Self-discipline

 When it comes to living the life we've always dreaming of - the life we've been born to live, or the purpose we're now being called to - 

"The revolution that will create it is ultimately an internal and deeply personal one, for as go our thoughts, so goes the world."
and
"If we don't discipline ourselves to co-create our lives, the world will eventually do it for us."

I often tell people that when it comes to "getting grounded" in your life's basic truth, you can either walk down the stairs or get pushed out the window.  It's going to happen one way or another.  I personally had to get pushed out the window.  It was quite a dramatic crash and burn.  It's exactly what I needed at the time; sometimes it's what we all need, but I'm always happy to help those who choose to take the stairs, if and when they're ready.

I had a client/friend say to me yesterday that she has felt this "churning" inside her ever since she created her vision with me, that her stress level has gone through the roof.  That's that inner choice looming - to follow or deny.  The very thought of a choice intrigues us at first, with vague and subtle coincidences, just to get our attention.  Then it speaks openly to us - first in a whisper, then a roar.  Then we know we really have no choice.  That free will thing is a real kick in the head, isn't it?

Another client/friend suggested - no, make that emphatically asserted - that my calling is rather evident in my daily actions.  This was quite a compliment, and I am both humbled and moved to claim this small piece of the verse she sent me from the Bible for my own.  I used to "churn" over this challenge every day, but it is no longer a looming choice and struggle; it's now the air I breathe:

"He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives, and to release from darkness the prisoners."