"Thou Art"

I sit watching a live concert through a webcast as I type this and I am amazed by the talent and art I see and feel… I have always loved music and many different types.  Tonight I watch Muse do their thing at the 2007 KROQ Acoustic Christmas and they do “their thing” really really well.

Art: (ahrt)

1. The quality, production, expression, or realm according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or more than ordinary significance.

Hmmm, there is something about that I like… it is all good but when I came to the part about more than ordinary significance… something in me said yes..  it is what I am here for.  Did you say yes too? 

So what is it that will give you this feeling of being significant, being extraordinary?  I say it lies in your art and how you express it to the world.  While all of us aren’t cut out to be Rockstars... all of us rock in our own way. 

When I found coaching 6 years ago I didn’t know if it would be my art.  I had hoped it would be, but to be honest it felt like it was something I was trying on, something I was hoping would be my “thing” a lofty aspiration for sure.  It all started when I went away for a weekend to a coacing conference and came home signed up for coaching school and inspired… when you feel this way you want to tell everyone and anyone that will listen. “I am going to be a coach” I said, to which the replies included… “that’s great, what sport” " or “huh?”  which then lead to some comical explanations by me. "You know life coaching"... I would say but still I left some of my supporters glazed and confused.  I had to admit this was the first time trying this all on was starting to feel a bit uncomfortable.  After all if I couldn't explain it and people didn't know what it was, how could it possibly work? My ever helpful mind continued with  “Who do you think you are anyway?”  The best news is I didn’t have a good answer for who I thought I was... but coaching still seemed like the right place to find out.

In learning the art of coaching I did find answers… and I found my art.  I’m not sure I believed I would ever say it though.  But there it is I said it..  It is my “thing” it is “my art”. I wonder what got me to this place from doing coaching to being a coach?  In looking back I see there were a lot of things and it included "doing" coaching and school and trainings even though it seemed there was always more to learn. I have hired some fantastic coaches over the years too, their example and insight... truly priceless.  Oh and there was that memorable day when someone paid me to be their coach, that made it kind of official and I still have the check posted in my office.  This was all part of it but in the end, the real turning point was the privilege of allowing myself the experience.  Deciding "I want this no matter what" and welcoming the mild discomfort to sheer panic and fear that accompanied me along the way of not knowing if I would ever succeed but doing it anyway because for me everything else felt ordinary and insignificant.

You have an extraordinary significance here… Believe it ~

Wendi

P.S. It all starts with feeling good… check out the inspiration or “Muse” I should say for this article in the entry below.

Comments

[Judi Finneran]

Hi Wendy!

Congratulations for making the decision to "relax into the ride" and acknowledge coaching is your art. All of your clients are blessed to have you and I am proud to know you!

Keep Pushing Play,
Judi Finneran