I received an e mail today that was long and complex. It's contents were a summary of someone's exploration into the new flu vaccine. There were many links to investigate, each suggesting possibilities and warnings, a lot to digest. As I began taking in the e mail I was having a peaceful morning. As I ended the e mail I was no longer feeling good, joyful, but instead fearful.
I stopped. I considered how disruptive I had allowed this information to be, and I made a decision. My choice was to move into my own power and not into my fear. I closed the e mail, and id something else.
We are truly living in a time where we are bombarded by more opinions, more drama and more hype than ever before. Technology can truly bring us into a flurry of warnings, news, and chaotic thought It therefore, becomes our responsibilitty to "delete" what we do not want to take in. We get the chance to discriminate, to find the place we want to live and to let the rest of the world to "fall victim" if they so desire.
I think the most important part of what I've just said is the word choice. Each one of us has it. But our seat of choice is much easier if we have done our inner work and decided where we want to be with predictions. So much of the information suggests that we are victims, that we don't have the power to heal ourselves,more comfortable when we have gone deep within and found out that we do have power, we don't have to be controlled by a fear of our emotions or our physical well being, and we can choose gratitude and joy.
That e mail had momentarily destroyed my joy, Its darkness had taken away my power.. Of course, I had let it, but when I saw that I was giving time to fear, I quickly chose differently. "What do I want to do right now that will bring me joy? instead of Oh my God, there is so much I must do to save the world!
I love Howard Thurman's quote that goes like this:
DON'T WORRY WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
ASK WHAT MAKES YOU COME ALIVE AND DO THAT.
WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS
ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME ALIVE.
FIGURE OUT WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY AND DO THAT
About Me
- Denny Daikeler
- My passion for integrating Interior Design, Spirituality, and Environmental Psychology began when I was 12. My best friend and I painted my bedroom closet green because my gut wanted it deep hunters green. I knew then there was more to life than beige, but little did I know that the powerful healing spirit of the home that comes from within would become the cornerstone of my life’s work. I received my degree in Interior Design from Drexel University and started designing filled with confidence. My perceptions changed as I worked with clients and taught classes. I discovered the huge gap between trends and what a person loves. My focus turned to exploring the Spirit of the home. I developed questionnaires and exercises to examine client's lives, preferences, and needs, and came up with the Inner Blueprint and Beloved Object. These methods brought so much transformation to people’s lives that I decided to share them in a book, "What Color is Your Slipcover?" published by Rodale. My life now is rich with all of this as I travel from place to place focusing on this process and experiencing the awareness, discovery and joy that comes with this new way of being with Home and Design.