Life is a beautiful tapestry. It is woven with many colorful threads.
Some of these threads are part of your journey exploration.
Other threads are part of your own transformation and change
within your journey process.
When they intersect, there is a design. This design is the unique kaleidoscope pattern
of your life’s tapestry. Upon arriving
at the other side, you see how beautiful it is.
However, if you are in the middle of designing yours, do not
despair and make no mistake, none of these threads are ‘random’ or accidental,
rather they are important to your entire process of your life. It is here we LEARN, we SEE, and we GROW.
Growing requires us to be a chameleon at times. We must do this to transform and change in
order to progress along with our life’s journey as it is unfolding.
We often believe that each connection and encounter is
coincidence for the sake of convenience of human compartmentalization.
We often believe that our own life’s evolution is destined
for one direction (actual navigation not the broken up boy band. hehe – Sorry,
I could not resist), when in fact there are multiple facets of direction at
times.
Though we may not comprehend the purpose of WHY we must go ‘through’
certain mazes to get to where it is we are going. Reasoning at this point
sometimes appears pointless when there are not enough ‘tools’ to use to
understand.
The derailments are good things. Challenges are good things, but we never see
them until hindsight allows us to appreciate the big picture reasoning.
Sometimes a simple word, message, or nudge can help us see
beyond the tornado we are spinning in. Other
times, the common thread is validating and reinforcing of what we know is the
right direction or an alternate direction to pull us out of ruts and old
energy.
Humans get frustrated along this pathway because they may
not have understood derailments at the time.
SOULS however, understand that they must believe a
transformational process with said derailments are worth seeing through to
fruition.
It takes courage, bravery, sacrifice and of course VISION to
see things through. You may want to quickly remove that one thread of your life
that you believe somehow does not belong in your tapestry, as it does not look
so ‘orderly.’
But I have news for you… THAT ONE ODD thread, that is not
uniform, may be a little ‘off-set’ in design, is what makes yours special and
stand out. This is what makes your life’s pathway specific to where you have
been and where you are going.
YES, you are being asked to be a chameleon to transform your
idea of HOW that tapestry should look. I
know, I know… you may hate that if you are OCD.
But let me tell you… you might like the result later! Just wait.
While this may be commonplace knowledge from the basic
consciousness level, most will accept this is true from the surface. However, unless you have lived the pathway of endless challenges and summits first, you will not come to appreciate the chameleon changes in the body
of work of your own life.
Kindred spirits will understand what I am
talking about from deeper comprehension levels of WHY this matters, for the
sake of application of meaning, purpose, mattering in the soul’s mission of
creating something visionary.
As a longtime propeller of vision –
I admit I am happy with my chameleon life’s tapestry thus far . The
design is pretty artsy Om eclectic modern; retro fusion relaxed tropical island beach meets
metro simplicity. There
are even threads in this tapestry which have no description yet…they are
eco-friendly awaiting vegetable dye to be woven into my life kilim.
How does yours look? Have you even thought about it?
Focusing on your common threads is important to seeing patterns. But examining your CHANGING chameleon threads has a pattern, too. Did you know that? It's true, this is part of the "SHIFT"...and it is part of what navigates you toward change.
Focusing on your common threads is important to seeing patterns. But examining your CHANGING chameleon threads has a pattern, too. Did you know that? It's true, this is part of the "SHIFT"...and it is part of what navigates you toward change.
Trusting in the Universe has required patience. Believing is easy… the patience part is
toughest. However, patience is an art
worth mastering in life and I am sharing this with you for collective
consciousness sake if you are on a pathway of the same life lesson.
What happens when you are in the still designing your tapestry as this chameleon?
Have you ever stopped in your tracks in your weaving process?
I am about to share a story that goes back to 1978, when I was in junior high (some of you call this middle school - 7th/8th grade) which may help you understand how to honor this place. But first it might be helpful to recenter your being returning to the basics of listening to your inner voice - in case you missed the LISTENING LINK video - you can watch it here so the story I am about to share below may make more sense.
My seventh grade math teacher Mr. Harris taught my class the
art of listening and patience.
Math? YES. MATH.
He taught us the art of listening to that voice of being TRUE to
who you are and the patience to work through math problems beyond the numbers.
In that same breath
he stated that we should not take our ability to hear our own intuition or
thoughts for granted, for they are usually correct. So let's apply this to your common tapestry threads of your journey along with the common CHANGING chameleon threads.
How much patience have you applied to either? If you know the answer to this, you will see
answers to the equation of your changes adding up.
How much patience have you applied to either? If you know the answer to this, you will see
answers to the equation of your changes adding up.
