Every moment in your life is the perfect NOW for the NEW. Do you realize this? Whenever you find yourself putting something off, waiting for that perfect time, when everything else makes way for that new thing, that new energy, THAT is the time to catch yourself and pause with this question in mind – “Exactly why am I waiting?”
Are you waiting for someone else to line up to support what you are doing? Maybe you can find a way to do it yourself, or to shift a bit so that you can at least get started on the project. Are you waiting for the stars to align, the budget to support, your calendar to open up? Are you waiting to lose weight, gain weight, change your wardrobe, change houses, get a new car? Are you waiting to find the perfect _____ [fill in the blank]?
Lose this ‘wait’!
This moment NOW is the only moment you have. Everything you need is here in this NOW. Every resource is within you to make happen that which you need in your life. Creativity is within you if you allow it to be expressed. Resources are available if you open yourself to guidance and seek resources that you think you don’t have – where else can you seek them? How can you modify your plans to use what’s available? Who do you need help from? Can you permit yourself to ask for the help you need? What is ONE STEP that you can take in this moment NOW that will bring you closer to your goal?
If you find yourself resisting these words, then ask yourself if you have been waiting to start something because there is a block or obstacle in front of that something. Are you using as an excuse something that is keeping you from facing the real obstacle to moving forward? Do you really need to have all the resources lined up first or can you start and then find the rest of what you need? Do you really need to lose weight, find help, have a new car or can you find step one to get the energy flowing in the direction of what you desire so that the rest can follow? Are you focusing on the cart and letting the horse struggle at its tethers when it really wants to get moving?
What project, idea, program has been coming to your mind as you read these words? What is one step that you can take NOW to move in the direction of that idea? If we asked, what is one thing that you wish you could do that for some reason you have not started yet? Would it be all right with you if you allowed that to get started?
Starting is the hard part. Deciding to start can be even more difficult. If there is an excuse why you can’t start, then look at that excuse and ask, “What is behind this excuse?” Are you hiding from some personal work that needs to be done before you move forward? It is easy to look at calendars and budgets and lack and say that these are the reasons that you cannot begin something, but they do not serve your forward motion in life.
Examine yourself. Examine your life. How have you been holding yourself back because there is some personal growth or spiritual work that is waiting to be done? When you determine that this is the place to start, you will be amazed at how easily the rest follows!


MUSE-INGS: What Are You Waiting For?
October 5, 2010 — RosemaryI really hear this message! It’s so easy to procrastinate, to put off bringing in or doing something that we REALLY want and the excuses we use can be pretty lame. How often have you done this yourself? I know I’m guilty!
When I move to the right house, when I have the right partner, when I have $X in the bank, when I get a new job… It goes on and on. There are so many good reasons to postpone doing something. And yet if we are thinking about doing that ‘thing,’ whatever it is, there must be some energy available to it in the moment, some energy to support the thought. Thoughts are things, right? And thoughts, as everything, are made up of energy. So it follows that there’s some energy there.
In 1974 I was waiting to move into the perfect house on the water before getting pregnant, but finally decided that I wasn’t getting any younger and that maybe I had the wrong priority. We ended up finding the perfect house on the water the same weekend I got pregnant with my daughter and moved in months before the birth. Funny how that seems to work, isn’t it?
So what are you waiting for? And what can you do today, right NOW, to move in the direction of what you desire?
I have so many ideas floating around in my head for workshops, classes, teleseminars and all they are waiting for is for me to get them on the calendar. What holds me back? If I’m honest, it can be a fear of committing to the calendar. Maybe there is a little insecurity about, “What if I schedule it and no one signs up?” And yet is it fair to people who want to take the workshops, classes and teleseminars for me to withhold myself from them because of my ‘stuff’?
There are some magnificent artists who feel they aren’t good enough to sell their artwork, and yet the rest of us would love to purchase it, given the chance. There are some amazing singers who think it’s okay to sing in the shower but are afraid to share that talent in public. There are books and articles waiting to be published because the author judges them ‘not ready’ or ‘not interesting enough’ for sharing with others. I’m thinking that this becomes pretty self-focused — maybe we are given the talents and abilities that we have so that we can share these with others.
In many cultures, storytelling is an art and everyone is expected to share around the campfire or the town square. People don’t judge, they just share whatever they have to share. Can we adopt that attitude in our society? Let’s agree to just share, not judge or wait for the perfect time. We can agree to accept whatever the response is, without judging ourselves or others, and allow the impetus to come from within, to just share what is inside us. If there truly is a stumbling block, an obstacle, then we can decide to accept help, to do the personal growth work or the spiritual work, and then to move forward.
Take one step today. If you would like to examine the blocks or obstacles, then make an appointment with a counselor or coach and do the work. But figure out that one step and then take it. It can open a floodgate to the energy you were looking for to keep moving!
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