When she opened her eyes, it was 2022.
“2021 was a grand year of transformation in my own life. I started 2 businesses and left my corporate job, completed one coaching certification and am now a month away from completing a second and two months away from completing a third. While change seemed slow to happen, I do revel at how much I have grown this year and how much has actually changed that I wasn’t planning or expecting.”
I began writing this blog on 21 December 2021. As January approached I spent a great deal of time considering the notion of New Year’s resolutions, goals, turning over a new leaf, getting a fresh start and all the other ideas that plague us when we open our eyes on January first every year.
As a dharma coach, it seems like a great time of year to take advantage of everyone’s self-doubt, self-loathing and desire to be someone we’re not in a body that isn’t ours.
But these ideas did not sit well with me, and I wanted to take time to contemplate the idea of transformation, where and why we desire it, and how to connect with others who share my idea, others whom I can guide on their own Dharma Adventures. I spent so much time in contemplation that here I sit on 9 March 2022 finishing my own sentences…
In January, that thing I call my life turned upside down. My Maman fell ill and passed away, my brother, 2 weeks to the day passed away. And I contracted COVID-19. I was sitting on hold for days, weeks. Stuck to the phone of the Universe, waiting for someone to pick up. I was unable to work— at all. No teaching skiing, no coaching client calls, nothing.
To me, a Dharma Adventure is not so much a transformation or a destination. Adventure means an exploration of self, life, the Universe, our options. There is no one path for us, we have choices. We make thousands of choices every day and these choices impact our path. Life should be an adventure.
The definition of adventure is: an undertaking usually involving danger and unknown risks. While this statement might elicit a great amount of fear, consider that everything we do in life is risky, especially things like driving cars and eating fast food.
Without risks in life, we will never live fully. For inspiration, visit brainy quote.com
The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.
So much more has happened since February 2022 as I move into another new chapter in my own Dharma Adventure as a ski instructor in Mammoth. I can’t even remember what my life was like 2 years ago when we first built our Work From Home offices, I still had my Mom and my brother in my life, I lived in Altadena (Los Angeles). I was full time corporate career dreaming of ideas. It’s a world away, that life of 2 years ago as it is for all of us. But today I am living that dream. And that is what makes this an adventure.
So what will it be for the remainder of 2022 for you? An adventure? Your dharma? Your Dharma Adventure? Want to know more? Contact me now to get your adventure started!
namaste
~Tonya