LEADERSHIP QUOTE:

"The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. To keep that in mind is to build the key to survival." Shirley Hufstedler

A LITTLE BIT DEEPER:

I'm on a real-life journey to understand more about the "RHYTHM OF MY LIFE" and over the next number of weeks I want to drag you on this journey with me. To read past posts, visit my full site HERE.

This quote from Davis hit me today.

Often, when I'm in a funk, I revert to my "LISTS".

I love lists. I have to-do lists, I have goal lists, I have people lists, I have project lists. I find that when I write things down it helps me to remember them, and often just a simply "prompt" in a list is all I need.

This past week I wanted to send a gift to someone, so I just wrote in my list: SEND BOX. I looked at that for a few days, then sent it off, and checked it off my list.

There's nothing wrong with lists, but I realize that working my list doesn't get me back to RHYTHM. You can't power through a list to "get back in the groove". (I love that line from the quote.... groove!)

Rhythm is more than a list of things that you do on a regular basis...

• Rhythm is a place.

• Rhythm is a peace.

• Rhythm is a groove.

Rhythm is more than just a set of tasks that you need to accomplish, it's an overall feeling of being in the right place, in the correct state of mind, in the groove.

How can you tell when you're completely IN RHYTHM or completely OUT OF RHYTHM?

LEADERSHIP QUOTE:

"The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. To keep that in mind is to build the key to survival." Shirley Hufstedler

A LITTLE BIT DEEPER:

I'm on a real-life journey to understand more about the "RHYTHM OF MY LIFE" and over the next number of weeks I want to drag you on this journey with me. To read past posts, visit my full site HERE.

I've appreciated a number of notes from people reading this post over the past 2 weeks. Some of you have committed to praying with me as I process through this, and many have shared that you're in a similar space. There is something very comforting in simply being reminded that "It's not just me!". Thank you for the encouragement and the support.

This conversation about RHYTHM is simply a journey. We'll never arrive, never completely master it, but it's a process. Hufstedler's quote above captures that idea in that it's a balancing act of taking all aspects of rhythm and holding them, learning from them and applying them. She says that this leads to survival, but I say it leads to a fuller life!

I have a rowing machine in my office. I purchased it during Covid when my local gym shut down, and I had been enjoying the rower.

Last week I jumped on it (after some time) and it just wasn't moving right. I was working hard and I thought I had just forgotten what the regular back and forth motion felt like, but after about 3 minutes of steady rowing, I stopped, and did a search on rowers and found that most likely, the chain on my rower just needed to be oiled. I applied some 3-in-ONE oil, and immediately the rower was smooth, moving easily, exactly as it was built to do.

It took just a little bit of oil to get that thing moving right again, but what a difference it made.

You can see the application....

What's the ONE THING that you can do that will help you find your rhythm again, that easy flow from one thing to the next? What aspect of maintenance will get you moving again?

Think back on your life, what has helped you find your healthy rhythms? Are you doing those things or avoiding them?

LEADERSHIP QUOTE:

"The whole universe is based on rhythms. Everything happens in circles, in spirals." John Hartford

A LITTLE BIT DEEPER:

I'm on a real-life journey to understand more about the "RHYTHM OF MY LIFE" and over the next number of weeks I want to drag you on this journey with me. To read past posts, visit my full site HERE.

Last week I talked about the rhythm I see around me, but that finding personal rhythm has felt elusive of late. John Hartford was a musician and songwriter and the thought, "The whole universe is based on rhythms..." just jumped out at me.

Maya Angelou said it this way:

"Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances."

There's a rhythm to life, to our world that began with creation. God's rhythm.

Rhythm is real and it is a part of everything.

I think at times I focus on my "personal life rhythm" or my "work life rhythm" or my "family rhythm" and I treat them as individual aspects of my life, without addressing my life as a whole. All areas impact all of the areas of my life. I might be managing one aspect well, but I underestimate how that will affect the other areas.

Here's an example: Health

I've been struggling with just general health, diet, exercise and sleep for some time, and this year I set some lofty goals, however "I haven't found my rhythm" yet. Lot's of starts and stops, lot's of backwards motion and some frustration.

It would be easy for me to look at my general health and say that this one aspect of my life isn't optimized without admitting how my health actually affects EVERY area of my life. Other areas are doing OK, but they are still impacted by this one aspect that isn't working as it should be.

Being out of sync in one area impacts ALL areas.

This is why rhythm is a part of everything.

How does keeping rhythm in one area of your life affect the other areas? Or how does losing rhythm affect those other areas?