Between The Dots
That’s the funny thing about time. It is only in looking back that it is easy to connect the dots. To see exactly why everything needed to happen the way it did. – Rebecca Serle
Under the sleepy gaze of a great horned owl in the tree above me (picture below) I began the garden cleanup from last weeks freeze yesterday. Interestingly, with the owl’s presence, I felt I was given the strength to calmly clear my Zinnia bed (the hardest felt part of garden cleanup for me) and carryon.
And just hours later my son Travis got into his newly built out van/home/rocket ship and headed out on his next life adventure. As Ed and I waved him down the street we felt all the emotions. From pride in what he has accomplished, to the knowing of how deeply we will miss having him in our day to day lives moving forward.
Parenting never gets easier when it comes to matters of the heart and living life in between the dots. Between the commas and exclamation marks.
Today we all march forward into a new work week, pretty sure of where we are traveling, but all the while knowing that anything can happen. For sure there will be obstacles, uncharted waters, and some of the sameness of living in between the dots.
There between those dots we find our opportunities for growth and one of the reasons I started down the path of creating the Grow Circles coaching organization last fall. We launched our first Grow Circles in January looking at the process as “an experiment”.
What we found, we being myself and the coaches on our team, was that, most especially after having lived through this pandemic, that so many people were hungry for exploring how to grow themselves. And not only in their business, but in their mindset and the strength of their bodies.
We all are searching to find true happiness by utilizing all the abundance we have available in even the simplest things in this life. Satiating even the simplest of human needs can make all the difference. What I know to be true is that by combining, as we have done, one-on-one coaching, along with a mastermind group (circle), and an online program available 24/7 we have been able to bring so much to the table to further enhance our human experience.
Wanted to let you know today that we have two Grow Circles that are in their final days of accepting new participants over this week and next. I will share more with you in the week ahead. But in the meantime, here is what I want to share.
The Acceptance Circle led by Alison Rothman, MA, CYT guides women through a combination of the mindful practice of yoga as body movement, that leads her circle through a deeper understanding of acceptance in the wholeness and connection we each possess inside of ourselves beyond just the movement. The acceptance and self-love that allows us to reach towards our greater self.
The Nourish Circle led by Dina Griffin Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Board Certified Sport Dietitian. Dina’s belief when it comes to good nutrition is that it should not trap you but in fact free you to make the best nutrition choices for you. This Circle is especially for women 40+ and are experiencing the body changes that come at this time of life.
You can learn more about these Grow Circles at www.growcirclescoaching.com
I will wrap today’s Victory Letter up by sharing the picture of that sweet owl who visited me yesterday and with the words of Mark Nepo from his book, The Book of Awakening
“The sweetness of living comes to us when the very humanness we regret and try to hide, our seeming flaws and shameful secrets, are worked by time and nature into a honey all their own. Ultimately, it is where we are not perfect- where we are broken and cracked, where the wind whistles through – that is the stuff of transformation.”
Yes, that is life in between the dots. Have a great week ahead!
To Your Success and Victories,
- Cheri
Cheri Ruskus, Small Business Mentor and Possibility Thinker
cheri@businessvictories.com • 303-652-1718 • @victorygirl
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