On Vision and Blindness

It’s only the second issue of my weekly blog, and I’m already two weeks behind! But there’s a really good reason…I was without my sight for over a week.

I got something in my eye that scratched my retina badly. It left my right eye irritated, extremely sensitive and resistant to focusing on anything.

This wouldn’t have been such a big deal but I’m almost blind in the other eye. I was unable to read or spend more than half an hour at the computer. I was most comfortable just closing my eyes.

As you can imagine, there was little to do but sleep, listen to TV and think about how important vision is. It renewed my gratitude for my eyes, especially the one that sees incredibly well.

There was also time to think about the lesson I could learn. The Universe was reminding me of the importance of the things we can “see” without our eyes. Before this happened, I had decided that it was important to focus on do-do-do – get those projects done – go-go-go! And there I was, unable to do a thing on my long and seemingly-important list.

I turned within, sought guidance from Wisdom much smarter than mine. The guidance was just to rest, and to spend more time and energy connecting with the Wisdom. That’s where the true Vision is.

Now that my eye is, thankfully, back to normal, I’m remembering to keep a better balance between blindly do-do-doing and just being. And from the being, I’m seeing more clearly what to do and how to do it.

I Do Declare!

“We need men [and women] who can dream of things that never were.
- John F. Kennedy

I am a weight-loss coach.

There, I said it.

In the last few months, I’ve studied a new mindset around food, worked with a weight-loss coach, trained to be a coach myself and engaged with my body to nurture it physically and emotionally so that I won’t automatically reach for chocolate when things don’t go my way. And I’ve had some success –I’m down about 20 pounds.

I’m excited about the prospect of helping people become free from the pain that the tango with food and body image can cause. And yet, it feels uncomfortable to come right out and say that I am creating a business in which I will do just that.

We’ve all seen teams and organizations and individuals who have achieved great success by stating an intention boldly and clearly. John F. Kennedy declared in 1961 that the United States would put a man on the moon within ten years. No one knew how to do it, but they were pulled forward by Kennedy’s improbably dream and they made it happen.

So, I’m putting it out there – I am a weight-loss coach. And I’m beginning to plan for the day I will help people befriend their bodies and shift their thoughts. I know that the declaration will create momentum that will pull me forward to implementing the plan and living the intention.

What about you? What is the declaration that would get you moving in the direction of your deepest desires? Could it be that now is the time to boldly set the intention?