Coming Out of the Cocoon

The Cult plays in the background, it popped up on my ipod screaming to be played when I plugged it in this morning. When I listen to it the first thing that comes to mind is boy have I come a long way. 18 seems so far behind be, how appropriate a thought as I am in the process of shedding yet another skin and spreading my wings again. Revived, renewed and seriously excited about the next level I stood on my branch yesterday ready to fly when...

I got a huge nudge. Kirk got laid off yesterday, I knew it was coming, I was expecting it but not in a doom and gloom where screwed he's going to lose his job way. Instead in an excited, secret, it's time for me to expand my business sense. So now a kind of fear and guilt is lurking in the background. The universe is standing hands on hips, "OK you asked for it, here it is!".

So where does this leave me with my challenge? It is time to up the game. As the end of this month scatters behind me my stride has widened, my feet are firmly on the ground and it is time to throw another ball in the air. I feel extremely confident that indulgence is tucked tightly but I will not say firmly under my belt and last night I explored some of the tools available to me to expand my coaching business. I truly believe I needed this extra shove of the branch. I remember standing at the top of one of those never ending slides at the water park looking down terrified. The slide was so steep it dipped in and you literally flew down with the water, taking off can be scary but unlike getting in the water you cannot do it slowly inch by inch. Taking off requires system checks, a deep breathe, a big hard run giving it all that you got, throwing yourself off the cliff and then just relaxing and catching air, trusting all the time that all will be well. It is time for me to trust in the words "jump and the net will appear". Whew!

Now don't get me wrong, Zen has not gone by the roadside. Taking on this task without turning to my old friend red wine will be a wonderful test of my newly built foundation. I relish the challenge and today will focus on checking all my systems to make sure they are running perfectly ready for take-off. If you are a long for the ride get ride to fly first class.