good look on you? You know you have some sweet stuff to show off :). Thanks so much for commenting and welcome to the challenge. We're gonna have so much fun!
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ReplyDeleteInspiring!! Love how you said when you stop judging you can find the motivation to spit shine anything that has gotten a bit smudged :) Awesome....
ReplyDeletelol, thanks. :) perhaps not my classiest imagery but still pretty true to form. :)
DeleteI'm going to follow along with you. Especially with #1. We do need to live a life of play and laughter. Thanks for being honest about where you want to go.
ReplyDeleteIf you ever want to take a Passion Test of your own, I'd be happy to give you the information on how it's done. :)
DeleteKieta my favorite part of this post is, "What will you do today with the time you free up by simply choosing not to beat yourself up?" Talk about a powerful way to draw someone's attention to the all consuming activity of being too critical. Thanks for sharing such a wonderful post.
ReplyDeleteI know that when I chill out and stop being hyper critical I get a Lot more done, which is funny because the critical nature of my thoughts is usually about how I need to do more. I can say honestly that I've given Years of my life to the consuming activity of being too critical. I steal back every moment I can manage, when I notice time slipping that way, I reach for my ejection cord and head for better ground. I'm much happier as a result. :)
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