LEADERSHIP QUOTE:
"True rhythm is often elusive, but so worth the effort!" Russ Cline
A LITTLE BIT DEEPER:
I'm on a real-life journey to understand more about the "RHYTHM OF MY LIFE" and over the next number of weeks I want to drag you on this journey with me. To read past posts, visit my full site HERE.
Last week I talked about the rhythm I see around me, but that finding personal rhythm has felt elusive of late. John Hartford was a musician and songwriter and the thought, "The whole universe is based on rhythms..." just jumped out at me.
Maya Angelou said it this way:
"Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances."
There's a rhythm to life, to our world that began with creation. God's rhythm.
Rhythm is real and it is a part of everything.
I think at times I focus on my "personal life rhythm" or my "work life rhythm" or my "family rhythm" and I treat them as individual aspects of my life, without addressing my life as a whole. All areas impact all of the areas of my life. I might be managing one aspect well, but I underestimate how that will affect the other areas.
Here's an example: Health
I've been struggling with just general health, diet, exercise and sleep for some time, and this year I set some lofty goals, however "I haven't found my rhythm" yet. Lot's of starts and stops, lot's of backwards motion and some frustration.
It would be easy for me to look at my general health and say that this one aspect of my life isn't optimized without admitting how my health actually affects EVERY area of my life. Other areas are doing OK, but they are still impacted by this one aspect that isn't working as it should be.
Being out of sync in one area impacts ALL areas.
This is why rhythm is a part of everything.
How does keeping rhythm in one area of your life affect the other areas? Or how does losing rhythm affect those other areas?
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