The contents of today's post was written but not published, months ago.
As to why I've chosen to publish it, today?
Well, read on and that question will answer itself.
And having said that, here we go ...
Common sense suggests the need to recognize those times when an intuitive train of the thought is directing our think tanks to include the necessity of heartfelt spontaneity for this reason: Achieving success, where others have failed, can depend upon garnering the wisdom to take 'calculated' risks, based in self confident leaps of faith, when mapping out the course of our future. If, upon reflection, you suggest that careful planning and spontaneity are opposites, I'd agree while inviting you to consider an insight that may enrich our discussion: Thoroughness of thought remains incomplete when the element of open minded spontaneity goes missing. And likewise, courage and creativity go missing when denial of fear causes all likelihood of risk to be eliminated when a workable plan is attempting to formulate within the creative portion of our minds.
In the absence of spontaneity, creativity and courage—concerning our need to free our spirits to take intuitive leaps of faith—the mind's sense of balance may be thrown off center, and once a well-balanced sense of thought has been compromised, we lose sight of opportunity, beckoning us to combine logic with emotion in hopes of resolving conflict with a heartfelt sense of personal fulfillment, so that, down the road, time spent in reflection will not weigh heavy with regret, concerning those times when a fearful mind set refused us access to venture forth upon the road less taken in such a mindful manner as to keep the elements of emotional balance and logic-based clarity, concerning everyone's safety and welfare in plain sight.
As you come to know me from the inside out, you'll understand why spontaneity takes me by one hand while I hold the line of control firmly in the other. (Balance in all things.) In fact, once the scene has been set for act three of The Heaven Sent Toy Catalogue Plan, I'll show you a prime example of that intuitive sense of balance, which fuels my think tank to blend creative ideas with logic at times when taking a leap of faith depends upon identifying a fear to which I've been blind.
Though it's true that there's important 'stuff' we forget just because
Our memory banks are stuffed with minutiae
That stuff is not to be mixed up with other stuff we fear so much as to
Stuff it in a place inside our brains that remains separated from our conscious minds
When a child's hold onto sanity depends upon a need to forget bad stuff that was very scary
That child's defense system is programmed to stuff super scary stuff behind one of
Denial's defensive walls where that stuff can't hurt us so deeply as to stop us from
Developing from one stage of life to the next with as much normalcy as possible, and
Thus are certain fears repressed, subconsciously, until such time as
A growing sense of emotional maturity readies us to muster the courage to
Recall the bad, super scary stuff in order that repressed fear or fury can no longer
Limit us from creating change for the better, especially in those aspects of life where
Denial has blinded us from seeing where stunted personal growth is in need of
Advancing toward each next step of emotional maturity, which repression has delayed. Whew!
Had that train of thought been spoken aloud, it would have been quite a mouthful, indeed!
Throughout my years of coaching three active, young boys to
Develop and enjoy a wide variety of natural talents while
At the same time honoring the unique aspects of each one's individuality
I aspired to consciously role model the values that I'd hoped each would absorb
Values such as: mutual respect, kindness, compassion
Positively focused attitudes bending toward good humor, and
Creative solution seeking techniques, most especially whenever
These two aspects of family life arose:
Calmed my mind and chose my words with care in hopes of
Inspiring my sons to reconsider their choices without insulting their intelligence, and
In addition to that, I chose to discipline rowdy behaviors by employing
Logic-based consequences, leaning toward creativity and humor, rather than
Resorting, impatiently to meting out punishments that would have resulted in
Rebellious attitudes, which would have interfered with
The clear minded, straight forward path that encouraged
Three hungry young minds to follow the Pied Piper, whose state of mind
Remained focused upon developing positive attitudes that proved
Eager-to-learn, eager to strive, eager to succeed, eager to advance with
Resilience toward each next step when hurtles appeared in their paths, as well as
Eager to share the emotional wealth and financial gains that
Each has successfully accrued as many aspects of
Their adult individuality continue to mature
And thus, retrospectively, when all has been said and done ...
Three mousketeers grew into strong sensitive musketeers, who
All for one and one for all—reap the rewards of working as hard as they play ...
Ten pictures worth ten thousand words, over forty years :)
Interestingly, today's post was originally written months ago, when my mind was engaged in writing about coaching three, hungry young minds to make mindful choices, thus considering needs, all around, while making good use of toy catalogues at holiday time.
For some reason, which momentarily slips my mind, that post remained in drafts until today. And here is what I find so interesting about delaying its exposure to you until, now: It's not as though this post was forgotten. What has been forgotten is whatever caused my intuitive sense to decide not to publish this post until, upon awakening this morning, intuition compelled me to scroll back through posts left unpublished in drafts, and guess what occurred to me, insightfully, after reading this train of thought, written several months back? At that early time in my children's development, good use had been made of the same plan, which had coached my sons to make mindful choices by considering everyone's needs at holiday time, as the plan with which I'd coached Dino's twins to consider their choices more mindfully than had been true before they'd found themselves thrashing about in a hot kettle of stew ...
And thus does today's post (penned months ago)
Bring me, face to face, with this choice of my own:
Which fork in the road shall I ask you to travel along side of me, next?
The road leading toward Part three of The Heaven Sent Toy Catalogue Plan
Or
The road leading toward the intuitive (spontaneously conceived) plan that
Propelled Dino and his sons to brainstorm with me until
A workable plan came together, which succeeded in bringing forth
Smiles, all around, once the needs of both father and sons felt heard, and
If you ask how this came to be in a matter of hours, I'd reply:
Mindsets are prone to expand when listening and speaking skills are
Compassionately employed by an experienced coach, whose belief in—
THE INTUITIVE SENSE OF MAGIC, INHERENT IN THE POSITIVELY FOCUSED MIND, IS FREELY ABSORBED BY THE 'TEAM' AS A WHOLE, AND THAT LEADS US BACK TO—
ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL :)
ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL :)
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