{"id":179,"date":"2020-12-30T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifecoaching.sg\/LIFESCOOP\/?p=179"},"modified":"2020-09-15T17:21:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T09:21:12","slug":"a-good-time-for-silence-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifecoaching.sg\/LIFESCOOP\/a-good-time-for-silence-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"A Good Time for Silence &#038; Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While many people consider December as a period of party, celebration and merry making, I&#8217;ve always used this period as a time for introspection, reflection, thanksgiving &amp; sense making.<br><br><br>We&#8217;re two days away from the new year (2021). As CNA reviews 2020, things happening at national &amp; international levels in a few documentary programmes, at the individual level, this is a good time to review 2020 with the objective of learning &amp; making 2021 better in every respect.<br><br><br>These are some questions that have guided me in my Inner Journey which I would like to share:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>How was 2020? What are the things that I can be thankful about? If the thankful list goes beyond &amp; earlier than 2020 to significant moments in my life (i.e. 2015, 2010 or even earlier). do not stop at 2020 as the spirit of thankfulness is &#8216;powerful&#8217; &amp; can positively change our perception &amp; thoughts.<br><br><\/li><li>Were there some disappointment, obstacles, &#8216;bumps&#8217;, &#8216;sorries&#8217;, &#8216;misses&#8217; &amp; crisis in 2020?<br><br><\/li><li>Are there any lessons that I can learn which will help me grow better, stronger &amp; wiser?<br><br><\/li><li>Am I living a balanced life (time spent in the 4 domains of Personal, Family, Work &amp; Social)?<br><br><\/li><li>Energy wise, am I exuding positive, proactive, transformational &amp; focused energy? Or am I exuding negative, reactive, transactional, diffused &amp; stuck energy?<br><br><\/li><li>Is my energy balanced &amp; positive in the 4 aspects of my Mental, Emotional, Spiritual &amp; Physical Wellness? Does it require some re-balancing &amp; re-tuning? And if yes, in which area?<br><br><\/li><li>How does my energy affect the people around me (home, work, organisations I lead etc)? <br><br><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The last few questions about our energy is important as we can &#8220;infect&#8221; people positively or negatively. That&#8217;s why CEO, at the physical level, means Chief Executive Officer. At the quantum level, it means Chief Energy Officer.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Allow me to wish all of you and your loved ones a blessed and meaningful 2021 with excerpts of the following poem, titled, &#8220;Drop a Pebble in the Water&#8221; by James W. Foley :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Drop a pebble in the water: it&#8217;s just a splash &amp; it is gone;<br>But there&#8217;s half-a-hundered ripples circling on and on;<br>Spreading, spreading from the centre, flowing on out to the sea.<br>And there is no way of telling where the end is going to be.&#8221;<br>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<br>&#8220;Drop a word of cheer and kindness: in a minute you forget;<br>But there&#8217;s gladness still a-swelling, and there&#8217;s joy a-circling yet,<br>And you&#8217;ve rolled a wave of comfort whose sweet music can be heard Over miles &amp; miles of water just by dropping one kind word.&#8221;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>&#8220;The Centre cannot hold, things fall apart&#8221;. (W.B. Yeats &amp; Chinua Achebe.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While many people consider December as a period of party, celebration and merry making, I&#8217;ve always used this period as a time for introspection, reflection, thanksgiving &amp; sense making. We&#8217;re two days away from the new year (2021). 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