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by Georgia Feiste

Book Review: Beyond Reason

December 14, 2010 in Grief, Healing, Love

Wow!  You will find emotion, thought-provoking ideas, and many tender stories packed into a short 110 page book that will take you just a couple of hours to read.  Beyond Reason is a book about the loss of a gifted child, and his father’s search for light and meaning over the next fifteen years. 

As a physician, Gregg Korbon approached many things in life from a scientific viewpoint.  His life was harried, and without depth in terms of human emotions and connection.  Dr. Korbon was immersed in academics and spent his professional time buried in facts and scientific proof.  He spent much of his home life dealing with two children who did not come in to this world in the best of health.  After the death of his son, Brian, Dr. Korbon began to open himself to the embracing warmth of love and the magic of the universe.  Reaction to Brian’s death took his father down many paths, from metaphysics to psychic phenomenon, learning about the waves of energy flowing around and through us as we dance our life’s story.   

Two concepts really stuck out for me as I read of Gregg’s experiences over the years as he sought to relieve his pain from the loss of his child.  First, his thoughts and ideas around the process of letting go are profound and far-reaching.  He concentrated on letting go of fear – the fear of getting close to people, the fear of activities unknown to us, and the fear of dying.  I was struck by what I was reading, and the synchronicity of messages, as I had just completed giving a class in which I had shared Deepak Chopra’s Principles for Spiritual Optimism.    His third principle is that “you belong in the scheme of the Universe.  There is nothing to be afraid of.  You are safe.  Fear cannot be trusted.”  The tenth and final principle is letting go – the path to freedom.  I have been experimenting with this concept in my own life recently – letting go of the fear, knocking down walls, being who I really am.  It has been surprisingly liberating and has drawn people in to my life I might never have met before, and deepened relationships that go back forty years and more. 

The second concept that held deep meaning for me calls on us to believe in magic and re-learn what we have forgotten as we trained to become adults in a weary and cynical world.  We won’t re-learn this magic through the teaching of other adults as much as we will by allowing the children in our lives to teach us.  They are in tune with the Universe, and speak of it’s miracles through their actions, their words, and their wonder.  If we only sit down and really listen to them, we will remember.  Deepak Chopra’s first principle of Spiritual Optimism says that the “healthiest response to life is laughter.  It is an antidote for fear and sorrow.”  Remember the laughter of your small children as they danced and played through their days?  They are full of imagination and have the answers to our problems.  We steal that from them by subjecting them to hours and hours of television rather than reading to them, doing crafts with them, and talking to them about magic and miracles.  The next time I am spending time with my grandchildren, it is my intention to really pay attention to our conversations – knowing that I have much to re-learn about the joy and power of the Universe.

Georgia Feiste, President of Collaborative Transitions Coaching, Inc., located in Lincoln, NE, is a personal growth and leadership coach, writer, and workshop facilitator.  She is also a Usui Reiki Master and EFT practitioner.  Her passion is success grounded in purpose and passion, standards of integrity and priorities in life.  You can also find Georgia on her website, Collaborative Transitions, Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.   Georgia may also be reached at (402) 304-1902 if you wish to schedule a 30 minute complementary consultation.

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by Stella

June 4, 2010 in Grief, Knowledge, Motivation, Purpose, Rainbow Bridge Coaching and Healing, Thought

ME 2 SEATTLE13 Things To Know If Your Child Goes Missing

Many parents I have come across have asked me to include a blog dealing with what I and other parents learned while dealing with the unimaginable happening, having your child go missing.   Below is a compilation of things I found to do when my son of 20 years went missing for almost two years.  We did find him.  Not the ending we were hoping for but we did at least find him!

