NOW is the Time

It felt so good to publish my first blog last week – I have received great support and am incredibly grateful to those of you who have provided me with your feedback. 

One of the most surprising things I have found is the number of people who have contacted me directly saying something along the lines of, “Oh wow – you’re a life coach!? I should really come and see you!”

To which, I have replied, “Sure! That’s what I am here for!”

To which (alas), the person(s) has responded that yes, they would like to at some stage, but are not quite ready at the moment…

And so, the question I have for you my friends, is:

“If now is not the time… then when will ‘it’ be the right time?”

      Whether you feel called to have coaching (by me or anyone else), or whether you have an urge/inner calling to make a particular decision and/or change in your life, I suggest you take 5 minutes and ask yourself the following:

• How important am I to me?
• When am I going to prioritise myself? My happiness? My health? My relationships? My career? My spirituality? My finances?
• How bad/ run down/ sad/ depressed/ overwhelmed/ fearful/ stressed/tired will I allow myself to become before I decide to ask for support and/or make a change?
• How many other people’s needs do I need to put before mine, before it is ok for me to articulate and meet my own needs?
• How many more days/weeks/months/years (heaven forbid – even decades!) do I need to “just get through” before I can find delight in my day-to-day life?
• WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR ME TO DECIDE ENOUGH IS ENOUGH?

So – I’m asking you… what is it that you want to create in your life, and when will it be the right time?

When are you going to assume accountability for your life? What is the destiny you are choosing for yourself? Are you just surviving, or are you living with infinite possibilities and power?

When are you going to adopt daily habits that satisfy you? How are your daily choices and thoughts serving you? Do you have regular moments of deep satisfaction and inner joy?

How does it “feel” to be you? Do you honour your body with the love, care and respect it deserves? Do you nourish it with gratitude and awareness of the astounding things your body does for you each and every day? Do you feel energised and filled with vitality?

The moment we become clear and make a decision about what it is we want for your life is the very moment our life changes. If we want to make changes in your life, we must become present to this very moment we find ourselves in so that we can think and act in ways that are in harmony with ‘where’ and ‘how’ we want our lives to unfold.

"Life is now. There was never a time when your life was not now, nor will there ever be… Nothing ever happened in the past; it happened in the Now. Nothing will ever happen in the future; it will happen in the Now” (Eckhart Tolle).

Allow me to repeat::

Life is now. 

There was never a time when your life was not now, nor will there ever be…

Nothing ever happened in the past; it happened in the Now.

Nothing will ever happen in the future; it will happen in the Now.”

In other words, anything that has ever happened, happened in the now. Anything that will ever happen, will happen in the now. The only time in which anything can happen is in the now.

So if the NOW is the only time in which anything can happen, there is no other time to make the shift and decide to start being all that you can and want to be?

Why would you want to spend another hour, day, month, year, or even decade being anything but all that you can be? Why would you want to wait another moment???

My intention for this blog is not to pretend that the prospect of change isn't scarey or that your fears or hesitations aren't "real" and/or even "valid". Nor is it to pretend that I don't ever put things off for another time or day when it will somehow feel a bit "easier" and more doable.
My intention is to remind you that whenever we feel "stuck" - we must remind ourselves of the power of the present moment - the now. NOW is all we have, and all we ever will have. NOW is the time to prioritise ourselves and honour this experience of life with which we have been blessed.

May this post inspire you to become present to YOUR power in this PRECISE MOMENT – start being and doing – RIGHT NOW - whatever it is your heart is calling you towards.

The time my friends, is now.