His theory that while numbers are absolute in math, people
second-guess themselves because they are so focused on whether or not the
numbers are interchangeable based on the subject presented. This is why math goes awry, particularly math
questions, which talk about apples and oranges, weights and measures, or trains going XYZ miles per
hour in a multi-state three-day journey.
But was this ‘second guessing?’ Or was it being overly analytical? Was there an internal ‘first thought’ link in
the brain to identify the right answer to said word-driven math problem, rather
than calculation?
Most kids did not bother to do the homework in his class due
to being paralyzed for fear of getting the answers wrong.
Isn’t THIS what prevents most people from taking action in
real life?
I am not talking math here… I am talking about stepping into living your life – REAL LIFE. Whether it is following your heart, your dreams, your vision – whatever… what is preventing you from taking that step?
I am not talking math here… I am talking about stepping into living your life – REAL LIFE. Whether it is following your heart, your dreams, your vision – whatever… what is preventing you from taking that step?
What is your roadblock?
Doesn’t the sound of ‘you’re wrong’ play a part in
questioning the internal dialogue that goes on between your conscious mind and
your higher consciousness?
He was not buying excuses for not doing homework and would
say, “If you can’t do your homework or take a test, how the heck are you going
to get behind the wheel and be responsible for your life and the lives of
others, later on?”
While many may think what he was doing was mean or that he
was trying to embarrass or shame, he was actually trying to toughen up his
class of kids for the real world.
He was a believer in taking chances… i.e. attempt to solve
the problem on the board and challenge yourself, even if you may be wrong, you
can rest in knowing you tried.
The real test here is, how long will you work to make it right?
How long will you keep trying to solve what needs to be solved?
Yes, he knew what he was doing, brilliantly so and obviously he made an impact as I write this decades later to recall this as vividly as it was yesterday.
Here was a math teacher trying to teach something beyond
math itself, he was trying to truly CHANGE THE NUMBERS of kids who would be
statistics in the system if they did not step up, suit up, show up, and grow
up. But above all, TRY!
What I heard was something from someone who looked at math a
different way, beyond absolute numbers. He
wanted to add something to human existence to change perception about what a
math teacher could do.
For many kids, he might be the only chance that existed to
teach something that could multiply down the line rather than divide an
individual from understanding what it took to navigate life in this world. At the end of the day, that would simply add
up to something more than anyone could calculate… and he knew it!
He turned on his listening link to hear his navigation of
what he needed to do.
All I know was that had I not turned on my listening link to
LINK these common threads I would have completely missed this glorious
gift. Worse, if I had not listened, I would have missed the beautiful chameleon transformation of perception woven within the tapestry presented. If I missed it, I would not be
here sharing this with you.
Moreover, I would not be LINKING this link in my life chain
to show YOU how there are many links in your life chain that are connected to
what it is you are doing RIGHT NOW.
Every life lesson we learn, every encounter we have, every golden
nugget of wisdom acquired along our life’s journey eventually links us to what
we end up doing and what we end up becoming.
Your very own tapestry is EXACTLY LIKE THIS. If you look at your life's journey, you will see where the wisdom nuggets get woven into your own life existence for functioning your own direction! It's true - take a look and you'll see where your inspiration comes from, where you've taken action on nudges you've had from your instincts. The ones you refuse to give up on are part of your purposeful pathway.
Your very own tapestry is EXACTLY LIKE THIS. If you look at your life's journey, you will see where the wisdom nuggets get woven into your own life existence for functioning your own direction! It's true - take a look and you'll see where your inspiration comes from, where you've taken action on nudges you've had from your instincts. The ones you refuse to give up on are part of your purposeful pathway.
Yes, sit with that for a second as YOU reflect. It is quite amazing to think about how you
can unpack so much wisdom acquired in such an unconventional way.
Therefore, I ask you to listen to your mind, your heart,
your soul, your higher-self thoughts as well as your human-level conscious
ones.
How true are you being to yourself for your own happiness?
How many times do you actually hear yourself and honor what
it is you need/want to do or say? How has that aligned with your journey so far?
How many times have you held yourself back for fear of being
wrong?
How many times have you attempted to try even if you did not
have the patience to wait?
Then ask yourself how many times you have second-guessed
yourself only to realize you were right to have thought something in the first
place?
The root of our truth resides within us. If we listen to the positive ‘knowing’ – it
is usually correct and we must learn to trust that inner voice, trust that
place and really listen within.
When in doubt, check the numbers – not the math ones, but
the number of times within your memory you can recall that listening was on
point, even if you doubted your inner voice at first.
There is a lesson there by statistics. Be brave enough to listen to yourself and
have the courage to pay attention. You
just may discover it will add up to an easier life navigation… without
question, because you have the right answer!
In the end, you will have the most colorful life’s tapestry
representative of the chameleon you had to become during your entire process.
Namaste.
