what comes natural

The talents, skills and interests that are currently activated in you, are both a gift, because here the energy will flow;
As well as a limitation.

And to up the ante;
They are ever changing.

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I think it was about ten, fifteen years ago, when this idea that we (artists and business owners) needed a Why, was very much en vogue.
Which was actually a trickled down version from the idea that companies in general, needed a Why.
Which is how a lot of things in marketing and management got screwed up.
And this was no exception.

Because when you are an independent the only one that is involved in moving your business forward, is you.
And you don’t need to write down on paper what excites you, what moves you, why you love your work, and not even (anyone who has been within 5 yards of a marketing course will recognize this), not even, who your ideal clients are.

You will know what people you gel with, and whom you don’t get along with.
There is little mystery there, except perhaps that you need to give yourself permission to only do business or work with people and under the conditions that suit you.
Permission granted.

However, for a company, where people need to work together within a bee hive or abstract concept, of course it can help to give words to how client relationships should be managed.
You need to give the company a personality, shoes into which employees can step and a vocabulary they can use.
A philosophy to work by.

However, if you are your own person, then all those things do not need to be explicit, because they are yours.
You, are the company.
If you would set up your own philosophy as if you are a company, it would end up being as artificial as for any other employee.

Working under other people’s rules is always straining, even if it was originally your own.
It’s like when you have those business owners/CEOs who work really hard and then expect the same from their personnel.
When the entire company has been tailored to their strengths.
The people around them are working in a to-them-foreign energy, so it’s much harder on them.

The same would happen if you would set your own work philosophy or artistic direction in stone.
You’re immediately stuck in yesterday’s version of you.
Bye bye growth and agility.

So clearly, that’s not an option.

The whole idea of knowing and finding your Why, and it being this Thing that drives everything, might be an improvement for companies, and definitely beats trying to regulate everything at execution level.
But it’s a setback for if you are your own person.

You are becoming less, not more, if you put your Why on paper and stick to it.
You’ve thrown away your natural inspiration and alignment, for something man-made.

We have to except that we do not have a Why.
And that that is a good thing.
At the risk of being too extreme for your liking, I would offer you’re actually under direct command of the Universe or your higher Self.

Now of course this does not mean that your work is in isolation! Of course you’re looking for connection with those around you, including your clients or audience.
But what I mean is that you’re not doing it from a point of having your philosophy or mission laminated on your desk.

Dealing with your own ever changing nature, or the ever changing direction that the Universe or other powers give you, can be a bit of a challenge.

There is the story about the scorpion who wants the frog to take him across the river. The frog refuses, saying that the scorpion will sting him.
But the scorpion says, why would I do that?
Because if I do, then we’re both dead.

So the frog takes the scorpion on its back.

Of course the scorpion stings the frog, and before drowning the frog asks why.
“It’s my nature,” the scorpion replies.

In the most extreme sense, you are one day a scorpion, the next day the frog, and the following day a fish who cannot be made to climb a tree.

This is of course a very extreme example, and one I hope you do not have to live through.

It all boils down to two aspects, to this process of doing what comes naturally and what will therefor take flight, and come effortlessly.

The first is to realize you do not need to fixate yourself.

The corporate inspired vision, blueprint, whatever, is not for you. And you do not even have to commit to a set of values unless you doubt your own ability to do the right thing, given the context.
Contrary to businesses, you are flexible because you walk your own path. And staying on path, does not mean to verbalize it and name every corner and formalize every decision;
It means being true to who you are.

And secondly, your natural strengths are forever changing.
Because you, are forever changing.

Who you are, in the most extreme sense, can fluctuate from being the scorpion, to the frog, to the fish, to the tree.
And you could say that the work flows from that.

But another way to see it, is that you change because the work that is supposed to flow out of you, is different every day.
This means to trust you are exactly who you are meant to be that day, in order to do what needs to be done.

That you are not given the satisfaction of being able to articulate what your mission or your philosophy is.
Not the luxury and the peace of mind, of having a clearly aligned Why.

But you got something else;
The understanding that you will wake up every day, being exactly the right person for the work that needs to be done.

Including dealing out the occasional sting.

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~Suzanne Beenackers
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1. the earthly plane
Your possessions, worldly matters, income streams, worries and responsibilities you fear you can’t meet.
A helpful term could be how do things look from the perspective of financial freedom, or worldly freedom.

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What is the work you love doing, what are the moments big or small, that you know you are aligned. Has God told you, what you’re here for?
This is about creative freedom, or even karmic freedom.
Are you free to do the work, that is yours?

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What is the fullest expression you are here to bring?
And what are the areas you’re playing small, as if cut off from your powers?
We investigate if in those areas, the rules you play by are yours, or society’s.
“3” is related to sexual freedom.
Like anything, it is up to you if that is part of our conversation or not.

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