  1. Immediately call (911) and all other local law enforcement agencies: Do not stop after you have called 911. Depending on your circumstances, contact your local Police Department, County Sheriff, State Police or Highway Patrol, law enforcement in surrounding jurisdictions and the Border Patrol if applicable. Remember, there is no 24 or 48-hour waiting period. If you meet resistance demand to speak to the watch commander and insist that they take a report and enter the information into the National Crime Information Computer (NCIC) at once.
  2. Notify the Federal Bureau of Investigation: If you suspect a predatory abduction. The FBI will initiate a kidnapping investigation involving a missing child of tender years, defined as a child twelve years or younger, even though there is no known interstate aspect. The FBI will monitor other kidnapping situations when there is no evidence of interstate travel, and it offers assistance from various entities including the FBI Laboratory. They have written protocols, dedicated agents, unsurpassed resources and vast experience in this specialized investigative field.
  3. Log onto or refer the responding law enforcement agency to www.beyondmissing.com: This revolutionary Website allows registered law enforcement agencies to immediately create and distribute missing flyers to other targeted law enforcement agencies using powerful Internet tools. Parents can also create, download and print flyers for duplication, but not database or electronically distribute missing flyers. There is no cost for either service.
  4. 4.      Find registered offenders.  Are there any close to your home?  www.familywatchdog.us
  5. Notify all local media assignment desks: The sooner television and radio begin notifying the community that a child has been kidnapped, the better the chances of recovery. It’s as simple as that.
  6. Notify your local non-profit Child Locator Service: They can provide an array of services pertinent to your situation. Child Locator Services exist to assist in the recovery of missing children. Do not overlook this important resource.
  7. If you believe that your child has been kidnapped: Contact the National Center For Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST.
  8. If you believe that your child has been kidnapped: Contact Team H.O.P.E., a parent support network for families with missing children. Team H.O.P.E. volunteer parents have experienced the agony of searching for their own children. They provide practical and emotional support for parents whose children are victims of predatory kidnapping, parental abduction, international abduction, adult missing and runaways and can be reached at 1-800-306-6311.

9.  Sign up for wireless amber alert. The AMBER AlertTM Program is a voluntary partnership between law-enforcement agencies, broadcasters, transportation agencies, and the wireless industry, to activate an urgent bulletin in the most serious child-abduction cases. The goal of an AMBER Alert is to instantly galvanize the entire community to assist in the search for and the safe recovery of the child.   www.wirelessamberalerts.org

10.  If you believe that your child has run away: Contact the National Runaway Switchboard www.1800runaway.org at 1-800-786 2929.

11.  Keep your home phone attended by someone your child knows: Install Caller ID if you do not already have that service and record conversations. This may be the only way your child knows how to reach you.

12.  Take care to preserve your physical and emotional welfare: Friends, neighbors and even total strangers will be working toward a successful resolution, but you must remember to eat and sleep regularly. This will be the most daunting and difficult journey that you will ever take and you will need sobriety, presence of mind and good judgment if it is to be successful. Seek emotional and psychological support from your church, a social service agency or even a professional counselor or Grief Coach with experience in your type of situation. Remember that you alone are leading the battle for the return of your missing child.

13.  Remember – Never Give Up Hope! As long as you believe, hope remains eternal.

Additional sites I used and recommend are:

www.ncmec.org
www.amw.com
www.missingchildrencenterinc.com
www.missingkids.com
www.childquest.org- preventive etc 

www.Klasskids.org 

Some of the information here is from these websites.

Additional resources can be found at www.parentsgriefrecovery.com

    Peace & Light,

Stella Wichman

Certified From Heartbreak to Happiness Coach
 
www.parentsgriefrecovery.com
 

“Who then can so softly bind up the wound of another as he who has felt the same wound himself?”

Thomas Jefferson

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by Stella

The Rebalancing Of A Family After Child Loss

April 14, 2010 in Acceptance, Balance, Communication, Compassion, Grief, Healing, Intuition, Knowledge, Love, Purpose, Rainbow Bridge Coaching and Healing, Relationships, success, Thought, Understanding, Wisdom

ME 2 SEATTLEWhen my son was found murdered, indeed even after he went missing I found that my family and myself instinctively knew that we needed to get itself back into the rhythm and balance that was lost when our Josh was gone.  This feeling seemed to grow out of a necessity to not replace but to reorganize roles. I found that when your child dies there is a definite shift in the balance of the family and it helped for me to understand what needed to happen to again find that equilibrium.    

It seems that the role of your child which held parental hopes and expectations, and was as well the object of love and focus of your family’s attention, is an important one, and its absence is felt keenly by everyone.

I observed families are a lot like an organization.  They take on their own identity with their own characteristics and are more than the sum of their parts or in this case family members.  They do not merely reflect the individuals that are in it. 

