MY 10 ESSENTIALS of DISCOVERY & CHANGE

Sister SoulMates - NAKED Inventory Follow-up

My 10 Essentials of Discovery & Change

 1. BE REAL & HONEST about what you see...AVOID ALL JUDGEMENT!

From the start, I knew it was not going to be pretty. At least not in the perspective of any anticipated perfection. I had to look at myself, forsake all excuses or comparisons, I granted myself complete permission to recognize with open curiosity the being before me within the body of a woman; a spirit that existed before the body was formed. The spirit, soul, mind and purpose embodied in flesh. 

2. PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THOUGHTS OF FEAR & EGO!

Not only did I exercise the full observation of the flesh, the external; but, as time lapsed my mind had to recognize its grand responsibility. My inner truth had to face all fear and ego. St. Francis of Assisi (pulling from my Catholic elementary school days) called this, "loving the leper within us". 

3. SEE IMPERFECTIONS AS OPPORTUNITY TO SHIFT 

The reality was whatever I saw, whatever was off balance or measured in some way below the level to fulfill purpose, was no longer at a distance. Seeing the moment to reverence all choices, good and bad...ALL MY choices that brought me to where I was in that exact moment. 

4. CATCH THE GRACE OF THE MOMENT AS THE MESSENGER

The moment was more than what I perceived, it was the message that was unwrapped in the honesty of the experience. In seeking to love, through speaking and releasing love there was something, something massive that had missed the memo! If I love you, if I love all, if I simply love...then why did I not love myself enough to ensure the temple, my body, the flesh standing before me was handled at a level worthy of the soul? Wow...no, Damn!

5. CULTIVATE, PLAN AND REFORM THE NEXT MOMENTS WITH WORK

Yes, work. The bottom-line in this revelation is simple. No, nice words to feed the spirit and tantalize what we already tackled in # 2: Ego. It was are you or aren't you going to do the work?

Whew!!! Sister SoulMates...there you have it. The first 5 of the 10 Essentials I discovered. I will share the last 5 with you soon. 

Stay Tuned...

I love you, I love you indeed!

~ Tracie

NAKED Inventory

Sister SoulMates...NAKED Inventory

Here we are - Day 1. Everyone is ever so hopeful and our mindsets are deliberate and focused on what this year will unfold. Bravo to us! We are here, we have composed the themes and expectations to make our souls thrive.

We know NOW is the time. Our forward visions have us inebriated in hope of the significance a new start will bring.

As for me, this moment is an epiphany. In retail the new year brings a commonplace event; inventory. It's time to clear out damaged goods, insure all merchandise is current and in condition to sell. In the process of inventory prep you must clear anything that is  nonessential, setting the stage for the essentials alone. Wow! Isn't that what everyone is talking about right now in our personal life's regarding the new year?

So, I decided "my inventory" has to be measured at the level I seek for return. I had to release it all. Yes, I got naked...literally. I had to see me. I had to see the closest, dearest Sister SoulMate I know; ME! Ok, I must confess my heart was pounding, I had a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes. But, if I am going to shift forward in honest growth and dig deeper into the wealth of possibilities that await my arrival, I can't have a beginners mind. Warning: this is not for little girls!

Ok - I am naked, so now what! Now, it gets real. I can only make the changes I seek, the growth I know is calling me, the critical challenges I am determined to conquer, within

the place and space of Tracie...emptied of all the ideas, explanations, lashes and lipstick that have propped me up...until now!!!

What a discovery it was...oh, you are curious of what happened next perhaps?

Ok, just for my Sister SoulMates I will pull back the curtain on my personal examination and share the: 10 Essentials this experience revealed to reframe and redefine my reality and renew me as my first beloved, Sister SoulMate.

Stay tuned...

I love you, I love you indeed!

~ Tracie