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Making a decision can be tough. It just feels so final. Whether it’s choosing to quit your job or buy a new house or pivot in another direction in a relationship it’s just not simple. You know what’s easier and oh so very common – is to slip into paralysis by analysis.
As adults we often ask the universe for “a sign” to take the onus off of having to make a choice. It would be so much easier if was out of our control wouldn’t it? Then we could blame or explain away why we did or didn’t do something. But what if these signs were there all along but we just hadn’t chosen to see them yet? (and that by attributing a decision to a sign, aren’t we in effect making a choice?)
If no matter what decision you made you knew there would be a gift to follow, how would that affect or influence your decision making process?
Think of the child that has been hunting easter eggs all morning at the park and, despite the assurances of her parents that she has already found all the eggs, she stays another hour hunting just the same.
Whether or not the child actually found another egg in this story is irrelevant. That beautiful hour of searching was a gift in itself.
For the parents, it may have been construed as a waste of time because they were thinking about brunch reservations or putting money in the parking meter. They might feel frustrated or even worry that the child will be disappointed when she doesn’t find what she’s looking for.
The child on the other hand, is oblivious to the constructs of time and instinctively follows her heart, fueled by adventure and possibility. She has discovered the gift of the journey and created something even more exciting than actually finding another egg,
A suspended moment in time which to through an adults eye may seem without purpose but through the child’s eyes is simply the essence of flow.
So I ask again, if no matter what decision you made you knew there would be a gift to discover, how would that affect or influence your decision making process?
I have discovered this first hand lately and although I haven’t actually made the decision I am facing at the moment, I can tell you that there has been a gift in the paralysis by analysis already! No matter which way the decision goes (aka whether or not I find another egg) I have received the gift of learning, of shifting judgment to discernment and of inspiration. For without this moment of indecision I wouldn’t be reading this to you.
In the meantime, I’m going to stay in the garden just a little longer and remind myself that there is a gift in the journey and remember that my basket is already full.
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Lisa is an ICF Certified Professional Life Coach and Energy Leadership Master Practitioner at Wide Open Stages. She specializes in partnering with highly successful creative people who want to be challenged and inspired to become artists in all areas of their lives. A passionate creative professional herself, Lisa has over 25 years experience working in the performing arts industry as a director/choreographer, producer, writer and dance educator in NYC, nationally and internationally. She is dance faculty at Pace University NYC in the Commercial Dance and Musical Theater BFA programs, and is co-founder of New York Stage Originals, an internationally recognized theatrical production company. Lisa hosts the popular podcast STOPTIME: Live in the Moment and is founder of Wide Open Stages, where she coaches high-performing creatives in the performing arts industry.
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