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Link your actions with your values-Part IIBy Bonnie Artman
I LOVE to dance! Especially swing dancing - to twirl around and be in step with the music is exhilarating!
The problem is, I am not a very good dancer. I am often off beat and want to lead rather than follow (that's a conversation for another day!). Several years ago, I took ballroom dance lessons. By the end of the class I would pretty much have the steps down but by the time the next class came around I forgot what I learned the week before and the Instructor was then on to a new dance. I finally gave up and quit the classes because I wasn't practicing enough to integrate the steps and really learn. I allowed other things during the week to divert my attention from something I really wanted, but in reality wasn't making the time to pursue.
What are things in your life that you really want, but aren't putting in the time and effort to make happen?
This year in the Making Conscious Choices newsletter, we have been focusing on living out your values, living consistent with what's important to you. If your approach is similar to how I took dance lessons, then the August Workshop "Show up for your life: Live in the present" is just what you need!
During this three week program, we will focus on connecting the dots between our stated values to actually living it. We can all cite a list of reasons why we don't do what we say we'd like to do - some legitimate, some just plain excuses. The bottom line is deciding to make it happen because it's important to you. Regardless of the distractions that get in the way of changing there's no getting around the fact that today is all we have.
A friend of mine recently was asked to give the Eulogy at her Father's funeral. She hesitated at first not knowing if she would be able to contain her emotion. Then she decided to agree to do it for one reason. She said, "Bonnie, I know my Dad wasn't a perfect man, he had flaws like we all do and I will acknowledge that. What made my Dad unique that is becoming rare today is he lived consistent both at home and at the office. Everyone knew what was important to him based on how he lived and the priorities he made with our family, his time, his generosity. I always kind of knew that, but now that he's gone, I really see it. I want others to know it is still possible regardless of all the technology we have available to us today, authenticity was the most important thing to him and I want others to know he really lived it".
If you died today, would people be able to say you lived out your values? If not, what would you be remembered for?
Make the conscious choice to live what's important to you, and then join us as we learn the steps that will get you there!
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