I am in Sacramento this week. It was my pleasure to work in
the New York City area yesterday. Over the past seven days I slept on an
airplane overnight for four of them. I am tired. My face even feels tired and
that is rare for me. Yet the beat goes on. I must be my best for others despite
the fact that I am legitimately tired.
So I must wake-up. I must face the day and put aside the
fact that I am tired. The only way I know how to do this is by connecting with
my purpose. I want to see those I work with in their full potential everyday. I
want to discover their best and to help them see it so I must be at my best.
I said I must put aside the fact that I am tired, but I
really feel like this is unreasonable. I am tired – I am physically tired. There
are good reasons for this. I am travelling a lot right now, more than usual and
I have not built up the travel muscles that I need. There is no shame in being
tired. It happens to all of us. The shame actually comes when I pretend that I
am superhuman or something ridiculous like that and try to act as if I don’t
get tired. I am tired. I admit it.
Being tired does not mean I am incompetent, unless I allow
my fatigue to rule my judgment. I got up this morning at my usual 4:45 AM. I
caught up on my email, read the news and did my personal study and then had
breakfast. Discovering that I still was tired I went back to bed and slept for
another hour. I am now ready for the day. I got just a little extra rest and I
am ready to go.
That’s what we do when we are tired. We take a rest. By
being aware of what either our body or are inner-self needs we are actually
awake. When I do this I am actually listening to myself instead of listening to
the image that I have created of myself. Sometimes I get so focused on what I
want to be, that I forget who I am right now. By forgetting who I am, I fall
asleep in the future. That is when I tell myself, if I am fortunate to notice
that I am asleep, to wake up. I say wake-up and live the moment. Live it now
and enjoy it even if it is not the moment that you dreamed. The moment I have,
this present moment, is the most important moment I will ever have, because it
is my moment. So I must use the moment to my advantage.
My point is that each moment is precious and when I am conscious
of what I need in the moment, I am more capable of being my best because I am
more capable of meeting my own need. When I do that, I am more capable of fulfilling
my purpose of seeing the best in those I work with and helping them to see and
meet their own needs. It makes me more human and more connected with other
humans.
Wake-up!
Andrew Thorn
760-559-3548
athorn@telioscorp.com
