The word THRIVE is defined as “to grow, flourish and prosper.” The idea of thriving to me is the experience of being aware and alive: ever growing and expanding my sense of my Self, who I am and why am here – my purpose.
This feeling of thriving can exist in the midst of difficulty when challenges are great and yet you know you are growing in conscious awareness and performing what is your purpose in the midst of the stress. This I experienced when I was engaged to a dear soul and he was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. I was his caregiver to the end.
Thriving is realized when you are open to every experience in life being a gift of awareness. It can be felt when things are going well, money is manifesting, loved ones are kind and giving – you feel in the flow.
But it is when I learned to thrive in uncertainty, that life became a friend instead of my being the victim of life’s circumstances. I learned that if I choose to open to new learning and engage with the present moment as a present wrapped and ready to be discovered, I really did prosper, though I might not have noticed how at the time. That prosperity has come to me in friends, associates, opportunities that I could never have dreamed of if I hadn’t chosen to see uncertainty as the source of unlimited possibilities.
The image I hold is of a balloon that flies ever higher as you let go of the string. The funny thing is I don’t think we ever really have a hold of the string. I believe there is a greater plan or synchronicity that exists and if we get out of the way, what happens is even better than we could ever have planned for ourselves.
This has been proven to me over and over, but never more clearly that when my now beloved husband showed up in my life. Just 11 months after burying my fiancée, along came the partner I had always dreamed of. Not a perfect man, but a man who is perfect for me.
Therefore, I seek to encourage others to open up to how they can thrive in uncertainty – the goal of my workshop on March 9.
