I learned high up in those mountains with you. I will show you all you need to know to taste the deliciousness that life can be. Just ‘let out all the length of the reins’ for once in your life, my friend.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“Well, it’s a phrase I love. It speaks to the need for each and every one of us to walk into our fears, if we want to live big and gorgeous lives. It comes from something Mary Cholmondeley once wrote. Here, take this. It’ll be helpful.”
Julian handed me a slip of paper from the pocket of his robe. It looked crumpled from much use. It read simply:
Every year I live I am more convinced that the waste of life lies in the love we have not given, the powers we have not used, the selfish prudence that will risk nothing, and which, shirking pain, missed happiness as well. No one ever yet was poorer in the long run having once in a lifetime ‘let out all the length of the reins.’
“Amazing quote, Julian. Please know that I’m willing to do whatever you advise me to do,” I replied quickly, recognizing the giant opportunity that Julian’s life coaching invitation presented. I’d been hearing a lot about the value of having a life coach from many of my friends who also ran businesses, and I felt blessed that Julian had entered my life at this point in time. “How long will my transformation take?”
“Personal transformation is not a race, Dar. Actually, sometimes the harder you try to change, the longer it takes. So many people treat self-discovery like an extreme sport—rushing to get all their healing at a frenetic pace. They read book after book. They visit guide after guide and attend seminar after seminar. They want to know the answers to the big questions they are struggling with. But someone who cannot sit in the mystery of their lives and enjoy the process of personal growth is a person in fear.”
“Really?” I asked, surprised to hear this. One of the dominant values of our society is “faster is better” and to hear Julian reject this notion only heightened the mystique that surrounded him and his untraditional philosophy.
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