Heading Into Unchartered Waters

I just read another amazing post from Hiro Boga – it’s so great that I wanted to share it with you.

Read on for some inspirational tips when making big changes!

Enjoy!

Gina

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Hiro Boga Newsletter, August 23, 2009

Sailing the Unknown Sea

by Hiro Boga

These past few months, since I quit my job in publishing to return my focus full-time to my business, I’ve experienced moments of fear. The kind of fear that wakes me at night, heart pounding. Wondering what the future will bring.

Doing what I love most, and making a living at it, has launched me away from the comfort and safety of the shore and out onto uncharted seas.

Fear’s hot breath sometimes sears the back of my neck as I stand at the helm of my life, navigating by heart.

So many of us are launching forth in this way into unknown seas, with few maps to guide us. What helps us make the journey safely?

1. Build a sturdy boat

Making a big change in your life draws heavily on your resources of time, energy, money, resilience and heart, among other things. Build safety by keeping everything else in your life as simple and as stable as possible.

If you’re starting a new business, leaving a job, writing a book, or ending a marriage, don’t make any other major decisions for a while. This is not the time to move to a new home, get a nose job, or join the circus.

Your body is your best friend and most necessary ally. It is the home of your incarnation. Take care of it. Eat healthfully–nourishing meals, prepared with love, will help you feel grounded and balanced. Move in ways that delight you–do yoga, or run, or swim or dance-each day. Draw on your body’s experience of strength, flexibility, resilience and joy to give you the qualities you need for safe passage.

When so much else is unpredictable, routines are reassuring. They help you feel a sense of order, calm and necessary containment. They provide structure and boundaries. Get to bed and wake up at the same times each day. Snuggle on the couch with a blanket and your favorite movie every Tuesday night (or Wednesday afternoon!). Invite your closest friends over for Friday night potluck dinners.

Receive and give loving touch. Hug your dog, cuddle your sweetheart, make time for regular massages or bodywork. Nourish your senses with smells that comfort and uplift you, music that transports you into realms of joy, of wonder. Your senses bring you into the present moment, into the peace of everyday things.

Nature heals. Find ways to be outdoors whenever you can. Look to the stars for perspective. And to the earth for grounding, support, and provision.

Find ways to create some financial stability. Simplify your life so you have what you need, and let go of the rest. Work part-time, at a good-enough job that pays the bills while you provision your boat for the long journey. Or find freelance or contract work that you can do from home. It’s much easier to arrive at your One True Thing when your basic needs are met.

2. Prepare for emotional weather

You may find yourself feeling more emotionally vulnerable, riding fierce storms of fear, rage, or despair. This heavy weather will probably be interspersed with calm seas and sunny skies–you feel clear and certain one moment, scared, overwhelmed and downing a gallon of Ben and Jerry’s Chunky Monkey the next.

No, you’re not crazy. Emotions are communications from your…... Click here to read on

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