Maintaining Energy for the Journey
I love to walk this time of year … I love the rustle of the leaves underfoot, and the canopy of colour overhead. I love the opportunity it avails for thought and reflection.
On a walk the other day, I found myself reflecting on a question I had been asked earlier that day during a coaching session. The individual, struggling to maintain his momentum asked, “Where do you get your energy and how do you keep it up, all the time?” Of course I do not stay energized all the time, no one does, and as I walked that day, I was reflecting on the cycles and seasons of life, and the ebbs and flows in my own life. I thought of the fact that the foiliage on the trees had to die, so the trees could burst forth into new life in a few months. I realized that anything that is alive will experience cycles and seasons, and the depletion of energy is simply part of the cycle.
