Energy Flow: Laser Focused or Nuclear Meltdown?
What a great prompt idea, as we transition to what many of us in the Northern half of the northern hemisphere go from: the most colorful season to the relatively bi-colored winter. Of course, winter has its own beauty, but with many people, the shortened amount of daylight coincides with a lower amount of energy. There are also those out there that love skiing, snowboarding, or other winter only activities that are excited beyond all belief. It is why I am a fan of the four season places on earth so that each can find beauty and joy in each.
I like the timing of the prompt also because I have not thought about this concept in a while and how true it actually is. Have you ever really tried to avoid something or have just been in a mood to procrastinate? If you have, I am sure before the end of it you have cleaned out your closet, switched out your dresser to the proper seasonal clothes, written an article or poem you never intended to do at that moment, gone on a long walk, found something on NetFlix that has waited years but now is a must see, or a myriad of other things. The amazing thing is if you do one of these things it is often better done than if you set out to do it as the task of the day.
Truly energy does flow where your intention goes. Ever pull an all-nighter studying or working on a project? If you are motivated it is done, if not you are passed out in your book by two in the morning.
Decades ago I ran three marathons in a little more than a year. Each took over four hours to complete with many training runs of multiple hours leading up to it. Could I do it now? Of course not, I am not that person anymore. I have moved on from that intention, from that motivation. I can spend an hour a day in the pool not stopping at all and not really getting tired either. I could not do that then, I know this because I tried it a few times to vary my workouts and didn’t make six lengths but now I do sixty.
Every accomplishment and indeed, every defeat, is based on your intention and motivation. I am not saying every want or desire. Intentions are different than that. Intentions have limitations. There might need to be modifications based on time, finances, physical limitations, and such. If you can keep your intention focused you will find the energy to complete it. It might not be the first attempt or even the tenth, but if you keep your intention focused it will happen.
Now to answer this on a more personal level. My energy level is mid to low. I am fine with this right now because it is in flow with my intentions. If I was honest with what my intentions are right now I would identify a few things. I would tell you that I wish to remain healthy so that I can, short term, do what I want when I want and long term, have me controlling my diabetes and it not controlling my ability to do things. I would tell you that short term, I wish to remain Covid free so I can visit my ninety year old mother for Christmas and longer term avoid contracting it until I can prevent that with the vaccine that will be distributed soon.
My energy levels at medium to low are good for that. I swim daily, but I am careful to always have a mask on going and coming from the gym. I avoid touching anything above the water line. I go to the store when needed and avoid it when not. I am self-isolating for the most part. Low energy is perfect for hibernating. Low energy is good for reading. It is good for focusing on my inner growth. I use the analogy with my friends here that there is light at the end of the tunnel. My goal is to make it out the other side and not have the train hit me.
My goal is to, come March or April, be so excited for life and people to make 2021 a year to do the things that I learned are so precious and important to me. I will gladly give up a couple months to have people be able to see me and for me to have twenty or more healthy productive years left. I hadn’t thought much on it lately but my energy is flowing right where my intentions go.
