T-shirt worn by one of my students
It is so hard to believe that five years have gone by and by the time I leave next June, I will have lived in Tokyo for six years. Everything seems to be happening quickly, as if, time itself is in a hurry to find something. Still, the years have been eventful for me. I am quite proud of the fact that I now have my Masters in Holistic Nutrition and am a Registered Nutritional Consultant with the IONC (International Organization of Nutritional Consultants). I have started training to become a Reiki Master in Gendai Reiki system (a combination of western and traditional Japanese Reiki); and am taking business courses at Temple University, Having the time to be able to do all this is a blessing and an indication that it is time to move onto the next stage of my life. This is one of the reasons that I am focusing on the preparation to begin my business full time next summer.
Of course, with this decision comes the fears and doubts. It is so comfortable to remain where I am, just coasting along, now that I have created a life for myself here, in Tokyo. However, if I am to be true to myself and what I am learning, everything points to it being time to make the move. The signs in my world encourage me to make this move and have faith. Faith – an interesting word. Faith, to me means to trust and know that things are being prepared as they should, however, it does not mean blind faith. It means that I need to take the necessary actions, put things into place and plan for this change. Faith also means recognizing when to let go of control – in my case of the fear and doubts. On good days, I can sing and sail along quite happily. The skills that I use on myself are also the skills and tools I use with my clients. Of course, there are days when things feel out of sorts. It is on these days that I feel grateful for having a variety of tools to work with.
“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumpsh even though checkered by failure, than to rank with them poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat“ Theodore Roosevelt
I have also had a wonderful opportunity to get to know me – what I am capable of, what limits I place on myself and how far I can be pushed (by me or others). The journey has given me an opportunity to release, shift and grow. At times I feel sad that I was not able to be this honest with myself before I arrived in Tokyo and how much of an ‘optimistic’ I am. I discovered that my outlook was that things are better, cheaper and more harmonious then they really were. It is good to be optimistic, but not to a point of ‘excluding or dismissing’ things that need to be noticed and taken care of. All this came to my awareness as I continued to work on hypnosis and nutrition.
Interesting how much one tends to ‘dismiss’ just because it does not fit the thought or mindset. It makes me wonder how much I might have missed or how many signs went zipping by because I did not hear or notice the ‘knock’. It, also, made me wonder how many others are going through the same discovery process? What techniques are they using and how much success are they having? Meditation and self-reflection work for those who are disciplined and able to understand the process. Hypnosis a wonderful, quick and easy way to bring awareness into the conscious mind.
Being honest with oneself, I feel, is not always easy. Perhaps, that is why we dismiss so many things? Perhaps they bring ‘ourselves into our face too much’? Stay tuned for my next blog for more on why our minds might be so good at dismissing.
Men soon the faults of others learn
A few their virtues, too, find out;
But is there one—I have a doubt—
Who can his own defects discern?
Sanskrit Proverb
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