Static
By L.Walton
Asleep, unaware, voiceless and needy,
To dream of more was just fantasy.
Dependant, eager to please, no sense of self,
Settling for less, just static.
Feeling insignificant, worthless and small,
Lowly, less than others, stupid, not me.
Doubting my ability to become a leader at all,
Not knowing there’s more, just static.
My highest intention, was to become,
An empowered woman, nothing more.
It seemed unachievable at the time,
Now I know there is much in store,
I will remain static no more.
It is pretty amazing for me to reflect on my journey of awakening, of allowing myself to get curious and unfold as I was always meant to do. To read my journal and see the stages I have gone through, realizing there will be many more journals in my future.
My awakening began in January 2006, through a pilot leadership program my Regional Director created with the help of Cathy Carmody, a WEL-Systems® Catalyst. The program they developed was to take 10 – 12 women and over a 3 month period, offer a number of group sessions, and one-on-one coaching in between sessions, with the assistance of Cathy’s co-facilitator Celine Burlock, also a WEL-Systems® Catalyst.
My highest intention (which I didn’t believe I could obtain) for becoming a leader, was to be an “Empowered Woman”. My definition of this was “An empowered woman has their poop together, she doesn’t carry around any baggage, she is confident in how she speaks, looks and feels. She is calm in the face of conflict. She has good self-esteem. She knows where she is going in life and has the tools to get there. She makes others feel good about themselves, inspires them and is a role model”.
Through the next few months, things began to happen for me. I had begun to be that “Empowered Woman” I had hoped to become before I started the program. Day by day, life was unfolding, never the same as yesterday, always more than today. I am now an empowered woman through this program and I see there is so much more I can do. The possibilities are limitless, as is our potential to shape our models of the world.
I found my voice, I began to speak, I spoke to the Regional Director General to share my vision on the future of our department, I spoke to my Supervisor about my opinions and ideas on the future of our section, I spoke with my family who I needed to hear my truth. Each conversation I had, I began to feel lighter. At the end of each conversation I felt at peace, knowing what I said was from my truth. I felt that my voice was not just listened to, but heard. I’ve never experienced that before.
Through the WEL-Systems I have learned that everything I feel or perceive about a person or situation, is all about myself, I own it. By knowing this and living this I have been able to find the confident me, the leader in me who is a leader of my own destiny.
I have created a business case to further aid me in my perusal of growing through the WEL-Systems and have been accepted to attend “Igniting the Self” in June at Oceanstone, NS. I have taken steps to advance my career, by meeting with people who work in areas that interest me. By taking courses that will assist me in that transition, by manifesting things as I want them to be, because we all have that power and potential do shape our destiny, to have an impact on our world.
My current intention (I say current because it evolves as I unfold each day)… my current intention on being a leader is that I can help change the world I live in. In getting curious about the potential in all of us and in our communities, inviting others to become curious and realize their limitless potential. Helping to create a world in which we all have space to speak our truths and impact our futures.
This can be achieved by remaining clear about my intention, by always speaking my truth, by continuing to evolve, by never becoming static again… If we all did this can you imagine what an awesome world we would live in? Think about the potential. Then think about how much more that there may be out there, that we don’t know, we don’t know. It’s amazing to me to imagine this possibility. It’s almost unexplainable the hope, love and light that fills me when I get curious about this possibility. Truly awesome. I feel excited and at peace in the same moment.
I now believe that we all hold the universe at our fingertips, if only the rest of the world would be willing to recognize this potential and become awake and aware, we really could shape the future of humanity.
What Louise LeBrun has started and nurtured, and what Catalysts like Cathy Carmody and Celine Burlock have invited us to become involved with, is causing huge waves. People are standing up and getting curious about what is going on in our lives as they watch us evolve and excel in whatever we set our energy to do.
It begins with a change in your dialogue with yourself; it eventually leads to a change in dialogue with others, to changes in how people react to you, changes to your life and eventually your world.
For me I have omitted words from my vocabulary, particularly those words that I had used to define myself in the beginning, which no longer serve me.
I know that my highest intention now will change as I evolve, as each days passes, as each new insight is learned, as each piece of energy is moved, as each way of thinking is shifted.
There is no end to this process, no end to the potential, no end to the possibilities. Why limit our thinking? Life is ours to continuously explore, question and shape. We can start ripples of change by being clear and speaking our truth. Unlimited potential, ever unfolding, continuously evolving… our journey continues. The universe is ours to shape and mould.
I look forward to continuing on this journey, to never be asleep again, to never be static.
Something More
By L.Walton
Waking up, moving through, questioning why
… there is always something more.
Finding out, looking back, working through
…knowing there is always something more.
Discovering, realizing, finding self
… yet still knowing there is something more
Expectations, anticipations, curiosity
… realizing there is so much more.
Dreaming, hoping, living, unfolding,
Into what you used to just dream about.
Knowing there will always be… something more.
© Lori Walton, 2006
Unlimited Potential. Ever Unfolding. Continually Discovering. Authentic Self.
