Focused Passion

Assume the position; the writing position, that is.  Couch cover placed smoothly back on the couch, pillows neatly arranged, Sponge Bob sleep pants on, seated with legs crossed and laptop on my lap.  I’m ready.  I’m typing.  I’m gonna share.  You (at least my Mom, if no one else) are going to read and, hopefully, chuckle once or twice.  Perhaps you will nod in understanding, or breath a sigh of relief when you realize that your days are much tamer than most of ours.  OR, perhaps you will feel envy, seeing that our days are much tamer than most of yours.  It could go either way.

Every once in a while, and a bit more often of late, I find myself feeling envious of folks with a more “mundane” lifestyle.  By “mundane”, I actually mean focused.  Focused in the sense of concentrating on fewer than five things at one time.  I’m not talking multi-tasking, I’m talking life experiences.  Perhaps an example would be best.  Let’s use Steve Jobs as an example.  He found out early in life that he was awesome with computers.  He focused on computer things.  We all know the rest.  

Or Stephen Hawking (I guess I’m into the “Steve’s” today) and his Physicist skills.  He focused on string theories and chaos and the like.  Focus....and it paid off for them, for sure!  Let’s even take the local garage mechanic, who, as a wee lass decided that she could fix anything with an engine, focused her skills and opened the best mechanic shop in town.  (I’d like to meet her, by the way....I bet she’s hot in her greasy jeans and t-shirt)  

These are focused people.  There is definitely something to be said of finding your passion and sticking with it.  I sometimes envy those folks because from my perspective, it seems like a Zen life - calm, focused, relaxing.

So what if your passion seems to span the cosmos?  (Some call it Attention Deficit Disorder; or, “Jack of all trades, Master of none”;  “Renaissance Man”; etc.)  

I tried sticking with one thing once.  A few times, actually.  I have stuck with many things many different times, but usually it is simultaneous.   I can trace it back many years, but I won’t.  I’ll stick with the now.  

My drawer of hats (baseball style caps, mostly) is nearly overflowing, and truth be told, it is a perfect representation of the “hats” that I choose to wear on a yearly, monthly, daily basis.  

My most important hat is, of course, that of Parent.  

I have a consistent, full time, paying job.  I love it.  Sometimes I don’t “like” it much, but I do love it and am filled with Gratitude for it.  (And I get to wear a cool hat with a shiny thing on it.) (If you’ve read other posts, you know I like shiny things.)

I practice and teach Martial Arts.

I practice Reiki.

I learn as much as I can as often as I can about Spirituality, different views, ways of learning and modes of Being in the world, and I tend to branch off in more directions than a Canadian Maple tree in this regard and I love every minute of it!  I’d love to study long enough to get a PhD in something involving the New Thought, Ancient Wisdom way of Being.

This summer I completed a Spirit Guide Coach Course with Deborah King.  Yes, I’m now (technically) a Spirit Guide Coach, but to actively coach, I really would need to spend time focusing on the practice and meditation aspect for more than 5 seconds a day.    

I LOVE fitness and athletic activities.  Movement is my thing, whether I’m moving, assisting someone else with their movement or directing them to someone who can adequately assist their movement needs.  

I have a passion for photography, writing and self-affirming guidance and creativity, hence the advent of SouL Musings.  (www.soul-musings.com)

I am passionate about my partner’s business and all of the folks who help to bring it to a point of thriving....we are still on our way, and I am confident that as Destiny unfolds, so too will the Art of thriving in business!

In a single day, I might dabble in each of the “things” listed above and more!  And, in that day, I also might find myself getting aggravated because I didn’t leave enough time to clean the house or reorganize the kids’ toys so that we can find our living room.  It is in these times of aggravation that I wish I was more like the local mechanic.  Passionate about engines from day one and focused from the start.  

This morning I had a sort of re-awakening moment as I sat down (I won’t say where I was sitting....some may consider that TMI) to write in my journal, meditate and check facebook while I brushed my teeth.  I read a post on Facebook that offered an explanation of “symptoms of the shift” or “Ascension” (the increase in the evolutionary process that we are said to be experiencing at this time.)  (BTW, I say “that we are said to be experiencing”, for those who are a bit more skeptical.  I firmly believe that this is happening, especially since I experience most of the symptoms and, heck, I am a Spirit Guide Coach!  I get messages.....I just don’t always “hear” them.)  Anyway, after reading this I got in the shower, still pondering what I had read.  During my meditative shower experience (which lasted all of about 3 minutes because we were running late for our morning Yoga class), I thought about the fears of future finances, sadness of past experiences, excitement of future prosperity, joy of past celebrations and it occurred to me (again), as the word NOW flashed across my mind, ALL I need IS within me NOW!  (That, btw, is an intenSati affirmation....another of my newfound passions.)  Truly, in one blink of an eye, I felt fearful, angry, sad, joyful, triumphant and blessed, and I hadn’t even finished shaving my armpits!  If all of that could happen in just one moment, then clearly the choice was/is mine to make - how do I CHOOSE to feel today?  What PASSION do I CHOOSE to pursue today?

My life is busy. 

My thoughts are quick little buggers.

It is My life, My thoughts, My experience, My CREATION and I LOVE IT!  The world truly is my Oyster, just as it is YOURS.  Through practice, focus and joyful bliss, we can create Pearls no matter what we do, simply by BEING present for each Moment as it comes.

Thank you for staying present in this moment.  Love and Blessings.