January 27, 2012

• Another first..

  Another First

  Abundance of opportunities

  We often do not put enough emphasis on first steps. Often firsts disappear in obscurity. Sometimes because the event itself at that point in time seems to be totally unimportant. Later when we realise that a small event started a big wave in our life we realize the importance and then it is too late to record the event. There is a time delay between the initial event and the results of that event. An event causes through our personal time-space continuum and become the trigger of a new momentum in our lives.  Yesterday I had a first time event that is worthwhile recording. Our #TaiChi teacher called me, to say that she can not do the class. She asked me whether I could take the class since I am the most advance of the specific group to which I belong. I could not resist the Toastmaster in me who urged me to say yes. It might be a situation where the blind is led by the one eyed king. But any opportunity to take the lead and be more part of a situation is attractive to a #Toastmaster, even if the event itself is a challenge or new. The session went well. I quickly informed them about the situation and took charge of the class...doing warm-up exercises, breathing, walking and finally some form movements. I appreciated again the life experiences I had as well as my #communication and #leadership development that helped me to actively grab the opportunity. I am far from a Tai Chi master but I have gained some valuable life skills that serve me well in the moment. I doubt if this event was a critical momentum event but it was a fun and memorable moment to have had led my first Tai Chi class. Enough fun to blog about it so that I can remember it.

  Today I will be on the look out for more new things that can be grasped as possible #opportunities. We can never expand into our #potential if we do not accept challenges and new opportunities. We should be continually developing ourselves with skills and habits that maximises the opportunities available. The broader our range of options the more we have the possibility of choice and the more we can live consciously. The comfort zone is a boundary we set for ourselves within which we feel safe and yet within which we can stagnate so easily and become so rigid that we loose sight of opportunity in life. There are an abundance of opportunities in life .... but are we ready and prepared to see all opportunities? When we are conscious we can express will through action. To express will we need to be aware of choice and opportunity. Opportunity requires that we step out of the comfort zone and take hold of that which is new. The new can lead to failure...but rather taste failure than never taste progress and personal growth.

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