What holds your life together?

Pause, one or two words, let’s keep it simple. Reflect.

For all of us it is different. What is the thing that keeps you moving along? Getting up out of bed and doing the next right thing.?

When we are able to identify it and articulate our beliefs and values, we are able to use it to fuel actions and yield results. Make Things Happen!

We do not often take the time to check in with what is holding us together, so we feel like we are not together. We feel like we are not moving in the direction we want to or meant to.

As I think about this for myself, I know that it is the simple idea of hope. It is at the center of my belief system. It is the essence of how I run my life. Many people call it faith, spirituality, God even. Hope for me is about having the faith that if I work, show up, something will happen. It is a natural law that I ascribe whole heartledly to. I have seen the results of work in my life and in my clients. I see results happen when we are able to flesh out a vision, plan the steps it takes to get there, and then get busy taking action. It really is not that complicated. We like to make it complicated. That keeps us from taking action. That is the easy place.

Hope comes in the form of a potential client sitting next to me in a coffee shop, a potential friend standing in line at the post office, hope for me is people and making the most of each moment. When I am able to integrate my basic beliefs in to my life each day, I feel happy, content, connected to the world around me.

A client answered this question with the word light. She spoke about how God comes to her in light and it is in this light that She is a color consultant. When you see her work it reverberates with this notion. The mix of of colors and how she creates palettes for homes is in response to the light in the space. She sees the light in people around her. She tunes into peoples light, their finest qualities. When she is able to tune into the light in even the darkest situations, she is transformed and able to move on and take action. It is amazing to be able to use these linkages to values and beliefs move through life in a peaceful and mindful way.

What is holding your life together? How may you use this information to shift your views on a challenge you are facing?