Dawn Lupul – Page 30 – Holistic Health Coach

October 16, 2019

Am I Doing My Best?

Another Costa Rican waterfall. I don’t judge the performance of nature – why do I judge my own?

In the book The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz manages to sum up the secret to living peacefully into four simple statements. Be impeccable with your word. Don’t take anything personally. Don’t make any assumptions. Always do your best.

It is the last one that I find the most intriguing.

First, is it even possible to always do your best? It is, if you understand that your best will look different all of the time.

Just because you were able to do something yesterday doesn’t mean that it will look the same today. We always think that we should get better and do more but sometimes that just isn’t possible.

October 15, 2019

Saying the Words

Microphones amplify the sound of the words. Maybe it is because I have spent so much of my life doing this that I am very aware of what I say out loud. -Photo Credit: MrWillWong.com

I always marvel at the power of words. Never underestimate how what you think and say can change your life in an instant.

The word can be used to support or to destroy. It can help or harm, add beauty or ugliness, and inspire or belittle.

Words can be weapons of war or motivators of peace. The spoken word is as powerful a tool we have to design our world.

The words we say only to ourselves determine the quality of our life experience.

Whenever I have had big words to say, like the ones that lead to a relationship ending or leaving a job, I find that I rehearse them many times in my mind before ever speaking them aloud.

October 14, 2019

The Art of Feeling Good

I accept and I surrender to this moment. I feel good because it feels good

Feeling good means different things for different people. If you are battling an illness, then any moments of relief are times when you feel good. Relief from pain in any amount provides optimism and hope for a positive outcome.

For others, feeling good means having the freedom to do whatever they want in any moment without having to worry about what is going on with the body, expecting to have the energy to carry them through all that they choose to pursue.

Still others have no idea what it is like to feel good. They are dealing with chronic pain, grief, depression or anger.

October 13, 2019

The Big Decisions

Everything changes, seasons come and go, and we make decisions every day. It’s all good

Making the big decisions in life, the ones that collapse multiple possibilities that are available down to just one, can be difficult. Beyond difficult actually. It can be almost paralyzing.

Should I quit my job, leave my relationship, get married, have kids, buy a house, go back to school, move across the country, move to a new country? These are all big decisions. They are big because they are life changing.

Any of the scenarios above would completely change your life from what it is now. The risk of making the wrong decision is what fills us with fear and conflict.

If only we could see into the future and know which decision will work out the best!

But wait – what if you knew that no matter which decision you make, which future path you choose, that it can’t possibly be wrong?

October 12, 2019October 12, 2019

Seeking Peace

Toronto sunrise with the CN Tower prominently in view. Is there a more beautiful sight?

Someone asked me once how to stay motivated. Life had become repetitive for him, and he was losing interest in doing anything other than what absolutely had to be done to just get by.

What a tremendous waste of a life that is finite in nature.

This apathy comes from being unaware of who you are and what you are here to do. We all have special skills that contribute to the evolution of consciousness and to the world, and these abilities are unique to you.

Once you realize this, the idea of just putting in time or waiting for some future moment when everything is suddenly going to be magical and wonderful seems absurd.

October 11, 2019

Finding Meaning in the Meaningless

Speaking of meaningless, here is a chicken in a tree in Barbados. They would fly up and sleep there at night. I thought they couldn’t fly but I was wrong

Why do bad things happen to good people? Why are babies born with illnesses that prevent them from having any chance at what we call a normal life? Why can’t life be fair?

Evil people should be punished, and yet many of them seem to be rewarded in this society. The prisons are full and yet the streets still teem with criminals. Gun violence and stabbings and robberies fill the news, and fraud and computer crimes are on the rise.

Why does it have to be this way?

And is it really this way?

October 10, 2019

Finding Strength Through Words

How many storms has this tree weathered? The strength and power of nature is wordless. Love the orb!

Winners win and losers lose. It seems like a harsh statement, but it is a truth.

People who expect to win do. They have an inner strength of conviction that makes failure quite impossible.

Now winning doesn’t have to mean being rich, or living in a fancy house and driving one of your ten fancy cars. Winning is something very personal that only you can define.

In fact, many people who have accumulated physical riches are unhappy and unfulfilled. They pursued the external wealth with no regard for cultivating the inner riches.

They are literally poor on the inside.

October 9, 2019

Moving On

My last morning in Barbados – not easy to leave but always able to come back

I write often about accepting the past as having been a necessary part in our growth to become who we are meant to be. It’s a big subject that can cause a great deal of discomfort for many people.

No one said that life was going to be fair, and there are no intellectual reasons for things to happen the way they do. Life just is what it is.

There are a lot of us who still carry the wounds of days gone by, using them to limit and define who we allow ourselves to be now.

October 8, 2019

Being Creative

Take time to play everyday. It keeps you young at heart! Costa Rica inspires creativity

We are creators. It is a natural part of being human.

It is amazing how we can use the power of imagination to entertain ourselves.

As children, we use our imagination to play make-believe and to take ordinary items like cardboard boxes and turn them into castles or fortresses or spaceships.

Even as adults, this need to be creative never leaves. Some people find their expression through artistic pursuits, others start companies out of ideas, and others like to decorate their house or wear clothes expressing their style.

Whatever it is, we all do it in some way, or we all have the potential to do it.

October 7, 2019

Turning Within

We watched in silence that day as the sun slipped into the sea – Costa Rica was a delight in so many ways

There is so much noise in the world right now. It seems almost impossible to find moments when you aren’t bombarded by advertising, propaganda, or just complete nonsense.

Sometimes you need to talk out loud just to hear yourself think.

It is very difficult to have moments of clarity and spiritual breakthroughs when the mind can never be silenced. We are so used to the continual noise that even when we are alone, we feel the need to turn on the television or a podcast or music.

It is almost as though we become insecure when the world around us is too quiet.