02.01.07
Synchronicity - Commit
I think one of the key ways to develop our connection with intuition is to notice “coincidences” which I like to call “synchronicity.” When words or ideas pop up in different contexts multiple times, it’s extremely difficult for me to think of them as accidents. The randomness of such events gets lower each time the word or idea pops up. The key, I’ve discovered, is noticing when themes reoccur. I thought it would be useful for me to preserve these bits of synchronicity as they come into my life to train myself to pay attention more often.
Here’s a small example: My husband and I are going on a four day vacation in March and we’ve been looking for someone to come in and check on our cats. I did a Google search and posted my dilemma on a couple of group blogs I belong to hoping that someone would have some ideas. Through my Google search I found one place that sounded reasonable and had a good feel to it. Most of the answers I got from the group sites were “put a lot of food down” (an option not possible for our high maintenance, yet adorable cats) but one answer was a glowing recommendation for the one place I had bookmarked from my Google search. Whamo! That’s the place. Thanks for the message! (See how I incorporated gratitude there? See? See?)
Here’s the theme that has been cropping up in my life over the past couple of days: The idea of committing to what we want.
I’ll show you the trail so you can see what I mean: I read this post over at Occupational Adventure about committing to 100 days of practice–5 minutes of mediation every day. Then I listened to a great podcast with Jodee Bock where she mentioned that one of the questions she asked clients was what they were willing to commit to. Next, I read this post at 2 Weeks to a Breakthrough about committing 5 minutes a day to create a new habit which snagged my attention because of the same language that was in the Occupational Adventure post. The post below that one mentioned Jodee Bock’s questions and triggered a reminder about the commitment question. As if that weren’t enough, I clicked over to Life Coach Daily Tips and this was the tip at the top of the page: Commit to one new habit.
At that point I felt bludgeoned over the head–which for me is always a good thing because sometimes subtle messages don’t get through to me. Obviously it was sinking in without my conscious awareness though–if you look at the post below this one, I ask readers to commit to something!
I began to think about what commitment meant to me because while the idea of committing to a new habit is sound advice, the real question is how do we demonstrate that commitment? After some self-reflection I realized that at this point in my life, commitment means voicing the things I want to have and accomplish. It has not been enough to just want those things and hope they work out. I need to say them aloud and make them real. I need to overcome my fear of disappointment, reaffirm my belief that things unfold as they should, and then give voice to my hope. The next step, of course, is to take action (although in some cases, taking action is voicing commitment).
What does commitment mean to you?
Think of a couple of things you have been working on drawing into your life. What does a commitment to those things mean? Have you actually committed to them? What could you do to strengthen your commitment in these areas? If you haven’t made a strong commitment to one or more of those things, re-evaluation might be in order. Have the things you want changed?
