Hello!

How are you?

I’ve just got back from a skiing trip with my lovelies.

We had an amazing time.

But I nearly didn’t go.

 

 

Rewinding back a bit; their Dad and sibling-mother had decided to drive down to visit relatives, near where there’s snow in Australia.

And then they were going to take Lana and Sunny, and their twins, to see snow for the first time.

And they invited me on the whole trip, but I didn’t really want to go on the road trip.

But my children kept saying, over and over again, “Mum, we REALLY want you to be there when we first see snow!”

And yet I felt so resistant to going.

I hadn’t skied for 25 years.
 

Skiing had been one of my favourite EVER things to do.

What if I couldn’t do it anymore?

What if I injured myself?

I was concerned about the amount of money it would cost.

Basically, I felt scared.

To do something that I had really loved.
 

But my kids kept kept saying to me, “Mum, we REALLY want you to be there when we first see snow.”

So they set off on their road trip and I went about booking my trip down there to meet them.

And since my Power and Powerlessness in Parenting course is live at the moment, I was very aware of choosing exactly how I wanted to get there, and where I wanted to stay, and what felt right for me.

I drove for a day and a half, listening to podcasts and having a wonderful time seeing the Australian scenery. 

And I WAS THERE when they first saw snow!

 

We spent a few days together, the whole extended blended family, and had so much fun going tobogganing and having snowball fights. 

I loved seeing how much more capacity I have for fun nowadays. 

Snowball fights with one’s ex-husband can be very therapeutic too!

 

And then their Dad and his partner and the twins went home, and my kids and I started skiing.

I’d thought that I’d be waiting for them on the nursery slopes, not having much fun.

But to my amazement, after a couple of hours getting used to the skis, my son was going faster than me, heading straight down the slope, and my daughter had already perfected beautiful turns.

 

 

And we had an AMAZING time. 

Day after day, hanging out, skiing together all day, having fun.

And I LOVED skiing. Still. 

I felt so alive, so joyful, so deeply happy.

 

 

And to think, I nearly didn’t go because I was scared!
 

We loved it so much, that we’ve decided to go again next year!

How amazing then, that if they hadn’t kept asking me to come and see them in their first snow experience, I wouldn’t have gone, and probably would never have skied again.

I’m so grateful to them.

My desire to contribute to them was stronger than my fear of what the trip might be like.

 

And the effects are even bigger than that.

At the beginning of last year, as part of doing one of Jana Kingsford’s courses, I made a vision board.

On it was going skiing, and other things I’ve been longing for.

In about June 2015, everything was going swimmingly.

I’d earned more money than ever before making courses that I love. I was feeling deeply fulfilled. It looked like I had enough money, at last, to do the things I wanted to do.

But then I got scared.

I didn’t do those things.

And when I didn’t do them, when I actually did have enough money to do them, the money coming in went down by a half.

 

It’s almost like Life said, “sweetheart, if you’re not going to spend the money that we’re sending you to do the things you’ve been longing to do, then we won’t send it to you.”

And when I went away on the ski trip, I suddenly had people signing up for courses that I wasn’t even launching.

More money came in when I was skiing than probably would have done if I’d stayed at home, working.

I believe that Life saw me being willing to have what I really want; being wiling to do what I really want to do, and so sent me financial support to keep doing that.

 

I wonder if any of this resonates with you.

Do your children call you to be more, do more, have more?

Do they invite you to stretch yourself?

Does your desire to contribute to them outweigh the fear you feel?

And have you noticed that when you’re willing to have what you really want, and are willing to do what you really want to do, that Life supports you in the process?

And is there something at the moment ~ something that your child is calling you to do, or something that you’ve been longing to do but have been scared to do?

And are you willing to take a step towards doing that?

I’d love to hear!
 

And what else is news?

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