Start Where You Are

Up until a few days ago, I never really thought about starting where I am. I usually focus on what I wanted, basically, the endgame.

I would get so caught up in thinking that it was so far away, out of my grasp that I couldn’t visualize it happening.

I’d get stuck in the lack and thinking that I’m never gonna make it.

I’m never gonna get there.

It’s never gonna be how I want it to be.

And then suddenly it shifted…

I think it started when I was looking at my backyard. I wanted to change the way it felt, currently it’s drab and pretty lifeless.

My dream backyard is this gorgeous lush oasis that invites me to go out and relax in it.

It’s a space where I can watch nature, see the birds coming in, my pup lounging about or just watch the bushes and the flowers moving in the breeze. The space is alive and beckoning me to be out there and experiencing the beauty of nature instead of holed up inside the house.

When I first moved in a couple of years ago it felt a bit more inviting than it does now. Since then, I removed the bushes I didn’t like and tried to replace them but my pibble preferred to rip them out of the ground so its been a blank canvas for the last year and a half.

In the past, everytime I looked at it I focused on the current lack of funds to transform it, my lack of energy to clean it up and do every other excuse I could think of to ignore it.

Then the other day I realized I didn’t have to do it all at once. I could start small and over time create my dreamspace.

I started invisioning the small steps I could take.

Purchase a shepards hook and hang a plant on it.

Put up a trellis and grow a vine on it or hang some pots from it.

Find some colorful wall art for the back fence.

That was enough to shift my energy and get me energized.

The next day I found myself picking up the stinky presents my pibble leaves around the yard. I mowed, weedeated and swept the porch.

It wasn’t much and yet it was a lot.

At the time I was amazed at how much seeing the yard cleaned up raised my vibration.

Today I realize it wasn’t the yard that did it. Instead if was cleaning out the heavy thoughts that had been weighing me down.

I had shifted my way of thinking to the possibilities of what I wanted to created and away from all the limiting beliefs of why I couldn’t.

In other words, I started where I was by clearing the weeds in my mind.

That allowed me to have the energy to dream again, believe again and to take physical action to create what I wanted to create in my life.

    So the next time you find yourself falling into that stinking thinking and find yourself being weighed down consider:

    • What one small step can I take right now?
    • What do I currently have at my disposal to help make a shift in my life?