The Direction of the Wind

I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination - Jimmy Dean

There are things we cannot change and things we can change. To understand the difference is vital. If I were to summarise a year which is about to end, I would define this year as probably one of the most important years of my life. For my education, personal development, and professional growth.

To be going through perimenopause, to rebuild a new life in a foreign country, and to live through a pandemic brought me to practice in person all that I’ve learnt and taught on the field for the last 30 years. To approach with a different culture and way of living as well. Particularly during this time, we have been facing our personal limits while participating in a market that is changing.

I gave myself permission to become a Beginner again. Few among us have never lived through a pandemic and this affected not only our market but also the ways of living the daily life and to face a more limited world to transfer everything to a virtual plane. I am a people person and I had difficulties. Challenges I overcame by bringing all of my attention to my true skills, heart’s desires and increasing my silence while resetting my life and work. I opened doors where there were none and shut others. I re-educated myself in many areas and set a new routine in a different manner compared to the past.

This year has been more effective and enabling than any other moment in my life. Especially in the realms of self-awareness and knowledge (that is part of my work) . Also, I received confirmation that the decisions I made in the past represented the best decisions I could take. So, I removed myself from the equation which includes the variable of following the herd. I followed exclusively the rhythm of my inner music and timing rather than the external temporary trends and planned specific actions to take in preparation for Brexit.

I put myself at the centre with all my skills to be best equipped to face this unprecedented unknown which will last, as more things will change. And we don’t have power on everything, only our decisions. I’ve been often told that lone wolves don’t survive, that being together is fundamental to face such adversities. Partially true, partially untrue. You can be community only if you know who you are and not who you are as part of a number of notions and ideas coming from the outside. Each one of us wears the size that fits for us, what is right for us, not others’ sizes.

This website is undertaking a transformation as its trademark is. Both are me and I am continuously transforming.

My wish for the new year is to truly meet yourselves and all the shades of grey in between.

© Bruna Zagni 2020