Running Late
Running late seems to be an odd title for a person who has an intention to be present and in the moment. Sometimes I wonder how one reconciles rules of society with being in the moment. Perhaps the rules create the context for the experience of being.
Today I ran late as I was going to the airport. This is not something new and is a fairly consistent pattern in my life. I choose to ask myself - why when I travel, is it so difficult to get out of the house and why am I consistently running late when I go off to the airport. Without online check in I would never make my flights.
My mantra while driving myself to the airport this morning was there is enough time for everything I value. Now I say this a lot and I had myself convinced I lived my life this way. Yet it seemed something was off and I began thinking about the things I perceived, created or contributed to my delay. It’s always the same resistance to packing, to filing, and bill paying that must be attended to before leaving Dodge.
I had to ask myself is this resistance about leaving? Perhaps I don’t really want to leave the comfort of my home and environment. Or could it be that I don’t like leaving Angel. Truth be told I do love travel and adventure so even though I miss my canine princess I wasn’t convinced I had counter intentions to travel.
I wondered could it be something else. My friend Sally has recently asked me to look at why I am often late. It’s true I am often a few minutes late and I wondered if this was related. Those of you who know me know I am a rule breaker and have always marched to a different drummer. I began wondering if being late wasn’t just residual rebel coming out . . .
When we work with clients we use muscle checking or kinesiology to find resonance patterns that compete with our desires and it occurred to me to check it out. I was very surprised at what I found. For me being on time was the same as being told what to do and that is not something that is terribly appealing to me. I was also resonant with the need to rebel!
No wonder I am often late!
YIKES!
I wondered what else I would find and was also secretly pleased that I now had a very valid (although limited in time) reason for past lateness! I was delighted that I hadn’t been rude and inconsiderate . . . I had just been rebelling like I had most of my teenage years. Time for a new choice!
When you change your resonance patterns you change your life and I have just changed my resonance pattern. I am no longer resonant with the idea that being on time is being told what to do. I am also no longer resonant with the need to rebel. These shifts are likely to make my life better and increase flow too!
It seems you can be in the moment and on time too!