Re: An integrated authentic existence...

> Hi Julie,

****Hi Gordon!!!

> Wanted to share this with you.

> Friday evening I was at Rick Smith's house
> (your name came up for helping him with his
> mind-maps...we're your ears burning?

****I thought I felt something! I had thought what a blast it would have been to have been there in person, actually. My first post Sam Travel is taking place next weekend, though. Phoenix via Car. I think Akron via plane sounds better, actually!

> One of the guys took out some copies he had
> made of the SQUARE ONE WORKSHOPS...and I
> started ranting and raving about VALUE...
> and gave him a quick two minute summary of
> the SQ1. I'm not sure he understood it, but
> that's half the fun.

***Gordon, you remain a man after my heart! (She says as she engages in a separate conversation with an engineer/designer who is VERY successful in that realm and RARELY has a clue what I am talking about in my business!)

> For several years I've been
> "preaching" a balanced life and in
> the SQ1 I pared it down to 5
> arenas/lakes/paths or areas where we live.

> They are Spiritual, mental, relationships, >physical and FINANCIAL which is the one that >trips so many people up.

****Thanks for the reminder. I often preach "Integration" as well, and to piggy back on your thoughts, this is why it is of utmost importance to apply all that we are learning not solely in ONE place in our life. That in integrating the life lessons into EACH area of our life, this is where it can have deep, profound impact on every aspect of not only OUR lives, but on the lives of others and the world.

> There are many ways to get in touch with our
> "inner/authentic" self...and there
> may be several CALLINGS for which we are
> suited.

****In contemplating this, I am thinking our CALLINGS may manifest in different ways, although underneath their is a common thread. As we "try on" different roles or use our gifts in different ways, its as if our CALLINGS weave a glorious Tapestry that becomes our Life Pictogrigm...(I sure hope I spelled that right!)

> It is my position that we are ALWAYS being
> called toward a higher purpose, or more
> expansive and expressive life, and the call
> goes out daily...

****I often think of it like tuning my radio....the possibility of reception is always there, I simply have to tune in. At first there is static and then as I get clearer and clearer and clearer the sound comes in, crystal clear.

> yet it isn't received. The strings of inner
> mission have not been stuck, there is no
> resonation, no feeling for the call.

> LIFE is a journey, as is diagrigmed on the
> SQ1.

> To find one of your many callings, that is
> to HEAR it, is a great gift to many.

> Some, most?, never get it. They seek for
> "happiness" and
> "comfort"...

> two of the most destructive wants we have
> been burdened with.

> An integrated calling (s) let's you peak on
> all five paths (or 20 if you like
> complicated living) and remain there, yet
> keep flexible for life's curveballs.

> One thing you may have found to be true is
> that MOST people won't take time to THINK
> about where they are at, how they got there,
> and where they want to go...

> or think they want to go...

> and/or LISTEN for the silent voice that is
> calling them to greater things, higher
> places, more fulfilling lives.

> Even with simple and easy tools like the
> SQ1, I've found that it requrires too much
> work. People don't have the TIME, so they
> continue on their path, in the direction
> they are going, yet hoping/wishing for a
> different destination.

> Thanks Julie for your authentic posts and
> let's also thank those strange
> "coincidences" that created the
> environment that produced the death threats
> that allowed you to "listen to the
> warm" (as Rod McKuen might say)...

*****I am continually and eternally grateful indeed.

AND THANK YOU! for all that you continue to teach me and all the others here. What a joy it would be to rant together in person some day!

Last Monday I was on a conference call with one of my Mastermind Groups. It had been a while since we had met together and as I spoke, I heard myself start my favorite "Soap Box" speech. It felt SOOO very good. And all of the people in the Group UNDERSTOOD what I was talking about, SUPPORTED what I spoke about and continue to EMPOWER me to grow towards my dreams.

I would not be a participant in a group like that without hearing and tuning into my Calling, Taking action on my personal mission, and continuing to stay the course when the path was completely dark and I was not sure how sane it was to keep going!

Now? I can not imagine life without it.

Thanks again, Gordon. You are truly a treasure.

With Purpose and Passion,

JULIE JORDAN SCOTT


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