Our culture has rituals to mark important life passages: graduations, birthdays, weddings, anniversaries and deaths, to name a few. As we commemorate these passages, we may also use the occasion to reflect on our lives. But what else prompts us to take stock and think about life when there is not an event to celebrate or recognize?
Sometimes it's a nagging sense that we should be doing something else, an increasing frustration with our current reality, or even an unexpected opportunity that get our attention. These feelings or situations can nudge and even inspire us to look beyond our status quo and imagine possibilities for our future.
It's arguably easier to ignore the prompts that come with far less fanfare than a wedding gala or retirement party. But, sometimes it is those subtler cues that arrive in a whisper and contrast enough with the rest of our lives to make us notice. Having diverted our attention, these cues remind us of what is most pressing in our lives. In further contrast with how we typically receive information from the outside in, these prompts come from deep within us and invite us to participate in our own process of discovery. Their message is simple and complete: Slow down, listen and reflect. The results may surprise you or even change the course of your life.
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Where Barbara is presenting next:
•Women Supporting Women, a free event of the The Maine Women's Fund
February 6, The Woodlands Club, 7-9pm. Come hear about work and life balance and unleashing your investment Goddess!
•Maine Association of Personality Type
Using the MBTI in career counseling featuring Barbara Babkirk and Amy Jaffe
Free, Tuesday, February 27, 6:30-8:30pm, Falmouth Library
•Yarmouth Wellness Fair, sponsored by the Yarmouth Chamber of Commerce Saturday, March 3, 10-3pm, Yarmouth High School
•Hardy Girls, Healthy Women Conference
Saturday, March 24, Fairfield, KVCC
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