Inner Chronicles

This is not mine, however I would love to write it down, so I can easily find it... of course, I'm trying.

"The time of Revolution is a time of breakthrough, when - often in spite of our own desires - the old drops away and its replace by the new. No snake ever resist shedding its skin, however uncomfortable the experience may be. But we humans have a tendency to resist transformative change by failing to appreciate it as a renewing and essential quality of life.

If wherever you turn the outlook appears shrunken dry and limiting it's probably because life is urgently trying to tell you something. It's obvious that you wouldn't consider walking in the shoes you were as a child, because the pain would be excruciating and drastically limit your movement. But on the more subtle, physiological level, we all tend to overlook the warning signs when a change is overdue. Remembering the discomfort of those tight little shoes will enable you to gain some insight into the real choices you are facing now. The most important choice is whether you go willing with the strong transforming current that is active bow, or whether you expend energy resisting it and go down kicking and screaming. Either way there are going to be big changes. Revolution emphasizes taking a quantum leap, whether you think you're ready or not, and remaining bound to what you're outgrown will become increasingly difficult and restrictive until finally you are brought to a standstill because of it.

Growth is not an easy process: it's risky, and sometimes frightening, but with courage and fortitude we become stronger, more supple, and hopefully more aware. Releasing your grip on whatever you're clinging to, whether is an identity, a relationship, a place or a thing, may seem impossible at first. But once you letting go becomes easier, and even can be exhilarating.

The taste of the freedom you will have when you disengage from habitual behavior patterns will stimulates new behavior and new attitudes. What you once perceived to be a breakdown will begin to look like a breakthrough.

In mythology the process of inner revolution is represented by the life, death and rebirth of the Phoenix, a magnificent bird that cyclically rises from the ashes of its previous self. Becoming attuned to the qualities of the Phoenix means learning to live without guarantees and to appreciate the ebbing and flowing cycles of life. Although it might seem more like whitewater rafting than drifting lazily in your canoe right now, it is important not to get distracted and lose perspective. Drop worrying about to "get it right". What is needed is trust the surging current of Change will take you where you really need to be. There is no point in attempting to predict outcomes because the scope of this revolution is far greater than what can be seen at this time.

Create as much space as possible in your life now to make room for the new. Become a witness to the mind's preoccupation with past or future, and consistently return to the present. What is happening is nothing less than a 180 degree turn, a quantum leap. It's tremendously empower if as it firmly roots you in the here and now. And your life will take on an altogether different quality once the dust settles."

With love, as always

Fernando