What to Do When You Wake Up Changed
Our lives change.
And I’m not talking about the big changes that happen to us. A job transfer. A child moves out. Someone dies.
I’m talking about the subtle inner shifts that occur ever so slightly and quietly throughout the days of our lives. So subtle that you don’t even notice them.
Until one day you wake up and say, “Wait a minute. Something’s really changed.“
I woke up this morning with an undeniable feeling that something deep within me had shifted. Seemingly without my conscious awareness of it. Yet this morning, for one brief moment, it was very clear. Instinctively, I knew that something had changed and that now some things were going to need to be different.
However, I was only clear on the feeling. I’m not yet able to put my finger precisely on what has shifted. (Often times the wake-up call doesn’t come with a vision and a plan. Wake-up calls usually just serve the purpose of alerting us!)
Truth be known, I’ve probably been getting signals for quite awhile but I haven’t stopped to pay attention. Until this morning, when the accumulation of all the little whispers shifted the scales, opened my eyes, and said, Now, now is the time.
How’s that for a wake up call?
Intuitively and clearly, in this moment, I know it’s time.
Like a snake naturally and spontaneously knows when it’s time to shed it’s skin so it can grow, now it’s time for me to grow into an evolutionary bigger version of myself.
(Wonder how vulnerable the snake must feel at the moment when the old skin has fallen away, before the new has formed? That’s how I feel right now.)
What do you do when you get the wake-up call that it’s time to grow?
This is a critical point in the evolution of your true life – the life that is encoded into your own unique, creative, biological and spiritual DNA.
When you become aware of these deep unsettling feelings, what should you do? First of all, don’t simply dismiss them as a bad night’s sleep. Stop and take notice. Pay attention. Don’t just go back to sleep. Notice the shifts and changes that happen in a lifetime. Honor them. Choose to stay awake.
For now, I’ve simply decided to pay attention. I’ve gotten the message that it’s time to change and I’ve answered YES. I choose to rise up to the challenge. I choose to acknowledge that my life is changing and I choose to take part in it consciously. I choose to stop and ask the powerful questions, who am I now and what do I want?
The what, when, where and how-to’s will come. Today I choose to be brave enough to shed some of the old skin and sit in the nakedness for awhile until the new path begins to unfold for me. How about you? What will you choose to do when you hear the call that it’s time for you to change?
Powerful Questions: Remember the purpose of this blog is to stimulate your inner journey through your answering these powerful questions. Stop and take some time to either write in your journal or write to us on this blog. Take just a moment to stop and think about your life…
Have you been hearing a wake up call in your life?
Is there something pulling you to grow?
Is it time to shed some old skin?
If so, how are you going to respond to the call?
Tags: lives change, time to change, wake up call
11 Responses to “What to Do When You Wake Up Changed”
Kathy, love this blog. Have to say that throughout 2012 messages have been coming not only in my sleep, but in my waking hours. I too, am feeling the shift. Sometimes it’s subtle and sometimes it just about knocks my socks off. But, like you… I’m listening, paying attention, and tweaking where necessary.
Powerful downloads of light are coming through to all of us right now and will continue for the rest of the year. And as you mentioned, one doesn’t have to understand, they just need to be aware and embrace the changes that are taking place.
I have two favorite Louise Hay quotes that I believe your blog reinforces:”Everything is in Divine Right order,” and “Everything I need to know is revealed in the proper time, space sequence.”
Blessings,
Pattie
http://pattiewelekhall.com
Kathy, as someone who has been on part of this journey with you, I love hearing about how you hear the messages…the little voice inside your head…and then choose to listen, be awake but not feel the immediate need to act. I remind myself to pay attention to my inner voice, make small adjustments…and wait. Suffering comes when I’m impatient and try to make something happen, before the time is right. I think my new mantra will be “all in good time”.
Excellent Ladies! Provocative thoughts and questions. I too felt change for 2012, put the house on the market, and now WAIT for change. Waiting for me has always been the most difficult part. Currently attempting to sit steady in order to hear subtle whispers. My departed kitty is quite active within the house, continuing to move little things under the bed. So goes life. Thank you Kathy for your message today. D.
I get the calls all the time, I just can’t seem to get a dial tone…!
I love the conversation. And thanks Beth for the humor. However, it’s humor that hits the spot for a lot of us. We know something in going on for us but we just can’t seem to dial in to it.
Or like Bonnie says, we hear the call but don’t know how to wait for it to unfold.
Or like Diane shares, the most difficult part is to wait for the knowing and for the next step to appear.
So let’s follow Pattie’s advise, trust that what we need to know is coming through to us. It is all in divine cosmic order. We will be lead from within and without.
Keep the conversation going. We all learn from each other. And we love hearing what everyone has to say about this elusive topic. with love, Kathy
For the past 5 years, my life has been changing, and until now, I haven’t really taken the time to listen. Listening, for me, is hard. If my little voice is whispering, I usually have to wait until it roars–and it always does. I’ve learned that I’ll get what I need when I need it, and although I can identify the need to fill a void, sometime the moment of identification is too early and I have to wait. I remind myself that I have never been forgotten, and I have tried not to get too attached to things as they are. Instead, I’m trying to appreciate every moment of the here and now.
Brenda, there is a lot of wisdom in your comments…..we all know about times when the once loving voice becomes a thump up side the head.
We also know the uncomfortableness (is that a word?) of waiting. But there is so much wisdom in learning to wait…. One of my most favorite mantras is “When you don’t know what to do, do nothing.” Yet it is precisely the doing nothing that has been so painful. Once we learn to be with what is and appreciate what is, the feelings of angst and discomfort subside. We rest into the moment and choose to trust that what is to be done next (if anything) will reveal itself. And breathe….
My epitaph should read “kept waiting”
Wow, this hit home for me. About a year ago, I was unhappy with certain parts of my life, and couldn’t see a way to resolve my angst without disrupting everything around me and making things worse.
At some point before the beginning of the New Year, I got that wake-up call (my inner voice was not whispering, but screaming!): It was not the situation that needed to change, it was I.
Gradually (this was the waiting part, I see now!), I determined to start making physical changes – specifically, I knew I must lose weight and reclaim my health.
I’m well on that journey now (I’ve lost 41 pounds in 6 months and I feel great!) and am enjoying the now – and my “situation” has improved as well.
I anticipate more changes are to come and I wait patiently for the next wake-up call. Thanks, Kathy, for reminding me to listen …
Stumbled upon your website, Dr. Murphy, and so identify. My spiritual, mental and physical “life transition” hit me this past April when everything came to a screeching halt. I found myself on the brink… At first it was scary and I could not identify what was happening. I made a decision to explore and identify what was happening and let it all unfold. It was worth the journey to do that. No pain, no gain. It is worth the effort to work on my “inner self”.
Welcome to our community. Thanks for sharing your experiences with us. Look forward to more!
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