Richard Barrett: Free From the Familiar

Published: July 19, 2013, 7 p.m.

We tend to track back to what has been—rather than orient towards what can be. There is discomfort in moving out of familiar patterns—this includes behaviors and thinking, but it also includes familiar patterns of perception. Our values can take us beyond our present paradigm—they can carry us through the discomfort that arises as we wander towards a generous future. A strong sense of what we value allows us to live more and more in an expansive awareness and becoming very present with all of the possibilities that are flowing through our consciousness. We come to rely on our soul to find expression through us as possibilities that align with our values find form in our lives.