Passion + Purpose = Action
or How to Light a Fire Under Your...
Part 2
by Kammie Kobyleski
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Grab a notebook and start asking questions. What three things would I like to incorporate into my day that I am not doing right now? What three things could I eliminate in order to do those other things? What do I really want my days to look like?
What would you do with 30 more minutes a day just for you? What if you got up just 30 minutes earlier? If you've got kids and a spouse, let them know that you are off limits. Would you read? Journal? Work out? Meditate? Have a conversation with God? Take a walk? Have coffee outside and listen to the sounds of a new day dawning?
I understand we're not all morning people. But are those extra 30 minutes you're hitting the snooze button, quality sleep anyway? Let's stop complaining that there aren't enough hours in the day and re-arrange the 24 we've already got. If living your life your way requires getting up 30 minutes earlier, wouldn't it be worth it? How could it NOT be? Be'ers become who they are intended to be. Do'ers die with overflowing in-boxes. Each and every day we have a choice. Which path do you choose? (Yes, sometimes I choose to snooze, but more often than not, I choose to nurture myself).
Imperfect Perfection
According to Deepak Chopra in, The Book of Secrets, "There is no limit to how far your influence can reach, but to find that out you must engage life with passion. When you do anything with passion, you express every aspect of who you are. Passion releases all the energy you posses. At that moment you put yourself on the line, for if you throw everything you have into a pursuit, weaknesses are also exposed. Passion brings up everything.
This inescapable fact discourages many people, who dislike the negative parts of themselves so much, or are so intimidated by them, that they hold their passion in check in the belief that life will be made safer. Perhaps it will, but at the same time they are greatly limiting their understanding of what life can bring." "The willingness to reach inside every part of yourself opens the door to total understanding. When you hold some part of yourself in reserve you deny it exposure to life; you repress its energy and keep it from understanding what it needs to know."
Wow! Have you ever experienced feeling like that? I have. I was a mess as I was about to launch my website. I was worried about being judged and over-exposed. That people would see all of me. The dark and the light. The good, the bad and the indifferent. The highs and the lows. Me at my finest, as well as, imperfect. I have reached a new level of understanding regarding perfection. I now know that we are ALL whole, complete and perfect AS IS. Right now. It doesn't get any better than this, only different. I appreciate the ebb and flow of my moods more and don't freak out when I'm feeling funky (OK, I still freak a little, but I'm working on reveling in my funkiness).
My clients have found greater success when they allow themselves to be whole and not just good. One of my clients recently got over her "good girl" complex, and her world just opened up! Try watching babies. They've got this down to a science. One minute they are peaches and cream and the next oil and vinegar. Are they any less beautiful when they are crying than when they are laughing? No. Simply different. Go ahead, revel in your imperfect perfection, it's your birthright.

Kammie Kobyleski has been having coaching conversations her whole life. After working in corporate communications, marketing, training & development, and higher education, Kammie made the shift into life & career coaching and consulting. Her life's mission is helping people fall in love with life. The integration of mind, body, spirit and personal empowerment are Kammie's passionate focus. For free resources, articles and information visit Passion Meets Purpose or for a complimentary 30 minute call, e-mail kammie@passionmeetspurpose.com
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