This week in the course it has been abundantly clear how challenging it is for me to focus. I’ve been doing the exercise with the picture and I find it challenging to focus on it for 10 minutes.
When I’m cleaning up the kitchen it is challenging for me to clear one spot at a time. I’ve noticed when I put something away my attention gets drawn to something else that needs to be taken care of, and I start working on that.
What’s exciting for me is now I notice it and find myself refocusing on what needs to be done.
My DMP needs revising and I find it challenging to focus on thinking about what I want and what gives me joy.
As I’m writing this, that is this very minute, I had an insight that one of my PPNs is Helping Others. Why do I say this? Because I love being a coach, and what I love about it is listening to people and being a sounding board.
I love asking questions that have the lights go off for people and watch as they have an aha moment. What better service can you give to someone then to be the catalyst that helps them access their own insights and their own joy and possibly change their life.
In order to access those questions, I need to get completely out of my way and be there solely in service of the person. I am often amazed when I ask what seems like the perfect question. It almost feels like I am tapping into something higher than myself.
Haanel says in 32:
As the individual is but the channel for the differentiation of the Universal, these possibilities are necessarily inexhaustible. Charles Haanel, Master Key System 6:32
I am also reminded of a quote attributed to Lao Tzu.
Go to the people. Live with them. Learn from them. Love them. Start
with what they know. Build with what they have. But with the best
leaders, when the work is done, the task accomplished, the people will
say ‘We have done this ourselves. Lao Tzu
I see myself as being a catalyst in the audacious aging movement. Being there for people to access their own truths about aging, to collaborate and to make a difference. I see myself doing this for the environment as well, finding things and making them known.
I was happy to start Scroll II this week. It makes me happy to “greet the day with love in my heart”. I find this scroll is in perfect alignment with the laws of giving and receiving.
I’ve had some challenges this week and I find myself unconsciously going into a downward spiral. What’s new is I almost immediately sense it and snap out of it. I tell myself, “I can be what I will to be” and am in control.
Susan, what a powerful and insightful share. Your moment of clarity about your PPN of Helping Others was beautiful to read. It’s so clear that this is your true calling—the way you describe getting out of your own way to be a catalyst for others’ “aha moments” is the purest form of service.
The connection you made to Haanel and Lao Tzu is perfect. It shows you are not just doing the exercises, but you are truly integrating these profound truths into your life’s work. Your vision for being a catalyst in the “audacious aging” movement and for the environment is inspiring.
And finally, the progress you noted with snapping out of a downward spiral is a huge win! That is the MKMMA process in action—building the mental muscle to choose your state. You are doing the work, and it shows. Keep trusting the process
Way to be the Observer!
Well done, Susan. Being the observer, noticing the patterns, then you can do something about them, yay!