Tending the moment malleable and eternal, motion finds rest in knowing the next moment will be tenderly attended while reveling richly in now. Instead of reaching mentally ahead in frenzied grasp towards the next curve in the road, instead of anxiously anticipating obstacles and strategy, the alternative unfolding flow of pouring into every milli-moment perpetuates a constancy of purpose spilling relentlessly into every stretch of tick tock toning. Spilling peace and filling peace.
Constancy of purpose springs from meticulous and intimate development of personal truths and goals and thrives best in the dissolution of anxiety-riddled, manufactured “being.” We get to this work of development by deciding to daily witness our lives, our emotions, our evolution of progress/regress and the dance of want/need/do-for-self. We move more deeply into sureness of personal truths by eliminating what is least authentic, least effective in facilitating the fulfillment of our lives. This is how constancy of purpose grows, not in reaction against possible failure or loss but in an abiding awareness and cultivation of person. And what a wellspring it can be, should be.
The capacity to flow into daily life is birthed by a process of self-awareness and self-development and begins when you reflect on what motivates you out the door to the next demand. You ask yourself why you’re going to do what you’re going to do and if you find that the reason is riddled with anxiety or resentment or any sense or feeling opposing the truth of your personal power, that revelation is gold. You also ask yourself if it’s a choice you’ve made from authentic need or fear. In so doing, you’re given the chance to know yourself more honestly and face the anxiety, resentment or whatever else is shoving you down the path instead of allowing you to flow through your world in love. For example, I have actively chosen my purpose for going to the grocery store besides the basic obvious needs many times. My purpose in every endeavor is to embody the only point of living for me and that only point is love. Love loves self through anxiety, gently reminding that good things happen, that good things await you, that gratitude fills you. Love propels you on and into the car with a sigh of relief as you recognize your power to embrace now, to be present with yourself and actively choose to reflect on how much you love singing, gaming or gardening or both, or how much power you have to change a particularly challenging situation, or how empowered you are to be there for loved ones and how you might specifically do so. As you make a habit of these reflections and choices of purpose beyond knee-jerk reactionary living, you’ll discover your life is fat with the richness constancy of purpose embues. And you find that your capacity to express yourself in many ways increases. You are no longer reaction. You are creator, lover, responder, builder.
Constancy of purpose pours up from the depths of crisp, clear waters of expression of every form, expression unearthing, birthing and transforming the expresser -expression through action, through rest, through intent. When this restful motion, constancy of purpose and free-flowing being/expressing is well-established, the soul knows and grows in the trust of a full symphony of personhood prepared and poised for the next need, desire or requirement of life. The strategies, curves, obstacles and needs are perceived in a more fluid reality of response and strength, preparation and flexibility in honor of personal truths and vision – not in reaction against dreaded outcomes or fear of not accomplishing.
All is liquid. Time is not as it ticks steadily past.
This is fearless being, trusting a source both beyond and within, a source eternal and yet ever-new, both you and not-you…all. From the fatness of the moment, the rhythm of life floats on the wind melodic and continual, opening the eyes to see, the being to hear and the skin to feel, breathe…be. And you get to this rich and restful being sense by insisting you focus on truths that affirm your power, while owning limitations and challenges as opportunities for growth and for innovative problem-solving.
Taking the time to tend to a being-orientation, a personal truth-driven motivation and an unfoldingness of self creates a timelessness to every day….
a feel
and flow
of eternal value.
jruthkelly © 2005, 2009
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