The Year Of Beliefs

No one would argue that the year 2020 will go down in history as a pivotal year regarding what we believe. We've examined our political beliefs with the impeachment hearings. We've reviewed our ideas about taking care of ourselves and others with the pandemic. We're now discussing our beliefs about who we are as human beings and how to treat others equally. Examing our beliefs is life-altering work.

As overworked as our brains are right now, I would like to ask you to examine an additional category of beliefs. The beliefs you hold about who you are, what you want, and why you want it.

This week I would like you to look at who it is you think you are. Think about your childhood. What in your life today mirrors back what you were taught as a child?

Here's a silly story that reflects what I'm talking about:

Momma is preparing the holiday ham. She carefully slices off a piece from each end of the ham. Her daughter asks her why she's doing that. Momma thinks for a minute and says, "Your grandma taught me to bake the ham this way. It's an important part of preparing the ham for the oven." Later that night, as they sat around the table enjoying their holiday meal, the daughter askes her grandma, "Why is it important to slice off the ends of the holiday ham before you bake it?" Grandma says, "So it will fit in the pan."

Grandma had to do what was needed to make things work in her lifetime, but her beliefs don't need to be your beliefs. Many of the ideas we hold about how we need to act, what we need to do, how we should show up in life are based on beliefs that are not our own.

I spoke previously about the Soul's Calling Roadmap (pictured below). It shows the volcano that erupts in our life, wreaking havoc, leaving us no other choice than to leave the volcano and head to the beach. It feels like there have been a series of eruptions in 2020.

For many, they fear to leave the volcano and what they know to move to the beach. What we know, no matter how painful, feels safer than walking into the unknown. On the beach, it's time to examine our old beliefs discarding the ones we have outgrown or have identified as beliefs of others we have somehow got entangled in.

Do the things you believe about yourself and what you want out of life move you closer to your goals? When you think the thought "I should...(fill in the blank)," does it make you feel good about yourself, or does it make you resentful or uneasy?

Who we are should feed good, deep within us. The peace of knowing who we are and what we stand for sustains us on our journey, lighting the fire within us. We have to know that what we use as fuel to stoke the flame is based on beliefs that we own. Ours. No one else's.

This is the work we do while on the beach. We examine who we are and our beliefs. We shore up the beliefs that sustain us and release the ones that hold us back. It's the work on the beach that will launch us on our journey to finding our purpose in life, our soul's calling. It's like the old Annette Funicello movies, "Beach Blanket Bingo," without all the dancing (and no motorcycle loving dimwits that like to crack their knuckles!)

Check out the Soul's Calling Coaching program, Soul's Blueprint, if you're ready to leave the volcano that is erupting in your life. Together we can work our way down from the volcano and across the beach to create an action plan for you to pursue your soul’s calling.

Find Your Purpose. Share Your Passion. Live Your Dream.

With Purpose,

Sue

sue@piedpiperofpurpose.com

www.piedpiperofpurpose.com