Einstein Time

Right now I am reading a book by Gay Hendricks entitled "The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Your Life to the Next Level". Very good book about living in one's Zone of Genius instead of living in the zones of incompetence, competence, or excellence. I tag this book along with what I am learning in one of my courses about building my business (actually plural form) around my genius, loves, and skills. When I was in the medical and medical/vet teaching arenas I showed great skills and had genius qualities, but the love wasn't there and it showed big time in my health and well-being.

A concept that is discussed in "The Big Leap" is living in Einstein Time. Our world is set up according to Newtonian Time where time is finite, where we either have not enough (HURRY!!!) or too much (bored!), and it's "out there". Whereas with Einstein Time, time is relative, is as much as we need, and comes from within us. I like the concept of Einstein Time much better and all I know that since I have shifted to living around what feeds my soul and where I express my genius, time has been different.

I added in the early morning Tuesday/Thursday Kung Fu classes and have greatly enjoyed them. Not only have my days flowed with ease, but I'm getting a lot done (no hurry or panic), and my art project is really coming together. I have made 2 of the 4 pieces and I'm very elated with them especially considering that on Monday I had no clue how I was going to create the project. I will remake the lamp post piece not because it's bad, but because I really like it and want to keep it. Plus the new lamp post piece will be more like the second piece. A pleasant surprise to me with this art project is that I'm really enjoying it and I clued in to why. With this project the creativity is totally up to me. I have a few parameters to follow, but the outcome is from me. With other custom work I didn't have my creativity freedom, I was trying to squeeze into a box that didn't fit. With this project I'm designing the box.

In the past I have heard (many times) that when one is feeling rushed or panicked, that is the time to meditate. I didn't grasp that until this week. I was starting to feel jittery about the art project (how the heck am I going to make this thing??!!) so I plunked myself down and meditated with one of the guided meditations I have. In the silence lies creativity and the answers to which we seek. Sure enough my answer came shortly after my meditation. Bottom line is that I don't know the answers, but I need to shut up and be still long enough to hear them. Life is so much easier this way being guided instead of me trying to figure it out.

So with Einstein Time, I will be paying attention as to how much I complain about time (not enough, in a hurry, blah, blah) and go on strict diet from it. Einstein was (and still is) a pretty bright guy, he just might be onto something. Physics was his genius, love, and skill, who am I to argue with him? Now creativity: that's where I rock!
Sherri Donohue
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