Author : Danick Buskermolen
I live in Sydney, Australia, and our southern hemisphere seasons are a direct opposite of the northern hemisphere. I tend to enjoy summer a lot. There are aspects of spring and autumn I enjoy too, but I'm not overly keen on winter (unless I go skiing). I've never been one to enjoy the cold, getting dark earlier and the general lack of colour I notice about winter.Just as there are seasons in life, so too there are seasons of the soul. Poet's have been writing about it for years. Today, I'd like to tie the subject of seasons into understanding persistence.In life there is a season for sowing and labouring. There's a preparatory time for everything. Farmers need to prepare the soil before they can plant the seed. Then they need to keep it free of weeds, and nourish it with plenty of water, sunlight and fertiliser.The night season is the dark night of the soul that poet's describe. It's the time that despite your best efforts, you can't see anything happening. It's the time when appearances can be deceptive. Often there's a lot more growth happening beneath the surface that you can't yet see. A farmer doesn't dig up his seed daily to see how it's growing. That would kill it. It's a time for faith.In summer things often get a bit easier. It's a time of maintaining. Now you have some momentum, so you just need to keep doing the basics and things will keep growing.Autumn is harvest time, (or the pay-off). It's the time when you start to see the fruits of your labour. Your harvest is directly related to the efforts and actions you've taken in the spring and the summer (the establishment and building time). Some factors are sometimes out of your control. But you can improve your odds, by continuing unfazed in doing the basics daily. Daily action will move you toward you goals and desires quite quickly due to the law of cumulative effect and skill improvement through practice."Practice doesn't make perfect. Practice makes Progress!"
~ Danick BuskermolenRemember congruence in your words, thoughts and actions. Be careful not to curse your crop with negatives.So to my way of thinking, being persistent is a lot easier when you understand what season you're in. Whatever your goal or design for your life, when you understand that a farmer doesn't keep digging up his seed, nor curse his crop, you have a much better recipe for success.The farmer has faith, that even though he can't see it yet, it is growing. He does however keep nurturing the seed with water, fertiliser and sunshine. Just as you should water your desires with thanksgiving and positive words, thoughts and actions.When you understand the season of propagation and preparation, you also know that harvest follows. Just as surely as summer follows spring, and harvest follows summer. Just as the winter is for resting.So, What season are you in?
Are you in a time of preparation and sowing? It's a lot easier not to give up when you know that a time of harvest must follow.What actions can you take you take today to nurture your desire. Could it be as simple as being grateful for what is to come? Or being grateful for what you already have?For in the soul, just as in nature, life is about seasons.Yours positively
Danick BuskermolenLife Coach Danick Buskermolen (http://www.maximisedfreedom.com) is a graduate of Hart Life Coaching and a charter member of Life Design Associates specialising in assisting people to breakthrough limitations, define values, philosophies and purpose and live a juicy life by design instead of by default. Danick is has a background as a successful salesperson, beauty therapist, world traveller, lifetime student of personal growth/development and education, graduate of Landmark curriculum, Toastmasters Speechcraft, author, poet, speaker and a committed Christian.
Keyword : persistence, breakthrough
สมัครสมาชิก:
ส่งความคิดเห็น (Atom)
ไม่มีความคิดเห็น:
แสดงความคิดเห็น