In families it seems that when something happens to an individual it has an affect on the family and conversely if something happens to the family it has an affect on the individuals in that family. So for example when my son died I was preoccupied and withdrawn as I grieved at work and everywhere else for that matter which took my focus away from where it was usually therefore having an affect on others in the family.  And because my focus was drawn away our loss not only was felt by each one of us but in addition it was as if my family lost me as well as Josh.

I have learned that families which have experienced child loss also work hard at regaining the balance in the family they had before the loss and may not even be aware of the fact that they are making changes to accomplish this.  They may shift or change roles, rules, communication, expectations and behaviors to regain the equilibrium that stabilizes the family so it again operates consistently. There is no right way to achieve this as each family differs due to the uniqueness of its individuals. 

My older girls each pitched in and spent more time with their little sister after losing their brother.  They seemed to know instinctively that she would need that as he and she had been very close and spent a lot of time together.  My oldest started calling me daily which she still does after 5 years as she knew her brother had regularly called me or visited on weekends and summers while in college.  My youngest started turning into the family clown always trying to lighten things up when needed, which is the role her brother had filled in the family until he went missing.  These are just a few examples of reassigned roles and obligations in our own family as we tried to reestablish a balance in our family again.

This happened entirely of its own accord in our family as water will move to fill a void when it’s there.  Regardless of whether family balance is resolved healthily or successfully, the period of reorganization following a family’s loss I can say firsthand is very stressful.

I did find with other parents I have coached through grief that one must be careful of not doubling the grief for your surviving children by stealing their own unique identity by placing demands on them to take on the role of their deceased sibling. (Your brother was an accomplished basketball player and you should be too now) when they have no interest in basketball. 

On the other hand sometimes if a surviving child has been in the shadow of his sibling (an accomplished basketball player for instance) he may be able to step into the limelight and shine now.

Remember that this is such an explosive time for each member of the family and one member’s grief can trigger another. 

An accumulation of grief and pain in an individual or even in the family as a whole can trigger blowups.   On the other hand at times the family can draw strength from each other and gain support and solace.

Recognize the need to look at each family members needs and weigh them against that of the family at times.  An example would be everyone wanted to celebrate Christmas traditionally at home and I wanted to get away instead and so we celebrated out of town at my oldest daughters. It is important to strike a delicate balance so as to encourage healthy grieving and communication and unity rather than the opposite.  Compromise seems to be in order here as each person finds that the health of the whole family is the goal and that each family member will have situations come up that will take precedence.    

Remember that each family member does not have the same needs, grieve the same nor have the same relationship with the deceased individual.   There are personal differences which must be taken into account.  Individual factors are responsible for how each person will react to grief rather than similarity to others in the family or the fact that they all lost the same person in the family.

Lastly the very thing that helps which is the closeness of the remaining members of the family also can be the very thing that threatens to destroy the family.  It is easy when we are hurting to place blame, be angry, make false accusations, and place unfair expectations on those we need the most due to irrational demands or fear of upsetting another in the family. 

Although a huge undertaking the surviving family needs to reorganize itself to survive and must cope with the stresses of containing different grievers, each with different, unique needs. It is indeed a huge job and what is needed is patience, love, compassion and understanding.   

Peace & Light,

Stella Wichman

Certified From Heartbreak to Happiness Coach
 
www.parentsgriefrecovery.com
 

“Who then can so softly bind up the wound of another as he who has felt the same wound himself?”

Thomas Jefferson

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Timing Is Everything

February 12, 2010 in Balance, Fearless Feisty and Free, Grounding, Spiritual Connection, Wisdom

Last week in the Fearless, Feisty and Free to Succeed workshop, our topic was centered on being in the present moment at all times, and being of the mindset that the present is perfect even when it isn’t preferable. This is a life-long lesson for most of us within our culture because we are frequently heavily invested in our past, and habitually live in fear of the future.

In these economic times, with 9.5%+ unemployment in general, and 13.4% of that total being over 55, as reported in the LATimes, the fear has been compounded .

Individuals tagged as Generation X and Y are facing mounting debt due to school loans, and the inability to get a job. Or, if they do get a job, the pay is not nearly enough to pay for living expenses, let alone their debt. Many, in the process of building their lives, and having children, got caught in the housing spiral along with the loss of jobs due to the recession.