By L.Walton
Asleep, unaware, voiceless and needy,
To dream of more was just fantasy.
Dependant, eager to please, no sense of self,
Settling for less, just static.
Feeling insignificant, worthless and small,
Lowly, less than others, stupid, not me.
Doubting my ability to become a leader at all,
Not knowing there’s more, just static.
My highest intention, was to become,
An empowered woman, nothing more.
It seemed unachievable at the time,
Now I know there is much in store,
I will remain static no more.
It is pretty amazing for me to reflect on my journey of awakening, of allowing myself to get curious and unfold as I was always meant to do. To read my journal and see the stages I have gone through, realizing there will be many more journals in my future.
My awakening began in January 2006, through a pilot leadership program my Regional Director created with the help of Cathy Carmody, a WEL-Systems® Catalyst. The program they developed was to take 10 – 12 women and over a 3 month period, offer a number of group sessions, and one-on-one coaching in between sessions, with the assistance of Cathy’s co-facilitator Celine Burlock, also a WEL-Systems® Catalyst.
My highest intention (which I didn’t believe I could obtain) for becoming a leader, was to be an “Empowered Woman”. My definition of this was “An empowered woman has their poop together, she doesn’t carry around any baggage, she is confident in how she speaks, looks and feels. She is calm in the face of conflict. She has good self-esteem. She knows where she is going in life and has the tools to get there. She makes others feel good about themselves, inspires them and is a role model”.
Through the next few months, things began to happen for me. I had begun to be that “Empowered Woman” I had hoped to become before I started the program. Day by day, life was unfolding, never the same as yesterday, always more than today. I am now an empowered woman through this program and I see there is so much more I can do. The possibilities are limitless, as is our potential to shape our models of the world.
I found my voice, I began to speak, I spoke to the Regional Director General to share my vision on the future of our department, I spoke to my Supervisor about my opinions and ideas on the future of our section, I spoke with my family who I needed to hear my truth. Each conversation I had, I began to feel lighter. At the end of each conversation I felt at peace, knowing what I said was from my truth. I felt that my voice was not just listened to, but heard. I’ve never experienced that before.
Through the WEL-Systems I have learned that everything I feel or perceive about a person or situation, is all about myself, I own it. By knowing this and living this I have been able to find the confident me, the leader in me who is a leader of my own destiny.
I have created a business case to further aid me in my perusal of growing through the WEL-Systems and have been accepted to attend “Igniting the Self” in June at Oceanstone, NS. I have taken steps to advance my career, by meeting with people who work in areas that interest me. By taking courses that will assist me in that transition, by manifesting things as I want them to be, because we all have that power and potential do shape our destiny, to have an impact on our world.
My current intention (I say current because it evolves as I unfold each day)… my current intention on being a leader is that I can help change the world I live in. In getting curious about the potential in all of us and in our communities, inviting others to become curious and realize their limitless potential. Helping to create a world in which we all have space to speak our truths and impact our futures.
This can be achieved by remaining clear about my intention, by always speaking my truth, by continuing to evolve, by never becoming static again… If we all did this can you imagine what an awesome world we would live in? Think about the potential. Then think about how much more that there may be out there, that we don’t know, we don’t know. It’s amazing to me to imagine this possibility. It’s almost unexplainable the hope, love and light that fills me when I get curious about this possibility. Truly awesome. I feel excited and at peace in the same moment.
I now believe that we all hold the universe at our fingertips, if only the rest of the world would be willing to recognize this potential and become awake and aware, we really could shape the future of humanity.
What Louise LeBrun has started and nurtured, and what Catalysts like Cathy Carmody and Celine Burlock have invited us to become involved with, is causing huge waves. People are standing up and getting curious about what is going on in our lives as they watch us evolve and excel in whatever we set our energy to do.
It begins with a change in your dialogue with yourself; it eventually leads to a change in dialogue with others, to changes in how people react to you, changes to your life and eventually your world.
For me I have omitted words from my vocabulary, particularly those words that I had used to define myself in the beginning, which no longer serve me.
I know that my highest intention now will change as I evolve, as each days passes, as each new insight is learned, as each piece of energy is moved, as each way of thinking is shifted.
There is no end to this process, no end to the potential, no end to the possibilities. Why limit our thinking? Life is ours to continuously explore, question and shape. We can start ripples of change by being clear and speaking our truth. Unlimited potential, ever unfolding, continuously evolving… our journey continues. The universe is ours to shape and mould.
I look forward to continuing on this journey, to never be asleep again, to never be static.
Something More
By L.Walton
Waking up, moving through, questioning why
… there is always something more.
Finding out, looking back, working through
…knowing there is always something more.
Discovering, realizing, finding self
… yet still knowing there is something more
Expectations, anticipations, curiosity
… realizing there is so much more.
Dreaming, hoping, living, unfolding,
Into what you used to just dream about.
Knowing there will always be… something more.
© Lori Walton, 2006
Unlimited Potential. Ever Unfolding. Continually Discovering. Authentic Self.
