subject: 2 Sure Signs of Gravity Ahead [print this page] I spend a lot of time thinking about my own Gravity these days. I guess that's what happens when you publish a book on defying gravity. I have to laugh at the amount of Gravity I find in my own personal and professional life. It's amazing how integrated Gravity can be in our lives!
I thought I'd share a couple of signals that alert me when I've found some of my own Gravity. Whenever I catch myself saying either of these excuses about something I'm experiencing or thinking about - I stop and ask myself " Why do I believe this to be true? Why does this have to be this way?" Most of the time the answer is - Gravity!
So hear are my top two "excuses" that act as Gravity alerts:
1. Because I've always done it that way. Sometimes I'll get the sense of urgency that something has to be done in a specific way. Or I'll find that when a certain pattern gets disrupted - I push to return to that pattern. That's usually a sure sign that I'm in Gravity.
Want to hear a silly example? I rearranged my bathroom and consequently changed the way my makeup was laid out. That meant I had to change the way I reached for things, where I put things etc. It was really disconcerting. I pushed against it so hard - because I had a way I had always done it. It took me a week to get used to the new pattern. What I realized is that I had a very motion-efficient method for putting on makeup. I'd spent years perfecting that efficient motion. Now it was changed - and I didn't like it.
Wow. Gravity even lives in my makeup drawer!
2. But I change and evolve myself all the time. I'm always looking for ways to make things better - for my personal in my professional life. Yet whenever I hear myself saying "But I already looked at/changed that!" then I know I'm hanging onto something called Gravity. As Shakespeare said, "The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
My latest example was riding my horse.My trainer and I are adjusting my legs for certain maneuvers. I've worked and worked to get my legs in the right place - and we all agree the fact that they're really long is adding to the problem. well last week I caught myself using this excuse "I've changed as much as I can. My legs are just too long." My trainer shook her head, grabbed a couple of leather strings and tied my legs to the saddle and into the proper position. Guess what? you guessed it, it worked. every time I pulled on the strings I realized my legs were going out of position, and I corrected them. Two days later, I was able to keep my legs in that position without the strings. So much for my status quo belief that my legs were too long.
It just goes to show you - Gravity lives everywhere.
We are Natural Born Gravity Machines - we create Gravity as part of our daily experience. That means we have to defy gravity as part of our daily experience too - if we want to grow beyond the excuses and into the freedom of limitless thinking and being.
