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Dare, and see the Evolution begin now…

Dare To Evolve!

Dare To Evolve!

Dare, and see the Evolution begin now…

Dare To Evolve!

Dare To Evolve!

It has taken way more time out of me and away from the materials and resources I would  rather being bringing to you. But this was important. It is what we do after here, isn’t it. We Evolve. And to Dare to do so honestly.

This journey with P90X  has been part of that.

Without further ado: “Naked Training”: P90X – Review (Part 1).

Dare To Evolve!

See, I love storms. As a kid I was always running out into them. Minus 50 deg Celsius and gusting? I’m there. Total whiteout in a town where if you miss making it to the next house over, you are walking out into the Arctic wilderness? Right on. Love the Storm. Not because I like to be in a state of crisis. Not because of the adrenaline rush. Not because I like the “fight” or conquest. To me a storm is one of natures greatest examples of what life is like. Forces bearing down on us from all sides. In our face, always. A bit of insanity, alot of uncertainty. If we choose to face it, we have to have our “feelers” out constantly searching and aware, we have to be constantly adapting as we move forward into the unknown. All the while it is a massive infusion of energy. There is movement. Everything is alive. We gain power and strength from it, with (from) a very healthy dose of humility.

It gives us the opportunity to rise to a much greater version of ourselves.

I’m not interested in trying to make my environment around me calmed, orderly and serene in an effort to CONTROL the Storm and how it effects me. I’m looking to find true serenity, that I may be serene and at peace no matter what the Storm brings. I don’t want to hide from the Storm just as I don’t want to hide from life.

So why did I find myself in a seemingly more subdued, protective mode this last round?

I couldn’t quite put my finger on it, as I thought the entire shift that had been occurring was a very positive one. It was my wife who hit the nail on the head. “Well Shane, you’ve been ripping down some major walls and unearthing really vulnerable aspects of yourself.” That was it. When it all started, I remember feeling like I needed to step out of the storm to re-align myself and my bearings, so I could go back in to realize the serenity while in it. Only before I went back in I had felt like there was one more “stepping out” that needed to occur. And that was out of myself. Stepping out of a now crusty snake skin. Only then was I able to honestly say “Okay, time to head back in.”

Sounds almost refreshing doesn’t it? Coming out from under the grime and callous to feel new, clean and fresh. Yeah. It does. Until youwalk into a FREAK’IN HURRICANE!! Then it just feels RAW! And vulnerable. And painful. Would be automatic to start huddling in on yourself wouldn’t it? Well that I felt happening. Good thing too. It was the final step.

I stepped back a moment to get my bearings. Then I had to remove the outer layer of the old me of yesterday, to reveal the new me of tomorrow. A truer version of me. Right, now back into the Storm. Which caused me to start turning in on myself. As I needed to. So I would come to understand I needed to finish pulling back the crusty, protective inner layer. The one around my heart, the very soul of my being. For within lay the keys to that Serenity. The source wherein lie the gifts I am to bring to the world, as only I can, just as each of us are meant to.

If we access those gifts, along with the acceptance and trust that we are the only one in all of creation that can express and SHARE them in the manner that is unique to us, then the onslaught of questioning:

-Am I good enough?
-Do I have value?
-Is what I have to share mean anything to anyone else?
-Is it actually any different from what Jerry is saying or Frieda is doing?
-Am I even adding anything to the bigger picture?

…starts to melt away. And a sense of Serenity starts to take its place. True Serenity. One that does not have us ducking and dodging the Storm from uncertainty of whether we can survive it or even belong in it, protecting ourselves from the unknown. Rather one that has us embracing, moving, flowing… dancing with it.

Remove the layer from without so that once you remove the layer from within, the Gifts you release as you dance with the hurricane may be unleashed, unrelenting in all their magnanimity, as they were meant to.

The Theme this round: Unleash the Gifts.
The fuelling Quality:  Acceptance.

Dare to Evolve,
Shane.

While in its first year of becoming a more “formalized” process, I had to really root around and conciously discover what the theme was. Since then it comes when it must. I don’t force it, manipulate it or shape it. It proceeds to SLAP me across the face. “Alrighty then. Thank you. Thank you very much.”

Now I didn’t officially write about my last one… two actually.

As 2010 ended having had a very strong theme for the year, I was struck with its evolution. I struggled a bit though as it wasn’t as strong as the last few years. It was the “Razors Edge” and it’s partner quality was Focus. It was all about honing in on the very few, going for exceptional refinement and high quality. I likened it to the art of drawing the sword. Single minded, exacting focus. What happened? It was a mess. At least that’s what it felt like to me. It was more chaotic, overwhelming and all over the place than I had been in a looong time. Everything seemed to become less refined, less exacting. After a few months I finally had to let go of my struggle to follow through, because the harder I tried, the more insane it got.

In retrospect, because I felt “Forging Ahead” diminishing, I may have tried to force the upcoming theme without realizing it. Thus it didn’t have staying power or take the shape it was meant to.

Then it came.

Within a month of letting go, my daughter was born and with her arrival came “Serenity in the Hurricane”… with that old familiar: SSSSLLLLAAAP! “Aaah, there you are.” I didn’t end up writing the post, but I think because it got addressed when I spoke to discovering the qualities I need to develop for my children’s sake. And “Serenity in the Hurricane” has been that guiding theme these last 8 months. What a shift that has produced. Unlike anything I’ve experienced to date. A point along the path that has brought everything from before a major turning point 8 years ago and everything after, together, intertwining into a cohesive whole.

With that has now come the newest… gift. A couple weeks ago came the upcoming theme. And this ones radiating. Strong.

I’m going to share that soon. In the meantime, seeing as we’ve fallen upon the New Year (of 2012), a time when many of us resolve to make this one better than the last, what has spoken to you about what lies ahead? What inclinations have resounded? If you need to dig a bit, don’t worry. We all find ourselves at some point having to do so. Take a moment. Listen. Discover.

What is the theme opening up before you? And the development of what companion quality will assist you through it?

Dare to Evolve!
Shane.

Dare To Evolve!

Dare To Evolve!

Dare To Evolve!