Wellness

By Jen Grassler

much like Rudolph and his little red nose, curiosity can be the perfect light, leading us to where we want to go.

As we inch closer to the end of one year and the beginning of another, we have a special opportunity to revisit our past decisions, accomplishments and challenges and determine for ourselves what new courses of action we wish to take for an even brighter new year.

Curiosity is a magical little present. It makes you want to get up in the morning. It encourages learning and growth. It sparks conversation, questioning and new beginnings. Often it can lead us into the unknown and fills us with both excitement and healthy nervousness. It can ask us to step beyond our self-imposed limitations and dig deep so we can really see what we're made of. It can take the mundane and re-gift it into something unfamiliar and awe-inspiring. Curiosity can take us from mediocrity in life to something more.

Everyone can get into patterns at work and at home. All of us can create systems of ease and expectation in order to get through our days as stress free and efficiently as possible. That can be a good thing for sure, but when these systems create the inability to adapt to what life throws at us, continually has us repeat a stagnant approach to our business services or home life, and produces uninspiring and impersonal interactions with people, a little curiosity might just be what Santa ordered to turn things around.

Curiosity can be used to prompt honest introspection of where we are in life and in business. Take stock of what is and isn't working. Then, seek out additional knowledge in areas you determine could use an infusion of new life and growth. Take a class, seek guidance from colleagues, gather feedback from clients, read a book, join a professional development or social networking group. The opportunities for self-improvement and better business success are endless. Be willing to step out of your comfort zone, release the things that no longer serve you and embrace the new and unfamiliar. Get curious. Be bold. Take action.

The best thing about curiosity is that it can inspire others. As you embrace learning, continued self-discovery and personal and professional development, you will find that you can begin seeing the endless road of possibilities laid out before you. Taking the reins and steering purposely in life can be the inspiration someone else needs to accomplish their own set of goals. So, take the time, do the work and send out the light of curiosity this season... it will make the world a little brighter place for everyone.

Jen Grassler, LMT is the owner of Overland Therapeutic Massage located in the Cave Spring area. She focuses on body alignment by utilizing the Myoskeletal approach to bodywork. overlandmassage@ outlook.com