Here’s what I knew and understood about connection prior to landing and exploring a world of coaching and consulting, inner teaching and learnings.
I understood it through the lens of connectivity….plugging something in for connection to a power source, calling a client to connect via telephone waves, listening to a podcast to connect on a topic that I wanted to learn more about, scrolling through social media to connect with the world on the latest happenings, clicking on a ‘celebrate’ and posting a comment to connect with someone on a linked-in job update, taking a walk with a friend to connect on what’s new, and grabbing donuts with my son on the way to school to connect over something we both love and enjoy.
We have grown to have presence, but lack the capacity to be present. We have enabled connectivity, but lack the connection.
What does connection truly mean?
To be with yourself. In tune with your thoughts, your feelings, your needs and desires.
To know the difference between a story you are telling yourself, and one that holds the real truth.
To be comfortably uncomfortable in silence and solitude knowing that it is of great value, and is worth exploring and sitting in to feel the connection to something greater than yourself.
To know when it’s time to power down, when putting 240v into a 120v outlet is unsustainable and lands you in a tornado storm of overwhelming chaos.
To be.
To let go of the do.
Getting creative, being silly, letting your mind wander wherever it may go.
Taking a walk, being present to the leaves rustling in the wind, the birds singing their songs, the lawnmower cutting the grass, the sunshine peeking through a set of clouds creating a ray that opens the heavens.
Taking a first sip of coffee in the morning, and checking in with questions like, “How am I feeling?”, “What do I need?”, “What am I grateful for?”
Giving thanks for the highs and the lows, and everything in between.
There is something to be gained in growth, and learned from both.
To understand what it is for you.
To lean into the opportunity to be with and in yourself and be present to something greater than yourself.
That connection is a gift. It’s precious. It’s not promised.
It’s quiet, and requires you to slow down. If you allow it, you will know when you arrive at this place, your only real home address.
And the reward? An overwhelming feeling of peace, wholeness, and fulfillment.
Written by Brooke Fitzgerald, Energy Builder
