Ever felt like this?  Somebody telling you exactly where to stand? what to do? how to be?

Where’s the fun in that? There isn’t any.

One of  these boys was my grandfather, and he knew how to have fun!  He and his siblings would make fun out of anything, anywhere, any time.  Their childhood practical jokes were legendary…at least according to Little Gramps. There’s not a trace of that in this photo though.

Sometimes my life feels a little like this family photo…rigid, black and white,  ideas wilting on the vine like the flowers in the little girls’ hand.

So I hit pause…take a moment to have some fun,  to make my own fun…create something out of nothing. I play a practical joke on the To-Do list.

Let the smallest possible thing spark your imagination. Squint, do some jumping jacks, look at something upside down and backwards, or do what I do…go jump in the lake. Literally. See what comes of it…take a look at my new cat.

Seems to me that Little Gramps would’ve had a good laugh at this one.

I use a lifetime of diverse experience, humor and grass roots wisdom to guide others into mind expanding landscapes.  Find how your inner genius, creativity and pursuit of meaning and success connect naturally at dawnkotzer.com. Dawn Kotzer is a Canadian life and creativity coach living in  Saskatchewan.

“I don’t know what my passion is. I have to find my passion.”

Is that true? I wonder if we can let it find us.

“What have you done about it so far?” I ask.  They present a list of their many failed attempts to find and follow their bliss.  I listen.  I witness their pain. I ask more questions.

How do you go about finding your passion? How do you know what to look for? For that matter, how will you know it when you’ve found it?

“Well, I’ll just know.”

Hm. How’s that worked for you so far?

Think about it. What do you feel when you go hunting for something you really want to find? Car keys, house keys, bank card? What energy do you carry with you? Desperation or a What if mind? A determined focus on the outcome or an in-the-flow mind? It’s no different when you go looking for your passion.

Do you stalk your passion like prey? Beat the bushes, create chaos in an attempt to drive it into the open? Try to capture a fleeting glimpse of it so you can hunt it down, claim it as yours and in a blinding flash know your way…feel victorious?  This may happen but the odds aren’t in your favour.  At least that’s been my experience.

Consider this.

What if you acknowledged your desire  for  your passion and then set about preparing a space  for it that’s welcoming, nurturing, flexible, invigorating; a space that allows for growth, change, reflection, relationship not ownership?

How does that feel? Did you just feel your body relax? Open up with ease? Did you feel your ‘what if’ mind spark with curiosity? Did you feel the luv?

The next time you feel the desperate need to find your passion try  this option. Create the space.  Good? Now go play.

About the Photo:

I had dropped to the ground to take a closeup of a crocus blossom.  My Irish Wolfhound closed in, passionate in her desire to protect me from attack. I mean I was laying prone- in need of protection, right? The crocus turned into her prey…until she read my energy and then, alas, the poor flowers became the object of play. The wolfhound snouted the flowers out of the soil and tossed them in the air.  Prancing around, she seized the moment, tossing them up again and again.  Passion play indeed.
P.S. How did she know she’d found her passion? She felt it and it felt like Play.

I use a lifetime of diverse experience, humor and grass roots wisdom to guide others into mind expanding landscapes.  Find how your inner genius, creativity and pursuit of meaning and success connect naturally at dawnkotzer.com

New to posting a blog,  I grimace over the learning curve. Why am I doing this again?  

Despite the snowstorm outside banking drifts across the road and the techno-fog inside my brain I  push on. What else is a Canadian Life Coach to do?

Then I realize I’m okay not knowing exactly how to proceed. Curiously, I just keep moving forward, getting a feel for the lay of the land.  Apparently I have everything I need…a sense of direction, a desire to get going and a point of view.  Befriending my ‘I Don’t Know’ mind has been a slow, uphill battle but oh, so worth it.  I’ll fill you in soon. The techno-fog is lifting. Snowdrifts be damned.

Wish me luck. Stay Warm.

Looking forward….

I use a lifetime of diverse experience, humor and grass roots wisdom to guide others into mind expanding landscapes.  Find how your inner genius, creativity and pursuit of meaning and success connect naturally at dawnkotzer.com