Don’t Die Wondering – one of the essential principles for finding your way to an Inspired Life, and according to Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, one of the most important to take into account because it motivates us to act.
“We don’t want to be full of regrets because we failed to heed our ultimate calling. Attempting to do something, even if we don’t succeed is inspiring because we don’t tend to regret what we do, we regret what we didn’t do.” Dyer writes.
Think about it, we regret what we didn’t do.
We regret the chances we didn’t take.
We regret that we didn’t believe in ourselves enough to even try to meet our calling.
Those are some deep thoughts, for sure. Think about it – we all have regrets. The phone call we didn’t have the courage to make that could have landed us a date, a job, or really any opportunity. The fact we took the business trip to further the career but missed our daughter graduating from elementary school (yep, that one still hurts). The house we didn’t buy that now is worth 4x what we would have paid for it EVEN in today’s market (that one still stings too). The fact that we didn’t stand up for ourselves in one instance or another and were taken advantage of. The missed opportunity, the lost time, the mix up of priorities, all of those things can lead to regret.
But when it comes to the ultimate calling, now that sounds like the big stuff. What exactly is an ultimate calling? Are we born knowing it, or do we learn along the way? What is my ultimate calling? Do I know yet? Not really, but I do have things that are leading me in the direction I need to be going in to figure it out. I do have synchronicity, validations and so on reaffirming the decisions I am making as a woman, a mother, a wife, a writer, and a life coach.
Part of me has felt from a very early age that I would write books, and that those books would be filled with words of wit and wisdom, to entertain, to inspire, and to teach. As time has gone by, I realize that those books would provide me a forum where I could share my journey and my truth and hope that the book will help others find their truth and navigate their journey.
Maybe that is my ultimate calling? Maybe that is the music inside?
Maybe this article is bringing me one step closer to that calling? Maybe letting go of the things in my life that are NOT working and holding on to the things that are will bring me one step closer?
I believe in this context the ultimate calling doesn’t have to be lofty or weighty or even far-reaching – it needs to be a nudge to do something more. A step towards something greater, the strength to stand for and with what is working and the courage to let go of what’s not.
We all have a dream – whether it is writing, music, art, teaching, growing or just reaching for something more. Taking the chances, making the steps and believing in the dream, perhaps that is ultimate calling…it is definitely a good place to start.
Don’t die wondering what if…know that each and every day, you took the steps towards what could be.
This is the first in a series of articles based on Inspiration – Your Ultimate Calling by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer.
“We don’t want to be full of regrets because we failed to heed our ultimate calling. Attempting to do something, even if we don’t succeed is inspiring because we don’t tend to regret what we do, we regret what we didn’t do.” Dyer writes.
Think about it, we regret what we didn’t do.
We regret the chances we didn’t take.
We regret that we didn’t believe in ourselves enough to even try to meet our calling.
Those are some deep thoughts, for sure. Think about it – we all have regrets. The phone call we didn’t have the courage to make that could have landed us a date, a job, or really any opportunity. The fact we took the business trip to further the career but missed our daughter graduating from elementary school (yep, that one still hurts). The house we didn’t buy that now is worth 4x what we would have paid for it EVEN in today’s market (that one still stings too). The fact that we didn’t stand up for ourselves in one instance or another and were taken advantage of. The missed opportunity, the lost time, the mix up of priorities, all of those things can lead to regret.
But when it comes to the ultimate calling, now that sounds like the big stuff. What exactly is an ultimate calling? Are we born knowing it, or do we learn along the way? What is my ultimate calling? Do I know yet? Not really, but I do have things that are leading me in the direction I need to be going in to figure it out. I do have synchronicity, validations and so on reaffirming the decisions I am making as a woman, a mother, a wife, a writer, and a life coach.
Part of me has felt from a very early age that I would write books, and that those books would be filled with words of wit and wisdom, to entertain, to inspire, and to teach. As time has gone by, I realize that those books would provide me a forum where I could share my journey and my truth and hope that the book will help others find their truth and navigate their journey.
Maybe that is my ultimate calling? Maybe that is the music inside?
Maybe this article is bringing me one step closer to that calling? Maybe letting go of the things in my life that are NOT working and holding on to the things that are will bring me one step closer?
I believe in this context the ultimate calling doesn’t have to be lofty or weighty or even far-reaching – it needs to be a nudge to do something more. A step towards something greater, the strength to stand for and with what is working and the courage to let go of what’s not.
We all have a dream – whether it is writing, music, art, teaching, growing or just reaching for something more. Taking the chances, making the steps and believing in the dream, perhaps that is ultimate calling…it is definitely a good place to start.
Don’t die wondering what if…know that each and every day, you took the steps towards what could be.
This is the first in a series of articles based on Inspiration – Your Ultimate Calling by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer.
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My dear friend Janie who works for Southwest Airlines but lives in New Hampshire recently went down to Austin for a TV commercial tryout for company employees. Janie is well over 6ft and a sturdy/large woman, i.e. not a stereotypical selection for American audiences. But as she said, she didn't want to ask "What if?" down the road.
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That is so right. Your friend looked at what could be and didn't allow anyone's perceived limitations stand in her way. She stood in her power and tried. I'm like you, the older I get the less I refuse to be mandated by fear and instead chose to explore the possibilities. Here's to freedom!
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