Think of your favorite musical or song? One that stirs within you all kinds of emotions. The one song that really pulls at your heart strings. If you are like me, there are many songs, depending on my mood. I found myself today listening to two of my favorite songs from the wonderful musical, Wicked. “Defying Gravity”is an all-time favorite song. The lyrics and music are awe-inspiring. Just consider the following lyrics…
“Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
I’m through with playing by the rules
Of someone else’s game
Too late for second-guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
It’s time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes and leap…..
I’m through accepting limits
Cause someone says they’re so
Some things I cannot change
But till I try, I’ll never know!”
Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth
That is a go-to song for when I need to follow my intuition regardless of what those around me might be saying or encouraging me to do. How often in our lives do we accept limits because our parents, doctors, teachers, bosses or others told us to? And why? Why are we more influenced by them than by what our own intuitive guidance is seeking?
“Until I try, I will never know”… so why hold back now? If you are in your mid-life years like me, then you might notice how decades have gone by with you remaining stuck. You might even feel that there has been no movement towards your personal dreams. Or you have not stretched past perceived boundaries. Or you are noticing that you are being kept small by society and the views of those around you. If you slow down and listen, you know that something is stirring within you. It might be small. It might also be big…but it is calling you.
So take a moment, to tune into this song on You Tube. Play it a couple of times and then identify what your personal intuition is stirring up inside you. Hold your breath for just a moment… and decide to leap!
Who Has Left a Handprint on Your Heart?
The other wonderful song is Wicked‘s “For Good”.In this song, two people who have had a rocky relationship at times realize that each has come into her life for a lesson – and yes, made her a better person.
“I’ve heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them…
And we help them in return…
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You’ll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart”
Idina Menzel and LeAnn Rimes
It’s certainly easy for me to identify my family members, friends, mentors and colleagues who have left a beautiful handprint on my heart. I am so thankful to have them in my life. But when I think about it, there are others who have entered into my life and made me stretch further – made me expand my heart, rethink my beliefs and yes, wrecked havoc on my emotions. Today, I thank those who have entered my life, turned it topsy-turfy, shaken it all up from what I believed to be true to my core as they have helped me expand and grow even more. After all, aren’t those the people who help us learn lessons in a more powerful way?
Who has entered into your life to make you gain a new perspective? To make you love the shadow parts that lie dormant within each of us? Who challenges us to learn to love unconditionally and without reservations? Today, see if you can send gratitude to them for the handprint left on your heart and for the personal growth. It is very likely you did the same for them too.