Apparently this is the summer of concert wisdom. We went to see Santana last Friday and several things really struck me. Santana and his entire band started their concert full out, which continued until they played their last note. As I was listening to their brilliant music I was thinking about how they jumped right in, played full out, and held nothing back. What a great way to approach life!
Later, Santana spoke about how there are two emotions in the world – love and fear, and how everything can be distilled down to those two things. Love is flow and fear is struggle. Food for thought. Among other things, he talked about how we are made up of light and love. It’s always a kick to hear profound wisdom when and where you least expect it.
I have been thinking about that evening for the past several days and noticing when I go full out and when I tone it down. Here’s to more “full out” living! (which by the way, aligns with living a purposed life)
I'm finding it very hard to do that right now. Living full out is really trying at the moment, and I can't for the life of me figure out why. I was on such a high and then I had three really busy weekends that all provided joy, yet have completely worn me out.
As a WAT, I'm almost thinking that the three weekends were so much aliveness… I'm burnt out and my Workability is really struggling to shine through at the moment. It needs some momentum though…
Even though you had Aliveness weekends I would be willing to bet that you were contributing with your Workability, as well. Perhaps it is a matter of truly recognizing how much your Workability is in action. It may be more about expectations that you put on yourself, and someone from the outside would actually observe that your Workability is very active and shining brightly.
I had another thought. Often when I have a big experience it follows the laws of physics – expansion and contraction. I have a great experience (expansion), then I have a bit of a letdown afterward (contraction). When I go with the flow and don't let myself get caught up in agonizing (Aliveness activity)about how lousy I feel I usually get back to center more quickly!