The biggest issue for baby boomers is that the length of unemployment has more than doubled since the start of the recession. Nearly 51% have been jobless for more than 27 weeks as of January. In addition, the political climate in the United States is uncertain, at best. As well as being unemployed, many boomers are faced with being without health insurance or in a position where they cannot afford to pay the premiums.

All of this can create uncertainty and worry, making this particular lesson timely for the workshop participants and for you.

Picture in your mind a babbling brook, a river, waterfall or the ocean. All of these visualizations have different aspects to them which demonstrate the power inherent in the flow of water. Sometimes life flows easily and gently, and there is little to occupy our minds outside our daily pursuits; stress is non-existent. A river has underlying currents, and can move lazily through the countryside, or incredibly fast across the rapids. Waterfalls plunge suddenly through the air, as the rock underneath the water drops away. The fall can be for short distances, or hundreds of feet. The ocean is powerful, moving with the pull of the moon, and reacting to weather patterns that can be devastating, or gentle.

Regardless of the situation, the water remains flexible and fluid. It sustains us in life – providing critical nourishment to our bodies and our food sources. It cleanses itself as it flows; cleaning up as best it can the devastation wrought by mankind. Key to these observations is that water does not intend or plan to do what it does. In the excerpt from the movie, What The Bleep Do We Know, the concept that we are water and our thoughts can literally change how we react is implied by the experiments of Masaru Emoto. Dr. Wayne Dyer points out in his book, “Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life” that it may be within the “realm of possibility that our intentions can impact the entire planet ” positively or negatively.

The Tao tells us to live in accordance with the nature of things, similar to the nature of water. When you let go of the past, and disengage from the future, you are more able to observe the perfection of today. Keep your mind still, and free of worry. Give in kindness. Speak the truth. Be just, looking at all aspects of the situation rather than jumping to conclusions. Be focused when working, giving your best attention to the task at hand. And remember, you cannot force something to come in to being. Timing is everything.

You cannot make a job appear, stipulate a salary that can’t be supported by the company, or create a demand for services or goods that is not there. What you can do is live life fully, as it happens. Take the time to step back and observe every situation for what you can learn from it. Build the relationships necessary to create the web of connection intrinsic to your world. The opportunities will appear for you, when the time is right. And, by choosing to live in the present moment, with a still and open mind, you will be ready to take that next sweet step.

What can you do today to live more fully in the moment?

I choose to experience the beauty and harmony of the moment, always knowing the truth of what to do.

 

Georgia Feiste, owner of Collaborative Transitions, located in Lincoln, NE, is a life transitions coach, writer, and workshop facilitator.  She specializes in business, career and personal life transitions.  Coming from a 30 year background in a C-level corporate position, she is uniquely skilled in providing support and encouragement as her clients set intentional goals to attain their desires, holding open the space they need to stretch and grow. Her passion is success grounded in purpose and passion, standards of integrity and priorities in life.    Her website is http://www.collaborativetransitions.com, where she blogs about business and career, and http://www.rainbowbridgecoach, where she and many other coaches blog about mind, body, spirit and emotion.  Georgia can be reached at (402) 484-8098.

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by Toningtheom

Pushing Past the Veil of Resistance

February 9, 2010 in Musings, success

“Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.” -Steven Pressfield

 

How does resistance show up in your life? Resistance can push you far from your dream through procrastination, sabotage, excuses, and convince you that the worst outcome will always happen. We do our best to keep resistance at bay and then we feel it – fear. But listening to fear can actually propel us to do exactly what resistance is pulling us away from. If we are scared, we might be on the right track towards ‘success’. Fear might actually be the catalyst that brings us to our growing edge.

In his book, The War of Art, Steven Pressfield writes, “The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more we can be sure that we have to do it.” If it didn’t mean anything or push our limits, then there would be no need to be fearful and expose ourselves to expansive experiences. Resistance keeps us in place.

