I really
liked this Whole, Worthy and Well in 2012 slogan I came up with as the New Year
gently pushed its way in. I used it in a
business ministry program at my church, in an Easter weekend speaking
engagement for women and I blogged about 5 steps to rise into being whole,
worthy and well in 2012.
Like many I
had a few items on my New Year’s resolutions list, of the personal and professional
kind, determined to get me to this “triple W” state. More business, lose
weight, be kind to everyone…, some standard “I’ll do betters and a few
different ones.
Yet as June
30 approached I realized that half of 2012 is gone. And it was time to assess
and ask myself a few questions; to do a mid-year review. Here's another list to
respond to: Is there anything I can check off as accomplished? How am I doing overall
with those 2012 goals? Plus this is a Leap Year, supposedly there’s excess out
there to jump into. Do I really want the answer to these becomes another issue
to ponder. Then when I’m truthful with myself, I own up to what did go right, even
with a struggle. A few different speaking engagements and I published 2 eBooks;
not bad. And the themes of these events were about some form of personal reviewing!
Revisiting our
actions can be difficult, but often necessary. So in my blog in May, I posted a
few inquiries for thought in obtaining “triple W” in 2012.
How do you
define wholeness?
What are you
worthy of?
Who are you
when you are well?
For
many of us, a basic sense of feeling in control of our lives, showing up
authentic, taking care of our physical, mental and spiritual being with a
healthy sense of self-esteem would be filtered into the answers to those
questions.
So why
aren’t we always there? What gets in the way or things that become DEFLATORS?
Certainly
life’s disappointments, our habits, motivations and perspectives can flow out
in each of those areas to send us spiraling downward.
I realized
that I was caught in a few of those deflators from achieving my best “triple W”
being. Letdowns and cookie monsters reigned.
What’s my
now?
“You can
always begin again” is one of those spiritual sayings that resonates most
clearly.
I took a few
steps to move forward. The weight issue
was one of my biggest personal challenges, I got way off course. On to the gym
yesterday and today. Momentum is always Good! Then while out on a walk from the
gym this morning, more clarity came in the way of this statement.
Sometimes we all need a little PUSH.
Purpose, Understanding, Support, Healing.
But nothing
beats the ultimate PUSH. Pray Until Something Happens!
And “your
latter can be greater.”
FYI:
Life is a Review:
Observations and Collections of My Passages Through the Times, a
compilation of essays, blogs, poems from my writings for over 20 years,
Navigating Life’s Roadways: Stories of Insight from My Odyssey and Inspiration for Your Journey (my
print book is now available as an eBook.)
