dreams that never materialized), but you are the
you back and instead, plant and nurture the seeds
only one at the helm of your life. Are you going
in you that want something more. Life is best ex-
to let those setbacks define you? Or might there
perienced in the dynamic pursuit of our dreams,
be some other creative way to move towards your
in what we are creating for others and ourselves,
dreams? As Marianne Williamson writes, “We
rather than in the stagnancy of our routines and
ask ourselves, ‘who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
limitations.
talented and fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be?” To begin it helps to find a neutral area in which
There’s a famous Zen saying: “Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.” We can sit idly by and the days will turn,
to do some ‘muscle building’.
season to season, without any
You are trying to work the
help from us and our lives will
muscles of creativity, imagi-
remain the same. Or we can
nation, and possibility. For
notice the changes all around
instance, think of something
us and bring ourselves present
that might be just fun to try,
into this moment. Springtime
something that doesn’t carry
holds great inspiration for our
a lot of weight or expectation
lives. It’s a time to poke our
for you. Try a tiny painting,
heads out of hibernation and
writing a little poem, learning
nurture our own growth, cre-
a dance, attending a seminar
ate possibilities. Listen to the
on something new, or any-
whisper of your soul telling
thing else that gets you out of
you of something you really
your “I can’t do that” box. Do little things like
want; big or small…let your imagination wander
that for a few weeks and notice the impact on
back to all the things you dreamt before you be-
your quality of life. Then focus on a place in your
lieved they were impossible…and start creating!
life where you may have set the bar too low; perhaps you have reached it and settled there. It’s time to take the risk and aim higher! It’s time to prune away your limiting beliefs that are holding