They always said, “Time moves faster the older you get.” I didn’t believe it then, but it certainly feels true now that I’m “older.” What else seems true is that time itself is accelerating. This means things are happening faster. The space between potential and manifestation is shorter. This also means our spiritual growth is accelerating. Isn’t that 
exciting?
I’m thinking back to when “time” was slower and life lessons took–well, a lifetime! My parents were married for 56 years. Dad worked in the same profession his entire life. He
subsumed his artistic talents for the almighty “paycheck with benefits.” They never moved more than 25 miles from my Mom’s hometown and the people they considered good friends could be counted on two hands. The life lessons of that generation took a lot of time. I have some compassion for my prohibition era parents whose youngest child was born amid the cultural revolutions of the 1960′s.. Imagine parenting a Catalyst when you really really don’t want anything to change!
If you’re reading this it means that you, too, were born and raised in an era when things change pretty dramatically all the time. We have had to learn to adjust, accommodate ourselves and keep moving. It seems the faster we acclimate, the faster everything keeps changing. How many “long term” partners have you had in your life? How many vocations or careers? How many times have you moved? How far have you ventured from your birthplace? How many close friends do you have and where do they live?
We’re moving, changing, developing faster than we ever have. And yet, I keep hearing again and again that people are waiting to make changes until they are “ready.” We’re waiting for the economy to improve. We’re waiting to see if the new boss is better than the old boss. We’re waiting until we finish our degree, complete the training, increase our skills. We’re waiting until the kids start or finish school. We’re waiting for our partner’s to support us. We’re waiting. Meanwhile, Life just keeps throwing one obstacle after the next in our way.
“Obstacle” is a nice word I sometimes substitute for “distraction.” An obstacle landing in our path can be blamed on fate, someone else’s decision or plain old bad luck. But it’s our choice to allow that obstacle to distract us. Once we decide to pay attention to that obstacle–studying it, measuring it, evaluating its impact–we’re already distracted from moving forward. The obstacle/distraction is one more thing we have to deal with before we can do what we’re here to do.
I want to suggest that we are already doing what we’re here to do. We may have certain ideals, goals or expectations about how to do it better, but we’re already who we are! Whatever it is we’re supposed to be bringing–our unique set of gifts to the world–we are already bringing that. We anchor a particular vibration whether we are conscious of it or not. No matter how much money you make, how much education you have, how famous or well received, how hard you’ve worked and how much more there is to do you are already bringing forth your gifts. You are already bringing through the energy you were born to carry.
Take a breath and let the enormity of that statement wash over and through you. Don’t resist it or argue the point. Don’t push it away. Allow the possibility of this truth to move into you. You can always decide later that you prefer chasing the carrot rather than eating it.
Even the most evolved beings on the planet may not be fully aware of the energies they are bringing through or the myriad ways just Be-ing themselves affects others. I’m not saying we shouldn’t or needn’t continue working toward our goals, honing our skills, polishing our selves up until we literally shine. No, not at all.
But know that while you’re working so hard, a part of you is already standing in the place you’re trying to get to. Imagine that part of you turning toward you smiling–holding out her hand and calling gently, “Come on! 
Take my hand!”
Face your Self. Those obstacles are distracting you from what’s real: The truth that you are gorgeous, brilliant, powerful and beaming with life force! The truth is that you are already doing a lot of things you came here to do. And, you’re doing an excellent job!
Don’t give over this magnificent truth to distractions, excuses or obstacles which generate fear, anxiety, confusion and despair. Make a choice to keep turning toward your Self and feed that your life force. Cut off the supply to the states of being which drain your energy. When they rear their heads in protest (and they will! Oh yes they will!) simply nod and smile and turn once more toward your Self.
You are a shining jewel born of star stuff! You carry the light of the sun within your cells. You are a being of infinite wisdom, infinite joy, infinite abundance, infinite love. It’s easy to sink into the delusion that we are not enough. Breaking through that delusion is a choice. Make it. Make it right now and then make it the ten thousand times over the course of the day when you “forget” and fall back into thinking you are not yet enough. Remember who you are.
When you know that in your bones it doesn’t matter if the world is rushing around you, that obstacles are falling in your path or distractions keep jumping into your line of vision. With your Self guiding you, you can walk with grace and style and ease right on past those delusions.
