Focus Outward

Those of you who’ve been following along know that my last few posts have been about finding ways to “move past” something, anything really.  Yesterday, in an effort to reconnect with some of my learnings from last year (because they were good and I know that!) I chose to reread segments of my journal.  More specifically I read segments from my “leadership” journal, “leadership” being the 10-month course I invested time and energy in.  Here’s the reminder I got out of that:  when you’re feeling stuck, take your focus off of yourself and create from what’s out there.  In other words, take your focus outward.

AS often happens for me, I was moved.  Because I could totally resonate with the energetic veracity of that instruction.  I know that what keeps me stuck is keeping my focus on me, my fears, my angst, my distress whatever it may be related to.  So when I put my focus outward, my attention gets drawn away from those things, and gets put instead on the things that matter most: what’s needed out there and how I might meet that need.

Don’t get me wrong; this isn’t about ignoring personal needs at all.  Indeed noticing your own needs and meeting those is vital.  But when you’re so focused internally that you can’t move, it really is time to put your focus elsewhere.  And what I know for sure is that whenever I can put my attention outward, particularly when I can do it from the perspective of service, I will get unstuck.  Which is a good thing.