Posted By crystal dwyer on August 22, 2009

I just returned, this week, from a fabulous trip to Hawaii. I spent time in Honolulu, then onto the island of Kauai, and wrapped up my trip in the big island of Hawaii. My time away was a combination of business and vacation…something I was feeling I needed after a book launch, media blitzing, and networking on top of normal business and family happenings.

There were a number of times at the beginning of my trip, during those moments of down-time, that I felt a tug of guilt in my gut that perhaps I should be spending my time being productive, especially with so much on my plate and so much I still want to do.

One morning after scaling some gorgeous green hills, and viewing the fabulous vistas below, I returned from my hike and that nagging voice in my head said “maybe you should have spent some time on your computer this morning, flushing out some work.” Since I teach thought mastery I finally said enough is enough.

I strode down to the empty beach by myself. As I stood there staring into the water I asked the question out loud to the entire Universe… “God, let me see what I’m supposed to see so that I can enjoy this time away and get the most out of it.”

As I stood there for the next few moments, the waves suddenly answered back to me. I was observing them pulling back and away, then suddenly, as if re-gathering all of their energy, they surged forward with tremendous power, crashing onto the beach even further this time than the last.

And God said…”There’s your answer. There is nothing in nature that can keep pushing and surging forward, without sometimes pulling back to gather energy and power.”

Yet we all do this to ourselves, don’t we? No matter how strong we’ve been moving forward, often we get caught up in our own momentum and fool ourselves into thinking “this must not ever stop, I must keep going.” We ignore our natural need to to pull back, pull in, re-group, and re-charge, and suddenly…we’re out of steam. We’ve lost our power and our energy and we can’t figure out how it happened.

I encourage each one of us to pay attention to the rhythms of nature, especially the ones in our own bodies. When we push constantly without pulling back to recharge, we exhaust ourselves and often become ineffective and powerless.

Try being keenly aware of this, even for a week and notice what a difference it makes in your energy, outlook, and attitude. See what happens when you get in your flow. You’ll come back more powerful than ever.

Love and blessings,

Crystal

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