2012 Resolution #1 - Live Passionately

Posted on January 01, 2012 by Maria McInnis, One of Thousands of Life Coaches on Noomii.

Resolve to live passionately this year.

Living passionately means to live life without fear; something that many people have issues letting go of. So this year resolve to let go of that fear and replace it with joy and with wonder, because it’s not about what happens to us that matters, but how we deal with what happens.

In NLP we say that “There are no failures, only feedback”, what this means is that we must resolve to learn from our mistakes and use those lessons to improve and expand ourselves. In life, this means rising when we fall and remembering to look for pitfalls that can be avoided so we don’t make the same mistake twice. How we deal with our lives, and the experiences within them will affect the passion that we have: One can either look at the road ahead and see that it twists and curves into terrifying unknown places, or one could see a path to adventure and new experiences. Que sera sera, we may not know the future, but we can make the best of it by taking each day at a time and by allowing ourselves to take joy and passion from each and every single one that is given to us.

So, what does this mean for our resolution? The term Carpe Diem is often used when it comes to passionate living: Roughly translated it means “Seize the Day”. Seizing the day means to stop putting things off, and to look for the things that make life worth living for YOU. Embracing your own life is a must for living without fear.

“You’ve gotta’ dance like there’s nobody watching,
Love like you’ll never be hurt.
Sing like there’s nobody listening,
And live like it’s heaven on earth.” – William Purkey

These words are as true today and they were when they were penned. One cannot be concerned with how others will view them, for sometimes in order to be happy we need to consider what WE want from life. You need to let the past go while holding on to the POSITIVE lessons that you have learned along the way, and be aware of the energy that you are bringing into your own life.

According to the Law of Attraction in Quantum theory what we expect, we shall receive. If you enter into something thinking that you will fail, chances are that you will. But, if you go in expecting to do your best, and thinking in a positive, passionate manner, a magical thing happens: success is given a fallow ground in which to grow.

As a child, I heard a tale that has stayed with me over the years about this principal, and I would like to share it with you today. I do not know the original author, but it is a parable about expectations that rings with truth:

Once upon a time on the road to Damascus there sat a man who, it was rumored, could tell the future of anyone entering into the city. Every day hundreds would pass him by, and every now and then one would stop, ask him a question and then move on, beaming with happiness.

One day a traveler came along who sought not his future, but the secrets of this seer, and he asked the man if he could sit there beside him to learn of his secrets to prediction. The man smiled at the traveler and nodded, patting the ground beside him.

A few hours later a group of merchants came by, and one stopped, approaching the man and his new acolyte. He knelt down and handed the man a coin with bated breath. “Master,” he said in a road-weary voice, “We have come a long way, and we need to know if we enter into Damascus if we will find those who will buy our wares, exotic though they may be in this land.”

The seer considered his words, and then, slowly, nodded. “You will find exactly what you seek within the city.”

The merchant left with a smile and a skip in his step, and the traveler looked at his new teacher with surprise. “How did you know?” He asked, but the man only grinned mysteriously.

The next person to stop was a man who had clearly seen better days. He stumbled to the master with tears in his eyes and offered up what was clearly his last heel of bread. “Master,” he said, “I have had nothing but ill fortune since I lost my son to the war, and I have nothing left in me to give. Will I find the same misery in Damascus that has hounded my step for so long?”

The master took the bread with some grimness, and, slowly, he nodded again. “You will find exactly what you seek within the city.” The man hung his head and trudged away.

It didn’t take long for the traveler to realize that his new teacher was a very popular man, but what puzzled him was that his master gave every petitioner the same answer. When they would ask what they were to find, he would always answer “You will find exactly what you seek within the city,” no matter if what they asked for was good or evil, wondrous or heart-breaking.

“Master,” he said finally, after the city gates closed and the man rose with his treasures from the day, “why do you never give any other answer to those men? I was told that you could see the future, but you have told no one anything differently from the other.”

“My student,” said the master with a smile, “no one can see the future, what I have given them instead is truth. You will find what it is you seek, because having eyes that look, ears that listen and a heart to lead will always bring men in whatever direction they seek. Empires may rise and fall, but men will never change, and the future is what they chose to make it. I simply speak to their hope or despair.” He pointed then to the city on the darkening horizon, “You too will find what it is you seek within those walls and within the world. But first, you need to know what it is that you want.”

With that, he left the traveler and went along, whistling a merry tune to the world.

If you seek passion in the world, then you will find it. If you smile, you share that smile, if you cry, share the tears, but always look for the lesson in the day, and the beauty in the sunset. Passion comes from within, and you will find what you seek.

Quantum Performance Management – Maria McInnis
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