There are times when you may wonder if where you are in your life is where you should be ? ….And you feel deep down, something needs to change, but Aggrraaahh ! It’s just hard .. The How’s, The What Ifs come in.
A Chat With Someone I Know
I was having a chat with a dear friend this morning, touching on something she’s mentioned to me earlier this year. We both come from similar backgrounds, yes, Finance & Accounting. A place where everything has to fit into set boxes, processes clearly mapped out and where the typical prevailing colors are Black & White, even no shades of grey allowed. Yes that’s right, the world of what I call the “BeanCounter” !
She is an amazingly beautiful person inside, passionate, immensely skilled and knowledgeable, a keen sense of foresight and business intuitiveness, and like me, there’s nothing she can’t do if she puts her mind to it. Any company will be fortunate to have her on their payroll.
She loved what she did, but working for someone always has its challenges, especially when the core values, passions, principles do not synergise.
She’s started to note that something was missing within her, she felt troubled, incomplete, trapped perhaps, she was not at peace with herself and with where she was, with what she was doing. Her search to address that elusive hidden factor resulted in changing jobs, but her troubles seemed to manifest again in different forms.
Is This You ?
Hey, does that sound familiar. Could I be describing your life too ?
Someone once told me, “if you don’t change the way you address life, then your future will end up being your past folded over” [Mitch Behan].
What’s the solution then ?
I’d say the reason she may feel the way she feels, is that her inner voice has awakened. Her inner voice is calling out to her for something bigger out there that will synergise with her true essence, to live her Life Purpose.
Could that be you too ? How far have you traveled your troubled path ? Know only you and you alone have the answers, and the answers lay within.
The Inner Voice
So ….. maybe it’s time to pay heed to listen to and connect with that inner voice.
Ok, you’ve done that or tried it, now what ? Well, sometimes that voice can muck around with you (I must admit .. been there done that), if you are unable to discern it effectively and if the thinking mind gets in the way, which it does …Duhh !!
For a number of people, there can be bit more to discovering that inner voice and the inner you. Reminder to self : do a blog post on that.
The solution or alternative at times is, just do it, get out from where you are, and in the process, discover your passion, your purpose …. Be radical ! …. Jump off that cliff ! …. Take that leap of faith !
Without Having The Need To Know
Sometimes one just has to do just that and do it without knowing what the outcome will be, with just trust and faith. What ? are you kidding me, you may ask ?
It may not be the means to an end, but it may just provide you with that break, that space you need for you to check within and consolidate yourself and let the magic within work and evolve.
“The ego or the thinking mind will try to sort it out otherwise. But if you let go and walk the path it will present itself and you won’t have to figure it out” [Christina Ritchie].
I left a fulltime permanent job in 2013 by voluntary redundancy without a plan in place, without knowing the outcome. It was quite uncharacteristic of the “Accountant within me” to do so. I did it because I sensed that there was something else out there for me. Look out for a future blog post on this.
In between, I held a couple of part time / contract jobs, but I realized this was not meant to be, the toxicity came back & I quit those jobs, for me it was a nudge from the Universe to me to stay on my true path, which is to help people find their way, to help them be and become the best possible versions of themselves.
Today, running my practice as a Energy Healer, Clinical Hypnotherapist & Personal Trainer, I earn a lot less money than I did as a Finance Manager years ago, a lot less I tell you, and I’m not necessarily assured of where my next dollar is coming from or in what quantity.
I do feel concerned at times, but surprisingly I’m not necessarily worried. Ironically, today despite having a lot less money now, I am very much a calmer, balanced, peaceful, happier and a more spiritual person than I’ve ever been in my life, even when I was earning a big salary in my past roles.
There’s something wrong with this equation you may say, less money but happier ?
Life and society have conditioned us to believe and accept that one has to get a good education, a “good” job, earn loads of money, buy that house, buy that car, etc and you’ll be happy …. well, think again !
Find your passion, your purpose in life and PURSUE IT !
Just Jump, Take that Leap !
