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Understanding life
In November 1996 I was made redundant from a senior role within the
Investment banking industry and I felt lost. I looked for a new role in
every newspaper paper and with recruitment agencies, nothing even
sparked my interest. No surprise there was no new job.
In February 1997 I got a message that changed my life. In the first
minute of my initial visit to a therapist she had a message for me, but
she felt dubious about giving me the message. I insisted.
The message was that the man in front of her (me) felt his life was over
and the affect of this would be. That within two years I would become
seriously ill and dead within five years. Even the love of for my wife
and two young sons would not be enough to keep me here.
I was shocked, but her message resonated with me as no other ever had.
After twenty frustrating years in business life I did feel my life was
over. I felt I had been there and done it many times over.
The information had come to her as a message. The follow up message was
that if I changed my life and turned towards a role of helping people I
would have a long and happy life ahead of me.
I felt I had hope and my life changed that day in that room in South
London.
I decided to turn my back on my previous professional life and seek a
new path. Fear and excitement came in equal measure, as I once again
became a student. This time I was an eager and in time a humble student.
For the past six years my life has been a rollacoaster of emotion, fear,
joy, happiness and loneliness. I knew the general direction I had to
travel with no idea as to the specifics.
I traveled to places I could not have imagined myself going. I first
became attuned to Reiki healing and found my life changing. I began to
link with wonderful enthusiastic people. I continued my studies in the
area of healing. I also decided to develop my conscious skills. I
studied NLP, Timeline, Covey techniques and many more.
I enthusiastically traveled both the healing and practitioner routes.
After three years I discovered, they were the same route. It was all
about helping myself, as I traveled through my life and also helping
others in whichever way was required. Whether through mixing NLP,
meditation and Reiki, whatever tools were needed
People ask me what has changed in my life. All I can say is that I have
experienced greater feeling of peace, joy and happiness than ever before
in my life.
If I get down it is only for short periods before I bounce back. In the
past depressions stayed with me for days or even weeks. In fact as I
look back with hindsight upon my earlier life I believe I was depressed
for most of it.
I have stopped blaming anyone else for things that happen in my life and
take responsibility for every aspect of my life. I sometimes knee-jerk
into blame, but I soon see it differently
As I felt many of the fears and worries leave my life, I was better able
to empathize with others.
My role was only ever to heal myself and help others, if I can, do the
same.
It is a journey with no destination. We may experience some lows but our
highs will be immense.
Written by John Mitchell, Professional Life & Power Coach and creator of
the online life change programme Lifeline web address
www.satoriforlife.com
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