Moving from "Rah-Rah" to "Ah"...Finding Success From The Inside Out
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photo credit: craig neal
It's our choices that determine who we become, not our abilities. -Dumbledore to Harry Potter
Our VisionHolder Interview tonight with Robyn Waters was about the flow of life, moving from "Rah-Rah" to "Ah"...
Over the years, Robyn has been a cheerleader of possibilities. Success was about rah-rah, applause. Then, a mentor asked, "what would success feel like to you?" She began to know that it was time for her life to change, have a different focus, to take a step forward into something new....
"When we come to the edge of all the light we have and must take a step into the darkness of the unknown, we must believe one of two things: Either we will find something firm to stand on or we will be taught to fly." –tom seller
At some point success became ah, contentment, peace, gratitude, being in the present moment, appreciation. Now, she is a cheerleader for: Right place, right person, right reason.
Robyn spoke to four stages of her adult life:
- Finding success
- Finding me/authenticity
- Finding meaning
- Finding joy
- Stage 5? Sharing the wisdom, the give-back. Asking: "How much is enough? Social capitalism: doing good while doing well."
One of Robyn's core values: hanging out with 'nutritious people.' People who don't want to change me, make me be anything other than my whole, best self."
"A human being is a part of a whole, called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty." Albert Einstein
…this idea of worthiness, that struggle we go through as a nation, happens all the time.
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