There comes a time, a point in your life, a remembering of your original creative genius self that is ready to push past the veil of resistance. When you are ready, here are a few ideas to support you in tackling resistance. First, listen to that deep voice inside that has had that dream since you first learned to walk and ask: do you still love that dream? Next, after all the excuses have been made why you can’t draw, write, dance, create, or start a business, take some actions anyway. There will always be reasons and excuses and the best way to move forward is simply by taking daily actions. Lastly, ask for help. Get all the support you need to move your idea forward. Seek out experts, teachers, alliances, change agents, and anyone who understands that we are more than our resistant voice.

Here is a conversation with Resistance:
Self: Given my work schedule and NYU class, can I handle continue taking Yoga classes?
Resistance: You will never be able to do all that. Just forget it.
Self: Really? Give up Yoga?
Resistance: Why bother? You are doing enough already.
Self: Yoga gives me the space to go within and spend time in body, spirit & mind practices.
Resistance: Give it up–it’s too much and too hard to do work, school, & Yoga.

This could go on and on. To stop bantering with resistance, feel free to get quiet, get centered, and feel all of the emotions. Visualize where you want to be and see yourself in that full experience.

After sitting quietly, my meditation revealed the following response to Resistance:
“Is school not awakening your body as well as your mind? Ask your heart. Is yoga not awakening your mind as well as your body as you focus on balancing during a pose? Ask the stillness within you. You are already all of it. You can have all of it – in your divinity you already do.”

Push the veil to see what is on the other side of Resistance. This is a daily practice. Together, let us keep the veils moving.
Mary Anne

Mary Anne Flanagan is an intuitive Shamanic Practitioner and Teacher, Life Coach, workshop facilitator, inspired speaker, and creator of Toning the OM™. Her passion is in assisting people to live life with conscious habits and patterns which support them on their path to abundance and fulfillment. She has a life coaching and healing practice in New York. Visit: http://www.toningtheom.com You may contact Mary Anne at toningtheom@yahoo.com

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How to Just Be With What Is

December 12, 2009 in Fearless Feisty and Free, Intuition, Rainbow Bridge Coaching and Healing, Relaxation, Spiritual Connection, Wisdom

Our culture is grounded in judgment and has been for a very long time. This tendency does offer some value. We are able to make quick judgments to keep ourselves safe, such as when we determine we need to stop the car when another pulls out in front of us when we least expect it. Or, we go to the doctor when we have broken a leg due to a fall.

The challenge for us is in recognizing when we are drawing conclusions based upon the duality of the universe, or the paradoxical unity, rather than allowing what is to just be. Is it possible for us to discern opposites and yet view them as unified and perfect? For example, can beauty exist without ugly? Fear without courage? This is the yin and the yang of life, which when fitted together create a perfect whole.

The joy of living in the paradoxical unity is in allowing yourself to hold opposite thoughts within yourself without allowing one dominion over the other. It strikes me that we have free will and the ability to make choices while still listening closely to what the Universe is telling us. When we allow this to happen, we are living with integrity. We live life with intention, making wise and thoughtful choices.

So many of my clients are challenged by fear of moving forward in the direction of oneness, and yearning for it at the same time. They are not unique in this. It is my experience that most of us are struggling with this core issue as we take each step on our spiritual journey. We often let fear have dominion over courage. If we were to let fear and courage reside side by side, recognizing them and accepting them, eventually the paralysis caused by fear would diminish and allow us to soar.

Dealing with duality is how I have come to understand the coach’s dance with their clients – ask the question, stay present in the moment, listen closely to the answer while letting go of any pre-conceived answers at the same time – allowing the ebb and flow of the conversation to move freely in the direction chosen by the client, without judgment. A great lesson for life, don’t you think?

In the second verse of the Tao, Lao Tzu tells us, “He (the Sage) does nothing for himself in this passing world so nothing he does ever passes”. What speaks to me in this concept is the merging of mind, body and spirit in living the purpose we are here to live, without being pushed in any direction with thoughts of who you should be or what you should do. Living simply, as who you are, pursuing your passions while honing the inborn talents you were given at birth – peaceful, good-natured and without judgment – allows you to experience your eternal self while still in the form you were given. When it’s time to leave your body, you pass back into the oneness leaving all you have done behind you. When duality creeps in, and judgments crop up, allow them to reside in peace as part of your unified life.

You can use these concepts to create a life of ease, accomplishing a great deal without trying. It is unnecessary to connect with one side or the other, but simply let the dualities of action and trying, competition and results, work and reward, and giving and receiving to co-exist. In other words, just be. Move forward with what feels right for you while listening to the music of the Universe.

