Like any good mother, her desire was to have her child grow bright and bold, and to be full of good humor and wit, and to be generous and courageous and kind.
For, being such, how could anyone not have the most beautiful story?
After all, what is the code and concept of life, of living, of humanity, if it is not to find one's calling and to have that calling be greater than one's self; if it is not to pursue that calling and complete it with joyous self-respect?
Wherever you go, whatever you do, you take yourself with you. Everything else is dressing.
Yesterday evening I was chatting long distance with one of my sisters - rich and winding conversations - as usual, rolling in wells of laughter, the kind that naturally expunges unseen dross from hefty or weary lives.
She has four awesome children - four of the darlings of my life - each with such distinctly different personalities and healthy manifestations of zest. They are to me prescient reminders of that revelation: a child will lead them. They make me smile.
I can't think of the right word this second, so I'll simply say I absolutely adore the way my sister mothers. At every witness or thought of her manner I'm gushed with a sense of everything is going to be alright. I convey this sentiment, often reminding her of a sense that our mother at this and every second is surely full of pride and full of light at the sight of her mothering. Then off I go, rejuvenated.
Practically at every text or chat, my sister probes to be sure I'm not squeezing in just another thing-too-much onto my schedule. Are you sure you're getting enough rest? I, likewise, am frequently checking on her full-to-overflowing lot to see how in the name of heavens she is handling it all.
On this occasion she was remarking about and expressing gratitude for the wise counsel of a guest on one of my recent podcasts and was relating that counsel to the necessities of one of her conversations with her five year old son (of whom, knowing the ease of his constant effortless display of awareness and reasoning powers, I frequently remark that there is no way this boy could be just five years old; don't shunt away his genius.) Pleased at the way my sister handled it all, I made my usual remark: I don't know how you do it, Sis! And she responded, "Bro, every morning I wake up, I shake myself off, and I say, Okay, what you got in store for me today? Then I say, Bring it on! And off I go."
Beyond The Hero, traveling the road of significance, where rubber meets road, it bears well for us to be reminded that a traveler is uncommmonly focused but not harmfully obssessed; is of uncommon stamina and knows when to rest; is rarely aware of how much more clearly and readily new and necessary "things" appear in their fullness. Such a traveler hardly ever finds it necessary to compare and contrast, except in process of decision-making; is not dependent on nor motivated by accolades in order to maintain momentum; is of such that various necessary measures and rhythm and balance and lightness of being, etc., etc., etc., are hardly ever (during the process) seconded to or have a dependency on some external approver; and through this process is rendered able to meet the challenges of extraordinary moments and to fuel the engines of remarkable movements.
Welcome to episode ten of BEYOND THE HERO - emergent leader - curated by Neville DeAngelou, thriving through a world that stretches the able, concomitant with all of the challenges that deserve the measure of the willing and the reaady.
Life is awesome; broils the envious and the jealous.
Enjoy actionable discoveries continuously shared - smartly - particularly those that uplift, inspire, promote harmony, expand opportunities, exemplify beauty, and reveal wonder, in other words, those proven to strengthen our emboldened exercise of genuine love through all of love's fertile dimensions, supplying those of us who are blessed and inspired to take action with necessary skillsets to be awesome in our real world. Namaste. Share.
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BE SMART
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Miracles of mind-over-matter and follies of matterless minds are enormously edifying.
There exists amongst us a breed BEYOND THE HERO - not some sort of stereotype. Time and again, we have leaned on brilliant examples from amongst our Wonder Women to facilitate transformation and growth and achievement. This will continue to be so in this segment. Learning never stops. Beyond where growth stops, the news is not good.
In our new segment, however, we will primarily be highlighting four critical elements of the RyoMale, which we will use to explore, examine, exemplify, and work out in order to expand amongst our ranks a) more of our brand new breed BEYOND THE HERO and b) effective emergent leaders (of all stripes) apopros to the better values of our times.
We are OPEN - Our World Needs Each Of Us, that much better at our best!
Today's pivot QUESTION: you are not closed-in, trapped in an echo-chamber, comfortable only with the views of those who think and act and believe as you do; you avail yourself to disparate views and processes and ideas and solutions and alternative ways of thinking; you are neither flippant nor a sail in the wild wind; you sift and sort and work things out without re-inventing the wheel; you assess the risk with necessity to reveal; you understand the adjacent possible; and you test, learning along each step
- how do you determine whether the strategy you've employed to achieve your vision is working per plan (timely); what have you in place for a switch if you discover it is not?
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Jump to Fly
So that's how birds do it! Who would've thunk so watching them soar: that they must first jump in order to fly. Hmm? Sneaky? I wonder if there is some wisdom swelling up in that revelation! Ah! Or maybe that's just the physics of getting up-and-on with the good life.
BEYOND THE HERO, the skills used along each journey of signifcance were honed from the hero's journey where no hero can go it alone or come through without being transformed. BEYOND THE HERO, its leaders are of a brand new breed, as we shall continue to discover.
"Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny." _ Mohandas Gandhi
Perspective matters.
