Start Close in ...

Originally Published May 15, 2020

I love these words from David Whyte. They align so much with my work, and what I encourage all of my clients to do - in all chapters of their lives. Find your courage and bravery.

No matter where we are in life - chasing dreams, changing ourselves or relationships, exploring our mortality, or facing the end of life, the most important things to ensure we are traveling our own journey are right here.

"... start with the first thing close in ...

... the step you don't want to take ...

... your own way to begin ...

... your own question ...

... follow your own voice ...

... take a small step you can call your own ...

... start with the first thing close in ...

... the step you don't want to take"

To achieve all that we desire in life and death we must first start close in, finding the courage and bravery to hear our own heart's desires. Courage in our self-reflection, our own choices, our own life. If you are considering making a change in your life today? Relationship, career, or something else? Start close in. Do you want to have the hard conversations? Start close in.

Exploring your mortality and discovering what and who matters most? Start close in. Creating End of Life Plans for your one-day inevitable death? Start close in.

Take one step - that is the first step; your own way, ask your own questions, follow your own voice. Take the steps you can call your own. Make this journey YOUR journey, by YOUR design, in all chapters.

So for today ... I share these words from David Whyte. May they speak to you as they do me.

"Start close in,

don't take the second step

or the third,

start with the first

thing

close in,

the step

you don't want to take.

Start with

the ground you know,

the pale ground

beneath your feet,

your own

way to begin

the conversation.

Start with your own question,

give up on other

people's questions,

don't let them

smother something

simple.

To hear

another's voice,

follow

your own voice,

wait until

that voice

becomes an

intimate private ear

that can

really listen

to another.

Start right now

take a small step

you can call your own

don't follow

someone else's

heroics, be humble

and focused,

start close in,

don't mistake

that other

for your own.

Start close in,

don't take

the second step

or the third,

start with the first

thing

close in,

the step

you don't want to take."

--- David Whyte

Is your heart calling, and are you ready to listen? Let's discover your bravery and courage as you explore your true heart's desires, build a plan for change, and create a life made just for you, by your design.

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About the author:

Karen Hendrickson is an Elevation Coach, focused on helping others to rewrite their life story, befriend their mortality, and find the richness and magic that lives at the intersection of our lives where life and death meet. When we allow our authentic self permission to shine our life becomes full of MAGIC and GREATNESS.  Contact karenttjourney@gmail.com and start working with her today!