What can I do today to just be with what is?

When I feel the fear around taking action, I will let the fear reside completely and peacefully with my courage and take the next step.

Georgia Feiste, owner of Collaborative Transitions, located in Lincoln, NE, is a business, career and personal life coach, writer, and workshop facilitator.  Her passion is success grounded in purpose and passion, standards of integrity and priorities in life.  She provides support and encouragement as her clients set intentional goals to attain their desires, holding open the space they need to stretch and grow.  Her website is http://www.collaborativetransitions.com, and she can be reached at (402) 484-8098.

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Success Without The Need For Perfection

September 7, 2009 in Acceptance, Perception, Thought

When our daughter was about 10 months old we bought her a round walker with a tray big enough for her toys. She was quite content to sit and play in the kitchen while I went about my chores, and rarely moved from where I put the walker.  

Within a few weeks she learned to push with her feet so that she could scoot from one place to another, opening up her horizons.

As Andra got the hang of putting one foot in front of the other, she began to actually walk.  Not long after that, she was “running” down the hall and back, hands and arms waving in the air as she shouted with delight. 

Sitting And Playing Is Just Like Planning But Never Taking Action 

Your life may be calling, a myriad of opportunities and possibilities presented to you every day.  Are you waiting for things to be perfect before you begin to walk? Are you content to sit and play wherever you are?

If you research and plan your next step in life until you are certain that everything is perfect, you are likely to discover that the opportunities presented to you have passed you by.  You are showing signs of  paralysis and appear unable to move to the next phase of a fully productive life. 

Identify Your Obstacles But Don’t Hold Your Breath

Andra’s favorite obstacle course was at Grandma’s – through the kitchen and into the living room, running right under the kitchen table, with a clearance of about ½”.  She was growing so fast we were concerned she would get used to barreling through the kitchen and would find herself too tall for tunneling under the table to get to the other room – and severely hurt herself.  We worked hard to get her to stop running under the table and would hold our breath every time she defied us.  

As our daughter grew taller, she moved from bouncing through the table tunnel to hunkering down over the tray of her walker as she scooted under the table, and ultimately began to go around the table as she ran from room to room.  She was aiming for fun and freedom, refining the process as she went.  Once we recognized she was aware of the height limitations, we sat back and watched her delight in life with pure joy.

When you become aware of an opportunity which creates excitement for you, quickly assess the situation by doing whatever basic research you need to do. Determine whether you have the skills, talents, and gifts to make the most of the opportunity.  Pinpoint what resources and support you need to move forward, once you have ascertained that it is possible.  Now identify the obstacles, and highlight the possible solutions.  Aim for excellence.

If you discover you are feeling the need to create perfection in this process, rather than thoroughness, and you have become stressed and are feeling too paralyzed to move forward, look for your underlying fear. 

Fears fall into three categories: Healthy fears (reality based), imagined fears (thought-based), and worry.    

The thought-based fear that often causes us to become paralyzed by perfection is the fear of criticism, along with its cousins, the fear of failure and the fear of the unknown. These fears are all strongly connected to outcome, an end result or how things might turn out, and are generally not healthy.  Many times they are a rationalization or an excuse for not trying.

Detaching from the outcome lets you release the fear and give yourself the opportunity to enjoy the process.

 Possibilities

When you allow for the possibility of success in achieving your goals and take advantage of the opportunities being presented to you without clearly defined action steps, it frees you to explore paths through fertile unknown territory, know that it is okay to learn and make mistakes because you are in a safe place, and trust that each step you take is the right step for you. 

Assessing your fears, and gently pushing them away when they appear will permit you to enjoy life more fully and take that next step without being paralyzed.  Continued practice in moving past your fear will allow you to refine how you go about taking advantage of life’s opportunities.  You are free to create excellence without the need for perfection.  

In other words, behave with the wonder and the joy of a young child learning to walk.  Explore the house from the safety of your walker, knowing that the one who loves you is watching carefully. Investigate new paths through the tunnel under the table, learn from the bumps you get from a minor miscalculation, and keep placing one foot in front of the other until you are running through life with joy and delight.

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