Don't be fooled...this is not advice for people with maxed out credit cards...I am not advocating dodging creditors ;)

I was just sending a friend an e-mail about the last month or so...and a theme surfaced that I wanted to share with you.

When I was in St. Louis for that course last month...I was playing around on a trampoline...tried to do a back flip...came down on my head...and heard a series of crunches and awful noises in my neck. Scary stuff...especially the first 10 minutes. I jumped up...felt funny...tingly all over...and had to fight to not black out. I was praying...panicking...trying to pray more than panic. I called for spiritual support from a friend...and most of all...I just kept moving!

I had to keep moving. Why? I don't know. I felt like the more I sat...the more time the accident had time to become a reality. The more idle I was...the more pain and stiffness crept in. I needed to move...keep moving. Don't give the false idea time to root itself...don't let it become real...keep moving...stay awake...stay alert...stay on top of the lie.

I made it through that 10 minutes...stayed conscious...calmed the fear...connected myself firmly with God...Love...Spirit...and just basked in the presence of that Life...and kept moving. Even when I let my body rest...my thought kept moving.

That was the hard part. The recovery wasn't immediate...but from that day on I was able to do everything physically that I needed to do. Now, just over a month later I am exercising fully again...running, etc. No matter how painful it was at times...and impressive...I just kept moving.

In telling my friend this key theme...it hit me...we always have to keep moving. Just keep moving! Even when times are good...there are no worries...keep moving! Don't get content, don't get soft or lazy...keep moving. Stay on your game...push yourself higher with Spirit...express more gratitude...but not for a second...don't stop moving!

It reminds me of "Who Moved My Cheese?" The key is not to "get somewhere" and then quit, but to always be pushing to the next challenge. To me, this means always pushing to grow, learn more, and understand better. It is not about being selfish, self-centered, a workaholic, etc. This is about recognizing that Spirit provides us with everything we need from moment to moment...so we need to keep moving, praying, and listening so we can see how that next need is going to be met.

Catch 22?

Sort of. It's a discipline, a focus, a commitment. There is no retirement from growth, from pushing your spiritual maturity. We find our happiness in the new things we learn...not from resting on the lessons we already know. That is when laziness and ego slip in...and we rest on the past instead of pushing forward and living in the "now."

Does this make sense...or am I babbling?

As a professional...are you still resting on what you proved in the past...or are making efforts to be even better for the next project? It's a tough question...and if answered honestly...not always a pleasant one.

If you're unclear...take it to Spirit...get your thought moving...and then your next step will fall into place. Trust me...just keep moving!

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written by a guest on June 2, 2006,7:54 am

Wow….you sure got that one right Travis—both for having the courage to do flips on a trampoline AND for keeping movin’ to those rhythms of Spirit….(how ya doin’ buddeeee!)

I can so relate right now….and not b/c I’m trying out any flips, though I’m getting a kick outa watching the wild dolphins dance some beautiful scenes in the near by bay waters.
Rather, I’m just beginning to get the import of keeping movin through what may feel like indecision over a biggie choice…

My ‘aha’ began this past Memorial Day weekend.
I was groovin to the sounds of hip hop along the South Pointe pier, shakin’ my booty and probably looking really sorry…And yet right there amidst my joy, I was seized with panic yet again over what to do about a pending decision. I stopped hearing the tunes of the new Jamaican band. I froze in fear, hearing only the guilt ridden, condemning thoughts of doubt…”you’re gonna screw up again”….”you’re gonna make the wrong decision” “either way, you’ll lose…and this is gonna really mess up your future.”

I felt saddened, angry, and frustrated all topped off with a huge dose of fear, and decided to get away from the crowds. I walked straight from the pier to the beach, dug my toes deep into the sand, and just tried to get still.
I knew all that mental rage insisting weakness and pending gloom were lies, false thoughts that try to sway me from heeding what Spirit insists and does at any given moment with its creation--me. And I knew from a life time of squelching these lies that I had to start affirming and defending what was true about my spiritual identity and purpose—the stuff that is changeless and eternal.
So I began to pray.
I affirmed that because Spirit, God made me, I was not falling into an abyss of unknowns but actually a whole, complete idea whose purpose was intact and complete that moment. In fact, I didn’t even need to know what to choose re: the pending decision. I simply needed to affirm that I would know…and that I was not going to make a mistake…because I was hearing and thus heeding that inner nudge—the voice of Truth.

For me, the was the vital ‘mental moving’ I had to do and keep doing. Fear, panic, doubt, guilt—all the muckety muck that rants and raves in our thoughts—is the very stuff that paralyzes our progress, our doing, our being…what Travis talked about as our ‘moving.’
It was essential to combat that fear with truths that really indeed sustain. One of my fave’s from the bible states ‘for in Him (or Her ☺ ) we live, and move and have our being.”
That spiritual fact is changeless. And I knew that’s the standard I had to get my thoughts on. Every day we have countless occasions to align with Spirit. And doing so really does give you a sense of movin’ and groovin’ in a way that gives you a real sense of peace, calm, and assured confidence….and that’s the kind of movin’ I will keep doin…and so can you!

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