In a recent coaching teleclass on Celebrating, I discussed my experiences of celebrating only the big events in life and not even realizing the small events were just as important and valuable to celebrate, maybe even more so.
It just never occurred to me growing up or as an adult to celebrate all the little events as well, and not just the positive ones. The learning that can come from an event that would normally be considered negative, unsuccesful is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate.
I worked with my ICA Peer Coach on learning to recognize the small events to celebrate and taking the time to actually celebrate them. This was an extraordinary process for me. As a result of consciously looking for the small events and then making an effort to find a way to celebrate them, I found myself slowing down from, as I termed it in our teleclass, “going gung ho – 100 miles an hour, non-stop to the next goal, to taking the time to celebrate the little things and the bigger things with family, friends and myself.
This caused a shift in me. I found myself becoming more appreciative and grateful for what I have, and who I have it with. It helped me slow down and be able to create a space and time to do things I never believed I had time or space for; and most amazing of all, it opened up more time and space to get the things done that I was feeling pressed, overwhelmed and unable to complete.
In this process, I also noticed that I shifted from being mostly in my head about charging forward to complete my goals; to moving down into my heart area and becoming more grateful and appreciative for what I have.
Celebrating the little events, both the positive and the negative, the successes as well as the new learnings, enabled me to begin to live more in my heart than just in my head regarding my goals, and helped me become more appreciative and grateful. This, in turn, has helped me gain more time and space to enjoy my life as I continue to move forward.
Celebrating the little events has helped me gain more without having to give up anything.
