I sailed every summer until I was 18. Learning to flow with dingy sailing means you are close to the rhythm of the sea and you can feel it. The wind on my faces, the movement of the boat, the nature of currents and waves, I recognised it was the highest experience when alignment came from my owning the experience. Like the dance of life and the magical conversations I was creating, everything flowed when I aligned my energy and weight to the flow of the sea, and my intentions were in complete unity with my natural rhythm, my full senses, and my awareness of myself and others. It worked in dance, on the high seas, and now in my conversations, I create value for me and for everyone else in the experience with me. Nature knows how to flow.
FLOW – RHYTHM – BALANCE – ALIGNMENT – LOVING INTENTIONS – OWNERSHIP – NATURAL VALUE
TODAY’S FLOW TO A FUTURE YET UNKNOWN
As humanity comes full face to dance with COVID-19, we see economies plummet into recession, social cohesion shift and mutate, and many lives lost. We wake each day to an unknown force – the dance between the old and the new, the traditional control, and the freedom to express and love humanity.
Every day, we may face a long cry of fear as we remember the change is permanent. Since the last 3 months of lockdown has closed our world to human touch and opened us to virtual collaboration. In my 7 decades, I never dreamed I would be stepping out in this decade to face isolation from my family 3000 miles away and no way to fly there. Even if I could and they were ill, I could not see them. I reside in my awareness of a new dance when we may meet again.
I am focused on renewal and the advent of a new dance for humanity.
The natural flow and rhythm I speak of are with us every day we breathe life. In our thoughts, words, actions, and conversations we can dance with life. I sailed off from my UK shores, on my current adventure, when I met Jim, American, In Budapest Nov Thanksgiving 2011, at a conference. We had a magical conversation that sealed our and my destiny. Over 8 years now, married in the US, lived and worked in UK, Malaysia, California and now Nevada, we have now the opportunity to build a new future. We are in the dance together.
My reframe is the dream I have had forever – world harmony – a dance for humanity.
Many linger in the idea that we will return to NORMAL working however I know in my bones and deep in my soul this time has come to change our previous life to a totally different course. A world where toxic behavior is out of date and a time where we all use our best passion for work and with loving intentions serve humanity and create engaging places to work. Dancing hand in hand to provide the best results, as we bring knowledge, experience, and imagination together, I believe we can flow in our lives through magical conversations, without judgement, anger of coercion (which are all agents of control).
Magical conversations are where men and women gather and lead together, humanity at the forefront of their consciousness and focusing on co-parenting a new world for generations yet not born.
My purpose on this planet is to create a new dance for humanity, a magical conversation dance, as the pandemic changes our lives and our world forever.
Dr. Pauline, a pleasure reading this. I never thought about dance as ‘flow’ but that pretty much describes it. At least when dance is done well. Thanks for sharing this.
Thanks Byron
Always appreciated when I can inspire others to flow with life’s river dance!!
smiles
Pauline
Dear Cynthia
Thank you for your words, so appreciated and am honored to receive. I love that idea of flowing and since writing this piece so much has happened. I hope you are safe and well and flowing!
smiles
Pauline
This is Beautiful Pauline,
Thé “magical conversations”. I like this. I resonate in that natural dance within our souls to reach and connect from where we are connected first. That magic overrides what you are born into and introduces what you are able to do. The intimate dance with your soul is passion for you to grow. We learn to dance and join with each other in life and when you are dancing your own truth, you are dancing in the right direction. We need this internal relationship to prosper. Hopefully the lockdown has helped others realize this. It’s almost like the Universe stepped in and said “find yourselves people”. We don’t usually get it right the first time and every now and then, nature reminds us of what it is we are here for, and when we are ready…then join in again. We may do it over and over, but we have to keep trying
Thank you for this great read and story of an ideal connection, that I believe is possible too.
A human alone that dances, allows the soul freedom to sing the song of passion, lift our race gracefully and find the dancer in others, it is an attractive form of energy that opens up communication on a level of peace we find rest in.
Hi Paula
Gosh I so appreciate your words… and so delighted that Dennis reposted this, I lover magical conversations and to me they are the dance between us and fill the sacred space we share as we talk… since writing this so much has evolved even more – covid – pandemic – lockdown – growth of my wise tribe who meet and dance every second Monday of each month – I have leaned so much more about the DANCE!!! Do join us and discover the real synergy I am here to help create for a new narrative for #lifeatwork…. I’d love to meet you in person! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWlKD0AO3jI
Smiles
Pauline
Brilliant Pauline! Yes, I’ve found that acting on loving intention gives a rhythm to all things. Including conversations and work. Thanks for all the images of flow. Flow, for me, gives me a feeling like walking more easily… reminding me fondly of walking long ago on the sand of the sea.
blessings,
Cynthia
Dear Cynthia
Thank you for your words, so appreciated and am honored to receive. I love that idea of flowing and since writing this piece so much has happened. I hope you are safe and well and flowing!
smiles
Pauline
Thank you for this creative and thoughtful piece. I love the way you use the analogy of dance, sailing, and conversations. There is Instruction and flow and methodology and correction and variation and cooperation —- I can see how our conversations and ability to relate to each other is like a dance. As I read I was thinking of all the virtual concerts and choirs that have come together to share music that soothes. Life has changed, but the basics of humanity have not. We will all be dancing to a new beat, sailing into the wind. How we react to what comes will determine how well our dance flows and how calm our seas are.
Thank you Jane, much appreciated. Life today has changed forever and so this dance for humanity has been calling us all for a long time. What we do now counts. I would love to chat anytime and ripple this message out. The dance steps between men and women to co-parent a new and more human heart focused future is key. I have designed #genderdynamicsmap and my vision is to leave a legacy that we rid our world of prejudice and arguments over differences. Instead the dance is harmony and value of each unique person for who they are.
Thank you for this, Pauline! I appreciate your emphasis on dance and relating to all kinds of flow. I adore dancing. If I hear a song, dancing often calls to me. I believe not people can respond. I wrote about this in my book. Right now, if I had the time, I would get up and dance.💖
Thanks Darlene,
I love your response and so many people feel like dancing…we can ripple this energy out into our world, it would make our world flow so much better! smiles Pauline