Life’s Magnificence

Something came up during one of my coaching sessions last week and that had me reflect upon it even further for next few days. Life at times is so easy that people try and get suspicious about it and thus make a mess out of it.

Such was my experience during this session, which was the last one of the series of eight that I had with this client of mine. Both of us in our journey together during the last three months have witnessed her life unfolding in the most magnificent ways. I remember the first time she had a word with me during the discovery call, she had endless issues that she wanted to address in her life, and the call seemed to be never ending because of that.

Eventually we started our sessions and quite obviously with someone who was coming with so much in her head, the first few sessions were a bumpy ride of everything coming to the surface of it. But then as it happens mostly things started to settle as she developed a better understanding of herself. And it is shift in her awareness about herself, which changed her perspective about her life.

Though I have seen it numerous times now, but it still never fails to surprise me that how it is not that a solution to some problems is found, but how what was once perceived as a problem does not remain so anymore.

With this client also experiencing something similar, by the end of our scheduled eighth session, she had it all sorted for herself and had no further work to be done on the stuff she came with.

As we initiated our culmination talk, and somewhere in the middle of it, I sensed something bothering her and had to ask her to reflect upon it and see if there is anything still left to be attended to. The reply that I got made me filled with compassion and love for this client of mine.

Her exact same words as she spoke are,” I don’t know but I am feeling a little strange, like something is missing. There seems to be nothing which is a concern. How can this be true? What am I missing? Why am I not able to pin-point on the problem? When I came in, I was so clearly able to see all my problems, and now I am not able to find any. Why did this happen?”

And none of this came with a sense of excitement. There was absolutely no joy in knowing that there was no visible issue to be addressed. Instead because of being so used to always be in a challenge, she found it very strange and almost suspicious that there must be something problematic something, but she is unable to see it.

As it showed up for me, I invited her to be in silence with me for a while and allow for to be open to whatever needs to show up. And in this let us see if there is any problem which exists, and if it is its time to be addressed it will come up.

The silence lasted for almost 15 minutes. And on the other side of it was a five minute talk about sharing pleasantries and thanking each other for being safe and vulnerable during our coaching association.

I did not ask her what came up. And she did not share much about it too. But her face and her presence reflected a sense of completion. That which allows us to accept the life for how magnificent it can be. That which makes us believe that life be problem free. That which makes us understand that there will be moments and challenges that will show up, and we must work on them as is required. But when there are those problem free moments, we must also learn to believe in them and cherish them for the blessing they are.

Just like this client of mine, it holds true for each one of us. All we need to do is to acknowledge and embrace life for what and how it is. Cherish it for the challenges it throws and for those problem free moments it blesses us with.

And till we connect again, take care, and create joy and fulfillment for yourself.

Much Love,

DeepCoach RB