THE
LEAF AT MY FEET
CARA'S
CORNER
I don't know about you, but between a November birthday and the
end of the year I do a lot of soul searching during these last
months, a lot of measuring and comparing and planning. It's important
that I look back and make a list of what I have accomplished.
That helps me map my progress and acknowledge my successes. I
also take a reality check. What is working, what is not? What
do I keep, what do I release? And when I need guidance, I often
ask for signs and get them.
Enjoy "The Leaf at my Feet."
Warmly,
THE
LEAF AT MY FEET
It lay there as a sign to me — the large green leaf. Larger
than any leaf I had seen. "It's a sign," I thought.
I love signs.
I looked up to find its origin and every tree around me was bare.
Not a leaf left. I looked back at my "sign" and asked
myself, "What does this mean?"
It's nearing the end of a year, a time when I look at where I've
been and where I want to go. I had just journaled the realization
that what I needed to do was to shift my consciousness to make
my business grow and my life richer. But what did I want it to
look like? Always the question.
I think it has to do with my sense of personal value (or lack
of it) and my trust that whatever shows up I can do. I get to
play with people who are playing much bigger than I am and in
the process add value to what they are doing. I get to trust my
talent and my skill and believe it when people tell me how good
I am at what I do. I get to seek out others and suggest a collaboration.
I get to expect more.
"This leaf is telling me to play bigger," I thought.
"This leaf is telling me to drop any fears or apprehension
about moving into new venues. This leaf is telling me to have
a bigger vision and to believe in it."
I continued my walk, admiring the leaf in my hand. It was a spring
green although I knew it was actually a dying green. And it certainly
was big. There was not a tree in sight that could have produced
it.
And then I saw them. A half dozen more of these very large green
leaves, larger than the one I held in my hand, all scattered in
a cluster on the ground. I picked up two of the largest ones and
looked around to see where they could have come from. And then
I saw it —a tree in the back yard of a neighbor, hidden from
view by a tall fence. And I thought, "What tall fence am
I hiding behind? If this leaf is a sign of my huge talent, from
what have I constructed the fence that hides it from view?"
Fear? Uncertainty? I want to tear down that fence. I want to
take my large talents and spread them all over the neighborhood
— all over the world, in fact. I want other seekers to find
my large green leaf and get the message that everything is possible.
We live in a world of infinite possibilities. We are given gifts
that only we can give to another. We must get to work. We must
play big. We must live our vision.
And so, my friends, this story is my large green leaf to you.
In the coming year, let's both come out from behind the fence
and spread our gigantic talents throughout the world.
Have a great Winter Solstice!
©
Cara Lumen 2007
www.caralumen.com
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