It is the end of a year and the end of a decade!
This is, indeed, an ideal time for reflection as we contemplate our learnings, our insights, our shifts, and reset our focus and actions to what is truly important for our ‘next decade’.
For myself, it is definitely a time of ‘repurposing’. I actually believe 2020 will be, as Lorna Bevan and several other futurists are saying, “The Great Reset”. Not the time to look back with regrets, but to look forward with a clear focus on what we want to create. Regret, as John O’Donohue points out, is often false and displaced, and “it imagines the past to be totally other than it was.”
How can we be fully present in the moment to what our inner knowing is asking us to be aware of?
“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can her her breathing.” Arundhati Roy.
For those of us living in Sydney or country NSW, the smoke haze which has beset our skies has meant that breathing has been a challenge in recent times. Air quality has reached record lows with many wearing face masks on the streets. I feel for those brave firemen and women who have been out there fighting these fires – in some cases – since August (the earliest Month ever on record). The fires seem more intense also in their voracity. In other parts of the world there are floods, and seismic activity.
How we live with these changed climatic conditions is something we do need to contemplate, prepare for and discuss. We must do so in a respectful manner, and with deep listening, to all perspectives – not ignoring the facts. In fact, the art of dialogue and respect will be essential in this coming decade as we navigate situations and contexts we have not previously experienced and indeed, even those which currently may be not in our realm of consciousness – the unknown field of our own transformation.
How can we tap into our innate intelligence to guide us in our wise choosing?
There appears to be a shift to a more social and humanitarian way of being in different parts of the world. A shift away from the more competitive nature, the striving to be number 1. Hopefully more people, communities, societies, corporates, and countries will seek cooperation – not competition; equality, peace, and balance – not control. A number of the younger Government leaders such as Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand, Sanna Marin of Finland and Justin Trudeau of Canada, are examples of world leaders who embrace these qualities, as well as Empathy + Inclusivity. These are two essential qualities of effective leaders in any context, which are sorely needed in these changing times.
Be open to:
Choosing change over habit – asking how can I do things differently.
Taking responsibility and being accountable for the choices we do make.
Stepping up and take ownership for shaping the future.
Are the choices ego-focused or eco-focused?
It is definitely a time of extreme acceleration for the brave-hearted. Far from it being a shortcoming, the development of revolutionary new technologies, disruptions to old ways in areas of energy production, communication, transportation, healthcare, genetic sciences, robotics and artificial intelligence will increase this decade, and with it expand our capacity to be. The brave-hearted will learn to find their inner calm amidst that sense of chaos.
Standing in One’s Own Power will be crucial to retaining one’s balance while having the ability to move with the “flow’ mindfully.
What you stop doing, detangle and remove is as important as what you keep.
In fact, a good question to ask as you head toward 2020 is, ‘What would radical simplicity look like for you?
Renovation and Restructuring.
I asked this question of a client last week.
He realised he is physically unfit therefore depleted of energy and needs to address this in order to be able to maintain his (own) high level of expected performance.
“How can you tap into the rhythm of expansion/contraction across all dimensions of your life?”
He has agreed that there is a need to ‘re-balance’ this expansion/contraction and realign his energies by first rebuilding his physical fitness.
So his task over Christmas is to look at how he can restructure his day, his week, his life and find time for his well-being. This will then allow him to have more energy, to be spontaneous and to enjoy the unplanned – especially with his young daughter.
The deeper issue is to ENJOY those moments between the chaos, and find the calm.
And so, as one decade ends and another begins, I encourage you to take some time for reflection. Ask yourself:
– How could you bow more deeply to yourself as you actually are?
– How could you be kinder to yourself?
– What would radical simplicity look like for you?
Kia Kaha
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