"Living from the Eye of the Storm"

Hey All

Well I am now married....Yahhoooo. Since the July 19th Big Day I have been having lots of fun. One of the highlights has been calling Suzie my wife. It's funny how warm and comforting saying "my wife" has made me feel and I couldn't have wished for a better partner to share my days with. The wedding was a blast and we are both so happy with the way everything turned out. Having all our friends and family around over the past month has been a real treat and I look forward to the married life.

For the past month I have spent most of my time enjoying each and every moment without the pressure of having to get things done. At first taking the month off was causing me stress as I am conditioned to the 9-5 gig that so many of us North Americans spend our daily routines doing. Having begun to create a different way of living, one that allows me the time to do what I want when I want, was something I never expected to happen so fast.

On July 1 I decided to take off the entire month. Yes getting married on the 19th made it easy to make this decision, but I could still have put time in up until the 14th of July when guests started to arrive. Instead I decided to remove myself from the hurricane around me and chose to live the next month from what I call "The Eye of the Storm".

Have you ever felt as if your whole life was like living in a hurricane? Everyday accomplishing tasks on your "to do" list and then by the end of the day adding a few more things back on the list for tomorrow? Each and every day spent occupied by accomplishing things on your "to do" list? This is like trying to paddle up a river without any paddles.....YOU CAN"T DO IT. What if you where able to turn that boat around? How nice do you think it would feel if you were now able to float down river with ease? Throw away your "to do" list and feel how great it is to start going with the current of life instead of against it.

The first few days in July were met with feelings of guilt for not getting up at 7am and being at my desk and ready to go by 8am. This was followed by feelings of stress roughly at the start of week two. If i'm not being productive in some way how are things going to get done, how am I going to keep progressing, who's going to come and visit this blog?. These were the thoughts that kept creeping into my mind as I battled to enjoy my time off and just breathe a little.

As the month rolled on everything seemed to become a little clearer. There was no pressure to achieve something each and every second of every day. I found that by the time I was ready to get back to being productive, all the things that I would normally spend my time doing on my "to do" list were getting done on their own. It was as if I had put my attention, energy and focus into just observing all the chaos around me without needing to touch, fix or respond to each little thing. I call this "living from the eye of the storm" I had entered a state where I was able to be the witness of all the chaos around me, but from a place of being calm and free. As long as I continued to consciously live from this place, everything around me seemed to take care of itself.

For those of you who would like to know what it feels like to live with ease and begin regaining control over your own health, I encourage you to begin today. Think of it as if you were going to train in the gym and build some muscle. If you go to the gym for one week will you have any more muscle? not really, but if you train long term your muscles will grow and keep strong. That is the same for living with ease. I have been feeding myself countless exercises on how to live consciously and I am just starting to tap into the real power of conscious intention. My conscious muscles are getting stronger each day and my life around me is the results of this intention.

It is possible to live a life of purpose and joy each and every day. You just have to want it bad enough and then start living it. I encourage you to use any resource possible to being strengthening your own consciousness such as the internet (www.ted.com is a great site and sign up for www.tut.com) read books such as "A New Earth" by Eckhart Tolle and find mentors (I would love to be that for you) and keep trusting in the process.

"Living from the eye of the storm" is a tough thing to comprehend when many of us are conditioned from such a young age to do and be a certain way, but it's in the letting go that we find the space to breath, be still, be present and become the witness of our lives. It's from this place that we make conscious decisions that propel us forward to achieve all our dreams and goals with ease.

Speak to you soon

In Good Health
Adam