Let Go. For Dear Life.

My partner sent me a post he had seen a few weeks ago with this clever little saying: Let go. For dear life.

Woah, right?

I knew I was going to write about it at some point, I just wasn’t sure when.

I have to tell you, it’s really resonating with me this week.

Well, last week too.

And I guess even the week before, now that I think about it.

So here we are.

It’s time.

I started my business back in the spring with a clear purpose in mind.

That purpose is to create more value in the workplace by inspiring meaningful connection and change through leadership and culture.

I made a plan.

Then this fall, 6 months in, I reworked the plan, as I listened and observed my clients.

And then…

Right about the time I was polishing it up and feeling comfortable (a relative term for those of us who are self employed), I was asked to step in and help a long-standing client by taking on some pretty significant extra work due to an unplanned staffing shortage.

Was that part of my plan?

Nope.

Does it inspire meaningful connection?

Yep.

So I said yes.

I rearranged my schedule, and figured out a way to deliver.

The next week another request for support came my way. Same thing. Not in the plan, and not something I considered doing before then, but when I thought about it, yes, it was aligned to my purpose.

That was last Friday. And I spent the weekend playing catch up and getting ready for the week ahead.

This week, with some serious New Moon energy floating around, another last minute surprise popped into my inbox mid-afternoon, informing me I needed to deliver a presentation the following morning at a high-stakes meeting to fill in for someone who had gotten sick.

As they say, the show must go on.

The answer was yes. Of course.

Right about then, I chose to breathe.

Keep my feet on the ground.

And go for a walk.

To focus on the being.

To let myself feel.

Before getting down to the work of thinking and doing to prepare for the next day’s presentation.

Because this was happening.

And there was nothing I could do to about it.

Except of course,

To let go.

For dear life.

Over the past few years, I have practiced choosing being present.

And I mean really present.

In the sh*t storms.

On the sunny days.

And all the times in between.

Because this is life.

This is how we grow.

This is how we become.

This is how we allow our superpowers to emerge at full capacity.

So today, I encourage you to let go, and just be.

Even if it’s for 10 minutes.

Feel it all.

There will be plenty of time for thinking and doing.

And when you get to that, the thinking and doing will be better. Higher quality. More focused.

Your superpowers will be ready.

You will be ready.

Results will follow.