The Silence is Deafening

It is always interesting to me that in times of the greatest silence, the most powerful thoughts, feelings, ideas, passions, goals, dreams, and desires come about.  I find that when the day to day world is going on around us, it is only those items that we are able to focus on.  The kids get up and the day starts.  Feed them, bathe them, start wondering how the day will unfold.  Have to go to work, make appointments, make things happen, and then the day wraps up, with more feeding, more putting out fires, and more not being in a creative space.

I have to say, that traveling on my own gives many opportunities to find that clarity.  Down time seems to be a part of consistent travel and has become something I accept and also at times thrive upon.  A couple of hours to sit down in a coffee shop, in a park, or simply in the car knowing that there is no other pressing matter that I should be attending too.  Out of town means I don't have the ability to tend to our children when there is down time.  No need to take care of those pressing matters around the house as I am not there. 

What a wonderful space to be in.  A space to allow to journal, to reflect, to blog (obviously as I am doing now), but just knowing that I can be selfish with my time.  Is that so bad?  A client of mine likened his travel schedule (He was a regional manager for a pharmaceutical company that required him to travel 3-4 days per week) as having the best of both worlds in many ways.  I believe many entreprenuers struggle with wanting to sink a million hours into their day time passion yet always knowing they have a purpose in providing stability, love, direction, and so many things for a family life.  The way that he put it was that when he traveled, it was his chance to be completely free to make decisions as if he was single.  Does that make sense?  He chose when to get up, what to eat, how to spend his off time, what park to go to, where to eat dinner, tv shows, you name it, it was up to him.  Obviously, he has the stability of a strong relationship where he is confident in his commitment to his spouse and his spouses commitment to him, but it is true.

Your decisions on  your own.  Your thoughts are you own.  The normalcy of day to day life is drowned out and it is such a powerful space to operate from.  Creativity is strength.  Most of us have probably heard artists who do their best work in the middle of the night, where they can focus all of their passion into the process.  When was the last time you allowed yourself such an opportunity.  I think it is healthy to recharge the soul with me time.  I've heard it many times lately, but it is the idea of place the oxygen mask on yourself before putting it on the others when the plane is going down.  If you don't do right by yourself, you will never do right by others, no matter what you think.  When we don't operate at our highest level with our highest purpose, then we compromise.  It doesn't mean that we have to be stuffy and serious, it means live life to its fullest, don't settle, know that all of the silent thoughts and dreams are possible if we allow them to be, now that's exciting!