"Do not repeat the tactics which have gained you one victory, but let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances." _ Sun Tzu
Have you a cause so compelling your being exists precisely for it? Is your cause SO JUST it is worthy of the time, space, and efforts required to achieve it? Does your cause keep you fired up, does it give you a reason to rise into every fresh new day ready for it? What will you do today? What is the intention of your action? How ready, willing and able are you to lead your mission to completion?
Emergent Leaders
Have you ever met an emergent leader? What is leadership? Do you have a sense you have that concept, that reality, that necessity, covered? So, what is leadership? Who is a leader?
Is it status? Is it power? Is it the one others follow? Is it the one calling the shots? Is it the one pulling the strings, blowing the whistle, barking out orders? Is it the one with biggest dream, the loudest voice, the fullest trunk? Is it the one with the most guns and gunners? Is it the influencer? Is it the instigator? Who is the leader and how does a person become one? Why?
What if a plain and obvious truth has not yet busted our common snooze and we are about to confront a challenge: that most everything we think we know and have accepted about becoming and being a leader is - well - royally screwing us?
What if this is the wake up: the challenge is on! Then perhaps we'd better know one when we meet one! Lest leaning wrong we're led into a cauldron! These might well be vital questions:
What is leadership? Who is a leader? What does a leader do in - let's be nice - the circle you thrive? Who becomes a leader? How? What if, perhaps, we've had the answer all along: that a child will lead them?
And what if every single element of this episode hints at an essential revelation? Hmm?
Remember: this is YOUR LIFE; only you can live it. Live out the expression of your love.
Take Action
"Know what you own. Understand what you claim. Believe you can achieve what you conceive then call it by its name. Mine! The extent to which you have this clarity of mind, this purity of understanding, this strength of belief, you have the fire, the fuel, the impetus, the passion, the determination, the willpower you require to pursue and retrieve your truest desire. But do not claim what does not belong to you. It will not keep you . . . it will suffer you but for only so long."
You are valued. You are important. What you experience is important. Your intention matters. You are a whole being. You are a true wonder. You diminish yourself whenever you pit valued elements of who you are against vital elements of who you are: your intuitive self against your intellectual self, your rational self against your emotional self, your gut against your heart against your head. Don't be put at war against yourself: you are a masterpiece. An intricate being. Human!
How is Your Life today?
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Life: it is a dance. It gets better with practice; its music is in your heart and in your soul and in your blood and in your bones. Life; it is a dance. It gets better with practice. You have a partner – your spirit. You can have a party if you like, but choose smartly who you invite, for life – your life – is a dance. It gets better with practice, unless you stop the music or so crowd your dance floor there is no space to move or be moved within it. Explore. Yes, life; it is a dance. It gets better with practice until the dance becomes the dancer and the dancer becomes the dance and life and all of existence becomes a singular flow. Yes, life; it is a dance. It gets better with practice. Dance.
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Where Do You Go Next?
Home is a special place. Love resides there. The best journeys take you there. Hope lives there. Home leaves no question about belonging. Friends belong there. Dreams thrive there. Home is a place of forgiveness. There is no rejection there. Home is a place of rest and recuperation and rejuvination. There is laughter there. Life takes you to unexpected places; love brings you home. At home you are free to flourish. It is where you birthed your wings. Are you there yet? We live amongst viruses and bacteria: some are villains and some are monsters. Don't feed monsters. Villains are everywhere; you are ever in their sights. Be prepared: find your rhythm, stay in balance, keep your values and your vision in focus. You got this.
Out beyond ideas of right doing and wrong doing there is a field. I'll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about.
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live laugh love
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let your light shine
Come, let us all be friends for once,
Let us make life easy on us,
Let us be lovers and loved ones,
The earth shall be left to no one.
Across the nation and around the world there is a long rumble.
It is a rumble so loud it strikes ready ears as a distant clap of a fierce thunder. It is a rumble so low, it rides beneath the noise of a thousand human fears; it can no longer be heard. Fear of flight, fear of heights, fear of sand, fear of snow, fear of monsters in the closet, fear of bugs in the pillow, fear of cats, fear of bats, fear of strangers at the door, fear of being lost, fear of being laughed at, fear of being stuck in the toilet bowl, fear of whites, fear of blacks, fear of browns, blues and yellows, fear of nakedness, fear of the unknown, fear of being hurt.
Smile. Live. Love. Laugh. Look. Listen. Learn. Be awesome. You are powerful beyond measure. You are not alone. You can do all things. I am you. You are me. We are one. Keep Sharing.
May our light shine on sprinkled seeds along The Journey.
"Live Your Life - Live it well. You are worth it."
Listen. Learn. Lead.
"I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits. I believe that what self-centered men have torn down, men other-centered can build up." Martin Luther King Jr.Look. Listen. Learn. STRETCH & SAVE! (A Place Called Ah.)
Breathe.
We are accompanied.
Balance - Focus - Rhythm
BE EVER REMINDED:the life you are living is YOUR life; ONLY YOU can live it!
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