Coaching in Life, continued...

I've finally come back to my "homework" after a month of ignoring it, thinking it would go away.
But now, I see, that life will not leave me alone.
As Eddie said, from the same as the last piece of beauty I quoted from his hand,
"And the young, they can lose hope cause they can't see beyond today
The wisdom that the old can't give away
Constant recoil
Sometimes life
Won't leave you alone"

Anyway.

Here's to completing part of my coaching work. The rest is on its way, MJ! No list is in any order of importance...it is merely numbered for the sake of keeping track of numbers. Knowing that I completed my little task. A big task, actually, when one is asked to identify the very things that are the hardest for anyone to truly make peace with and identify. I struggled for a month on this. It seems silly to agonize so much over something so straightforward. Part laziness, part fear, part inability to come to terms with my own fears, hopes, dreams, strengths. Strengths are the hardest to acknowledge, above all else. Coming to grips with true fears though...I know I have a fear of blood, needles, punctures, and spiders. But true fears...those are different, and difficult to acknowledge.

TEN FEARS OR CONCERNS
Please list ten fears or concerns that you have about your life:

1. I will not be successful in personal relationships and will be alone
2. I will not find a home and will be stuck in my mother's basement
3. The Studio will not be successful
4. I will not find a healthy balance in life
5. I will not fulfill…whatever.
6. I will always be alone
7. I won't be able to satisfy everyone else
8. I will not be able to achieve being "perfect" and will not be good enough for…whoever.
9. And then I'll never find myself…
10. I will die without connecting to those that I should when I should as I should…

TEN AREAS OF SATISFACTION
Please list ten areas of your life where you feel satisfied:

1. I own and help run a successful art gallery and studio
2. I have a job at the Chamber of Commerce which helps visitors and the community
3. My family is in relatively good health, as am I
4. I've established a good support network, even if so inadvertently - amazing friends, family, and others…
5. I live on Whidbey Island and can see the water everyday
6. I have excellent teachers in life and spirit
7. I realize I do not have to suffer, even if I choose to
8. I know that I cannot change my destiny, so I do not need to fear it
9. I am an artist at heart, even if I don't practice it always
10. I am…

MY STRENGTHS, THINGS I'M GOOD AT
Please list 20 strengths, skills, talents, natural abilities, etc., that come easily to you:

1. Photography
2. Drawing
3. Playing piano
4. Creativity
5. Design
6. Singing
7. Storytelling
8. Enthusiasm
9. Ambition
10. Work Ethic
11. Leadership
12. Kindness
13. Technical geeky stuff
14. Eye for composition
15. Imagination
16. Empathy
17. Ability to see the value in change, accept change, and promote change
18. Open-mindedness
19. Willingness to accept opinions and criticism and to compromise for the greater good
20. Ability to laugh, cry, and accept and acknowledge emotion for what it is, embrace it, and not be (entirely!) ruled by it