Executive Coaches don’t write poetry. If they do, they sure don’t publish poems on their blog. Except me. I am not afraid to be who I truly am. I embrace and teach authenticity. I embrace and teach vulnerability. I believe our actions create the pathway for others to see how powerful and purposeful life can be. Because we can only create what we can imagine, seeing someone else do something makes it possible for us to do it.
Do you ever feel afraid to be who you really are? Is there something that you love doing – but you deeply hope that those in your work world won’t find out? Maybe you are secretly a Bronie. Maybe you jam out to Taylor Swift while driving your car. Maybe you enjoy an occasional regular manicure. Whoever you are, whatever you enjoy doing, I hope that you will entertain the idea of being your most present, authentic and powerful self.
Poetry may not be your thing, but I hope you will read this poem with openness to exploring and being who you really are. I hope you will feel the magnitude of it. I hope you will feel the power of living big, instead of living small. I hope you will feel the truth behind Marianne Williamson’s wise words regarding our fears: “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.”
I am the eternal fall, blazing brilliantly,
Shades of candy-apple red, succulent plum and juicy orange
bursting forth from my 1,000 foot aura.
I am the eternal winter slumbering deeply,
With vivid dreams and foretelling visions that drift onto the page,
each word a snowflake within a blizzard of creative ideas.
I am the babbling brook of a rain-soaked spring,
Rushing forth with fervor and passion to wherever my watery path may take me.
I am a breathtaking summer,
Petals in the breeze, brilliantly decorating the sky while swirling to new heights.
I am the present moment;
I am alive and experiencing my own self in its infinite fullness.