We’re living in times of big shifts and changes, and many people are struggling with uncertainty and anxiety about the future. In this week’s article, we’re going to explore something about the future (and about your true identity) that may give you cause for optimism and peace in times of upheaval and uncertainty.
I’m going to start by telling you about an unexpected insight I had last week while reading Sydney Banks’ book, The Missing Link. The insight hit me as I read the book’s brief introduction:
“There are those in this world who believe miracles do not happen. I can assure such skeptics that they do.
With hope and faith as beacons, anything can happen.
If these writings bring a second chance of life to just one human being, my work has not been in vain.”
As my eyes fell on these sentences, I fell out of my thinking and into the truth of the moment; a profound insight that’s nourishing me still.
And what was the insight?
Any words I give you to describe it will be a pale shadow of what impacted me, but here goes:
As I read Syd’s words, I fell out of all my ideas about myself, my work and my life…
ideas about what success means…
ideas about what has to happen for a business to thrive…
ideas about what the future holds…
ideas about who we are, and what is and isn’t possible for us…
ideas about what it’s going to take for to live a beautiful life…
And here’s the thing; those ideas I fell out of hadn’t *looked* like ideas the moment before.
They had looked like reality.
As I fell out of a misunderstanding that supported my concepts, beliefs and ideas about myself, my work and my life, where I landed was the now.
The present moment.
And as I sat there, luxuriating in the peace and wellbeing of the true identity, I realised something life-changing:
You can have a beautiful life, and work you love, without knowing exactly how it’s going to happen.
Of course, this must be the case. After all, I’ve been teaching for years that…
We live in an inside-out world…
That we’re living in the experience of Thought in the moment…
That who we really are is the principle of Consciousness; the one I-am-ness living in each of us.
The word “faith” has never meant much to me, but as I was hit by the truth and beauty I was seeing, I realised something: “faith” is just another way of saying “understanding”.
You know a cup will fall to the floor if you let go of it because you understand the implications of the principle of gravity. Even if you’d never been taught about gravity, you have an understanding of its implications.
Similarly, as you have insights into who you really are and how your experience works, you understand the implications of that, more and more deeply. And one of those implications is this:
You can have a beautiful life, and work you love, without knowing exactly how it’s going to happen.
As you may have heard me mention recently, my team and I have re-focused our vision:
To inspire and educate a generation to experience lives of clarity, resilience and wellbeing.
And while I know what that means to me, I don’t know exactly what shape it’s going to take. That’s part of what makes it an adventure.
Here’s one thing I’m definitely going to be doing. If you’re passionate about the mental health and wellbeing of young people then why not join me at a conference. The Resilient Young Minds Conference is shining a light on mental HEALTH rather than mental illness. We are bringing together a group of like-minded people who want to engage in a fresh conversation and an on-going journey around mental health – would you like to join us?
For a limited time you can buy a discounted Live-Stream ticket for the Resilient Young Minds conference on 22nd and 23rd November. You can buy a ticket for £60 rather than £70. This will give you access to an ‘in-the-room’ experience from the comfort of your own home from wherever you are in the world.
You need to buy this ticket before 9th November (midnight GMT) to qualify for the discount. Just follow this link https://bit.ly/2MHEd1j and add the code rym60
To your increasing clarity!
Big love
Jamie Smart
Sunday Times Bestselling Author, Speaker and Executive Coach
PLUS: Whenever you’re ready… here are 8 ways I can help you get the clarity and results that matter to you:
1. Listen to the ‘Get Clarity’ Podcast www.jamiesmart.com/claritynow/
2. Hire me to speak at your event: www.jamiesmart.com/book-jamie-to-speak-about/
If you’re a coach or interested in becoming one…
3. Join The Thriving Coaches Facebook group
4. Listen to The Thriving Coaches Podcast
5. Take part in the Thriving Coaches Blueprint. our 90 day, rapid-implementation programme to help you get more clients and grow your coaching or therapy practice (doors now open!)
6. Learn more about the Certified Clarity Coach Training Programme, our 10-month deep-immersion into the principles behind clarity (next intake is in 2020.)
If you’re looking to change job, career or move from FTE to something more fulfilling…
7. Join the Transition Launchpad Facebook group
8. Learn more about Escape Velocity: The Transition Blueprint our 90 day programme to help you transition into doing fulfilling work.