To me, an awakening life is one in which I recognize that I am a work in progress... and that's okay with me. No need to be perfect or know all the answers. No comparisions. No regrets. Just the joyous experience of living each moment in awe of life's perfection. I love the sign that used to hang on my son's bedroom door: "Work in progress. Please be patient." It takes the stress out of life. I am a work in progress. It is so freeing. It gives me permission to continually grow, be excited about what I am learning, doing and experiencing. Excited about the littlest miracles I create. Appreciating all the beauty of life, the discoveries of everyday living. It is a life where I have permission to notice and appreciate the littlest coincidences. Where I can be excited about the "magic" of life.
I've noticed that when I am present to my life, the most fun coincidences occur. I can be thinking about someone and they'll call on the phone. I can be curious about a book and a friend will email me about it or I'll see a review of the book in the paper. I'll wonder how I can expand my business and an opportunity will appear. I've even wondered where I left an object and then walked right to it in another room. Yesterday I thought I lost the backing to an earring. I didn't notice until I went to take the earring off at the end of the day. I assumed it was gone for good when I walked into my bathroom and found it lying on my tile countertop. I know there is no way I would have even noticed such a little object had I not been living in this awakening space.
Today my awakening life is delicious.
