Two Strategies for Wisdom

Recently, this message was sent to the subscribers to my private newsletter Personal Wisdom. It is of benefit to anyone who feels overwhelmed, lost, and afraid, along with anyone who wants an anchor to steady them as they make a choice or decision.

I know that each of us has to make our life personal to be successful, without taking everything personally that happens around us. To make life personal without making taking it personally is to hear, listen and heed your personal wisdom. For me that happens when I follow two principles and strategies.

Know and choose your truth while being aware of the distractions that can keep you from it.

As you know, the desert is my favorite place for a couple of reasons. First, I live blissfully and warmly in the middle of the high desert of Southern Utah or paradise, as I like to call it. It is paradise because of its stark, open and inviting serenity. Not much is hidden in the desert, except underground and sometimes under a rock. Other than that the desert presents itself as it is: open, quiet, and balanced. This desert is also very red providing a unmistakable contrast with the bright blue sky that meets it in a 360 degree horizon, no matter where you are standing. Now that’s clarity.

Second, the desert reminds me constantly of the desert inside of each of us. In The Four Agreements, Don Miquel Ruiz is speaking of transformation and how we must “break the limiting agreements” that we have made with our fears. Such agreements keep us from who we really are, love. He says, “Going into the core of those agreements is what I call going into the desert. When you go into the desert you meet your demons face-to-face. After coming out of the desert, all those demons become angels.” Lately, I have been spending a lot of time in both deserts and I highly recommend the experience. In the outside and inside desert can be found peace, serenity, and our wisdom or angels.

Know your potential and focus on experiencing it daily.

Now the most important wisdom I know and have experienced. Each of us, you and me, have a magnificent potential that is the foundation for success in every aspect of life. If you are not experiencing your potential each day, you don’t know and trust your potential or you are distracted and giving your precious energy, space and time to what and who doesn’t support your potential.

Knowing your potential is an inside job. That means no one can tell you what it is or give you permission to experience it. You must explore and discover it for yourself. This happens when you focus on what you can do, have done, and have the capabilities and experience to do now. When you choose to focus and trust your potential, everything changes easily and elegantly.

That’s it, two strategies that have guided me and when I remember them have always opened up my personal wisdom. May your days be personal, your potential unlimited and your wisdom abundant!

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