The other day, I was on a call one of my colleagues was doing for her community . She mentioned how winter’s harshness can be counterproductive in terms of getting things done with the swiftness that we are often used to. She talked about how we push ourselves so much to keep going, when in the past winter has been a time for slowing down, resting, closure, and endings. She used nature to illustrate her point, talking about the end of a year and how it’s symbolized by barren trees, ice and snow. What she said really resonated with me. Growing up in Pennsylvania myself, I can see how the transition from one season to the next is the perfect metaphor for life.
As the seasons have come and gone over the past couple of years, they have mirrored the highs and lows of my own life. The infinite cycles of Mother Nature bringing with her the rebirth and growth of spring, the abundance and brightness of summer, the reflection and acceptance of fall, and the endings and closure of winter. As we in North America look with anticipation to the thaw and renewal of the coming spring and escaping one of the harshest winters on record, I can’t help but notice the similarities that show up for me.
I’m ready for spring and the end of winter! Proudly admiring the culmination to my labor of self-love: Me! :) I feel like a brand that’s been remarketed… (read in cheesy TV commercial announcer voice) Jen Halulko! New and Improved QSCA Certified formula! Now you get super-charged doses of the qualities you know and love! An Intuitive Life Coach, she’ll teach you how to use your Intuition with the Law of Attraction to deliberately create your life so you can have the love, relationship, and family you desire and deserve!
Aaahhhh. That felt gooooood!! Like it? I came up with that all by myself! Hee! :) Seriously though, I’m so excited, and so proud of myself for getting my certification. I honestly worked my ass off to get it, and it was something I actually wanted to do. I went back to school for my Bachelor’s Degree because I felt like I had to. I was working in Corporate America then and to get a decent salary and even be considered for a promotion, I had to have a degree. Now it’s pretty much a given that one needs a Master’s Degree or higher! I’d started my MBA prior to leaving my job for that reason. Upon leaving and embarking on the journey of self-discovery that led me here, I abruptly ended that pursuit. That’s not to say I think poorly of higher education. For me; however, it wasn’t something I really wanted to do, and for that reason, I stopped doing it.
There’s nothing like a healthy dose of self-confidence to help you notice when you’re doing things out of a sense of obligation or the expectations of others. So, I went from one day living life just going through the motions, to a complete 180. Topsy turvy, upside down, sideways, inside out, and back again all in a few months—and it hit me like a ton of bricks—as it would anyone who is used to living to please others rather than themselves. Things happen in life that we aren’t prepared for.
Things happen in life that we worry might happen and are afraid will happen. Things happen in life that are extremely painful, but one thing remains consistent through them all. After we’ve worked through them and come out on the other side, we look back and realize that they were necessary– even required– for us to learn the lessons we needed to learn in order to find our life purpose.
The reason we went through all the struggle and pain in the first place is to get to where we are right now, looking back on those things with fresh eyes, a new perspective, and one of gratitude for the journey. Painful though it was, we were able to find the reason we are here, the reason we were born, our purpose in life. Seems crazy, doesn’t it? I know, it did to me too! But that was before I embraced my gifts or learned about the Law of Attraction.
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