by Sharon Castle - Lifestyle and Wellness Coach
When last did you spend time in the company of little children? I’m talking about little people between the ages of 1 and 2 years old. This past week, this is exactly what I did. I was invited by a friend to join her on a trip to her house in Ponta d’Ouro, Mozambique and we were joined by her daughter and her two young sons, while their husbands were away on a business trip.
What a delightful time it was witnessing what appeared to be a miracle. I’m talking about watching a little boy who recently turned one simply get up and walk. I mean it seems incredible to me that this little one, who has been crawling for a while and walking along holding on to things, just, well… walked. You’re probably puzzled by my fascination with the idea of walking being a miracle, but what I witnessed felt like an everyday miracle that we overlook as just something that happens, and yes it does, yet the feeling I felt was an emotional one.
Because nobody taught this little fella to walk.
No-one trained him to walk.
No-one had to force him to walk.
No-one gave a second thought to the fact that he could walk.
But this is what I find so fascinating. No-one told him when he fell down multiple times and continued to fall down as his newly acquired skill became more familiar to him, that he should stop walking because he’s doing a bad job of walking. No-one discouraged him to stop walking because he could only take a few wobbly steps. No-one spoke about how badly he walks. No-one even thought that he might never walk. Everyone just knows that he will slowly improve and will continue to walk right into adulthood.
Here’s my question to you…
If this is innate in every human being, then why wouldn’t we have the same instincts naturally to do what we’re designed to do?
If we just know to walk when we’re ready to walk or to laugh when we find something funny or to smile when we’re smiled at or cry when we’re hurting, why wouldn’t we know what to do when we’re faced with something that we need to make a decision on?
The answer to that question could have many layers, but what I’m feeling is that we’ve been conditioned to look outside of ourselves for answers.
Life has become something that is less intrinsic and more extrinsic because of the way we are often raised, educated, and indoctrinated; to look for wisdom from others rather than to look within and discover our own innate wisdom.
I call this our IGS, or inner guidance system. It’s always on and always working, even when we think it’s not.
Can I challenge you?
Can you take a few hours and be still enough to check with your own wisdom when you feel confused?
Can you let yourself just sit in the confusion and wait till it passes and then observe what comes up for you?
You might surprise yourself. Give it a try and let me know what happens. I’d love to hear.
Sharon Castle is a Life Coach, and a Lifestyle & Wellness Coach. Her interest and relentless pursuit of knowledge has taken her all over the world both as a student and as an International speaker, Life Coach and Lifestyle and Wellness Coach. She is passionate about people development and growth and encouraging individuals to take ownership and accountability of their lives and their performance in the workplace. Now in her 60s, Sharon is now on a mission to help others find their way to more freedom, balance and happiness. www.sharoncastle.co.za
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