Thursday, June 21, 2007

Happy Feet...Sheer Joy Being

Tonight we gathered in the great room to watch the movie Happy Feet.

What a HUGE metaphor this movie is for showing up and being the unique expressions we all individually are.

The "brethren" represented for me both dogma and as well the pressure from society to conform to the status quo. If you do not you are not normal, if you are not like us, you are different and in society different is deemed a bad thing.

This talks very much to me, to my journey through WEL-Systems in choosing to stand alone, as my authentic self, decloaking and standing raw for all to see, as I really do believe we all have our unique stories to tell and by each of us gathering the courage to actually speak our truths, to put sound to our unique signal... the world changes.

This also is represented in my belief that celebration our diversity is the pathway to growth, understanding and being able to live in harmony. I'll refer you to my past post entitled Diversity & Respect. There are so many people still out there who think Diversity has nothing to do with them. Yet they just don't understand the terminology.

The definition of Diversity is:
1. the state or fact of being diverse; difference; unlikeness.
2. variety; multiformity.
3. a point of difference

This is each and every one of us. We are all completely different as it is our histories, life experiences, upbringings, current lives, hopes, dreams and intentions for our futures that make us so different.

So it is time to really celebrate this in us all. The sheer joy of being yourself, unique and unabashed. Celebrating in your own sound and rejoicing in the sound of others.

Today in the program room, to hear the voice of other unique signals as they spoke of their vision enlivened me... it is a contagion. The excitement of hearing a woman form words and declare what is meaningful to her and feeling the excitement within yourself knowing that you too are going to have this same impact on those around you when you speak of your vision.

It creates a sacred space for others to make declarations of their own and for others to ponder the bigger pictures within themselves. What if I choose to live my dreams and manifest them into reality? If I dare to allow myself to go big, stay big and see what unfolds?

I'll tell you it is my experience when you do this... even within the quite stillness of yourself... your soul will absolutely sing with the joyousness of the unlimited potential you hold. Go ahead and let it infect your thoughts... become giddy with the sheer joy of knowing you are much more that you were taught to believe...

Life is good and tomorrow is a new day. There is always more...

1 comment:

sarah said...

I too thought of my wellsystems experience when I watched "Happy Feet"... was very symbolic of my own painful feet problems that are no longer! lol Safety and stepping into becoming:) I am going to have to rent it again soon. Can't wait to chat with you when you get home. hugs