The Direction of Intention

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In a class the other day I found myself asking this question: why is it so easy for us to judge and so difficult for us to celebrate?

I work with a lot of groups and I coach many people; our explorations inevitably come to the Judge and the ease, speed, and dare I say the necessity of jumping headlong into judgment of self or other (in my experience it is the same thing). It happens in a nano-second and is brutal.

Yet to celebrate our self and our life is rare. We are slow to celebrate and sometimes it seems nearly impossible. It is among the most difficult things most of us will ever attempt. We offer it to others. We avoid it for ourselves. We rarely recognize the occasion for it.

Doesn’t that seem backward and upside-down?

Inner judges are meant to keep us contained – they beat us up to keep us in bounds. They wag their fingers at us to keep us from fully showing up.

To celebrate is to call attention to your self. It is to say I am here and alive and loving it! The inner judge surely sees celebration as dangerous.

That smacks of a challenge to me! How might you celebrate yourself today and everyday? Drive the Judge from his/her chambers by flipping the equation and find it almost impossible to judge and oh, so easy to make merry. What would your life look like if you were quick to celebrate and slow to judge?

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