Success!
Human Beings have mastered – and I mean *mastered* the art of failure. We know how to handle the energy of failure, how to be failures, how to anticipate failure. We are, in some ways, programmed to accept failure as the status quo. In a way, nobody needs to help you to understand or move through failure. You’ve got it down. Your whole life timeline might be a construct of points of failure. That might be the way you see yourself.
But what happens when we succeed? There are few templates for what to do when things *actually* work. Often times, even when success does come our way, we focus on the negative, or on imagined failures contained within the success, simply as a way to avoid handling the energy of success in our lives. Will other people be jealous? Will they judge us? Will they expect more of us? Will they want us to share our success with them in ways that we aren’t willing to? It can seem like if we are a success, we will be an insult to those around us. We will be different than our family, our friends. That can be scary.
With all these considerations, doesn’t it seem like it might be easier to just fail?
Yesterday, I taught a meditation workshop that was a huge milestone for me. It was the first time I rented a space all on my own, marketed the workshop, taught it. Two and a half hours of nothing but me, talking to a group of people in a room about meditation, energy work and spirituality. You know what? I succeeded. I accomplished my goals, everyone got information and was able to really take a step forward towards living the life they want to live. I think we had a little fun too. I spoke clearly, answered questions thoroughly. My guided meditations were right on target, and everyone had a good time.
Sure, there were things I could have done better, and afterwards, while talking to a friend of mine about the workshop, I naturally wanted to focus on those things. Next time I would do this. Next time, I would do that.
But I forced myself to stop and realize that by being in present-time, the here and now, (and not focusing on the next mountain to climb too soon) if I looked out from the peak I was standing on – that the vista was amazing. I had accomplished something that other people would be terrified of. I had taken a step on my path as a teacher, as a reader, as a psychic, and I was a success. Would i have made it this far if I hadn’t forged my own way, bucking other people’s advice, taking fewer chances and considering the well being of everyone else around me?
Clearing everyone else’s energy off of the things we want to achieve can have startling implications on your life. When you stop considering what effect success will have on those around you, it can make it all the easier for you to have your dreams in reality. Truly, the only thing stopping you from manifesting all the things you want to have or achieve is energy – yours or someone else’s. Do you know where you’re blocked?
Thank you to everyone who participated in the workshop to help me get to this peak. The view from here is amazing, and the future looks so bright – I might have to buy some shades!
