I have a voice… You have a dream
There is a burning desire from within to make a difference. I light that just won’t go out. A passion, a drive, a knowing that I can’t ignore. Maybe you can relate?
I just watched a beautiful rendition of the song Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen in honor of his contribution to music, to the world. And again.. that fire within reared it’s head. To touch so many lives. To move people to tears… it is so strong inside. I love being moved by others and love being able to move people to tears, joy, dreams come true.
I was talking to my brother last night who spends his days doing computer programming and loves it. It made me feel anxious just watching him for a few minutes as I thought about having to do that. And felt grateful that he loves it so I don’t have to do it. J He said… the thought of standing in front of a group of people and speaking of leadership, leading… made him want to sh#t himself. This life I have chosen, that I have been called to… it isn’t for everyone, but without a shadow of a doubt… it’s for me.
14 years ago, when I got to Australia I started a steep learning curve in personal development. And in the past two years, that curve got even more intense, in a fantastic and wonderful way. I have discovered so much about who I am, my needs, wants, desires… how I tick, how I want to be treated and so much more…
It’s because of my own growth that I had the courage to say yes to taking my family around the world for 4.5 months. It’s because of the trip that I had the courage to surrender even more into a deeper trust for my own intuitive knowing, a deeper trust for working with the universe.
For me, one of my big lessons in this lifetime is for sure to learn trust, on all levels. And this year has been so massive in learning to trust that as we leap, that something will show us the way and catch us when as we fall.
I spoke to a friend yesterday about how we are transitioning with the move etc and she said to me what I know to be true…. Keri, most people would not attempt to do ONE of the things you have done in this lifetime, never mind do it all within a year…
And that is the truth. The amount of people I have spoken to about our trip have said… oh, I want to do that one day. I wish I could do that, etc… Then, we bring in an unplanned overseas move and many cannot begin to comprehend doing that.
And here is the thing… that as insane as all of this may seem, as big as it may sound to many… in many ways, I feel less stressed than I have in years. My hubby is happier than I have seen him in years. My kids are thriving and loving life. They are feeling so loved and nurtured and have loved this adventure.
My big one (7 years old) finally started back at school after being homeschooled since 24 June. That’s 6 months away from the “norm”. We have loved being able to do this with him and share this journey with him… and I’m so proud of him for the excitement and joy he has with being back at school and making new friends. And… so relieved that when I spoke to his teacher about where the class was at, we both agreed that he would fit right in for where he is at in his education.
Let’s talk international move for a minute. We pulled Robbie out of school half through year 1 in Australia. We travelled the world, loosely homeschooling him, as it fit into the adventure… and he has just started school in American about halfway through 2nd grade.
The thing I have found so amazing about homeschooling and “unschooling”… how much a person can learn in day to day activities. I mean we travelled to amazing places and there was no chance we were going to choose to stay home and drill him with writing and reading and math when we could be out looking at history in Rome, eating gelato at the beach in Italy, the magic of Niagara, seeing a Cirque du Soleil show on Broadway, going into a real cave and learning about stalactites etc… we did math at a restaurant waiting for food, we read wherever we could, we had him draw pictures and write sentences about his days and sometimes it was on a placemat while waiting for dinner.
We still have more integration to happen for him into his new classroom, but I’m so grateful for this journey we have taken and seeing what is totally possible.
This brings me back to doing in 1 year what many couldn’t imagine doing in a lifetime…. It’s all possible. I am living, breathing proof that it’s all possible.
This year… one of the things I have been saying a lot is… everything is possible. And I totally believe it is. Not everything is always good and of course, everything has its trials, tribulations and tests. But ultimately… the tests are there to ask you… how badly do you want it? What are you willing to give up, shift, make happen in order to make your dreams come true?
I think the bigger the dream, the more you have to work for it and potentially surrender to make it happen.
And so this brings me to that fire in my belly… the knowing I’m here for great things and to lead people, to move them to tears…
I am in total surrender to how that looks. Because as you can imagine… this massive year has shifted so much for me. It has made me open up my heart and mind in a deeper way to what is possible and also… to realize that I don’t want to run back to the stress and tension I constantly felt in my body as I raced around in life before leaving for this adventure.
What I know… is I feel called to write. I write all the time… I want to share the stories, the adventures, the learnings my family and me have had from this incredible experience. (BTW- most people say to me… wow, what an amazing once in a lifetime experience. Whilst I agree, this time will never happen again… It’s already in all of our hearts to continue with extended travel again. We all loved it and have the deep desire to do it again.)
Anyway… I don’t want to hear one day all the time… I don’t want to be hearing from people… I wish I could… I want to help people say “YES, and…” “Yes… I want to do that and… here is how I can make it happen…” “Yes, I want to do it and I don’t know how, but I’m willing to ask for help…” “Yes, and…”
I have been coaching people in life and business for 12 years now and what I know to be absolutely true… the only thing stopping you from achieving your dreams is YOU. And the thing that happens most… you stop yourself from achieving your dreams before you even begin to dream them.
And… can you imagine a world in which we all dared to dream… not just about what we want for our own lives, but how we can come together collective to make the world a better place? Can you imagine what would happen if the focus of the world and our human race shifted from fear and hatred to a place of love and compassion? To realizing that everything is possible, for every one, IF we all focus on the possibility… if we all work to build the dreams. Because it does take work… on every level it takes work… but I believe so deeply that every one of has the potential to make our dreams a reality and to create the change you want to see in the world. And… we are at a point in time that it takes us all coming together and believing this, knowing this, educating ourselves on what is going on in the world and what we as individuals can do to bring more light into the world, more goodness so that we can stop all the hate, anger, destruction…
It shocks me that so much heinous behavior still exists in this day and age, but honestly we are no better than our torturous counterparts from thousands of years ago, we are likely worse, since we aren’t learning the lessons of the past and instead of listening to mother earth and respecting her and her wisdom… we are destroying her.
So yes… I have a voice. Yes. I will continue to write my ramblings. And although I have no idea where it is leading right now, I choose to no longer sit in “silence”.
I look forward to hearing from you. To hearing your thoughts on the ramblings. I open a conversation… because it will take more than just me to lead this movement. To help the world wake up and connect to most importantly ourselves, but also others, spirit, nature, and whatever else they are drawn to.
