“Tiptoeing through life is causing problems…put your feet flat,” Tabitha Brown.  Tab shared a message that we need to stop tiptoeing through life because toe-walking causes weakness, imbalance, and strain throughout the body.  The same is said when we don’t commit to living, more specifically, to living our purpose.  We can’t dance around the edges hoping that something will come of it—we need to dive in.  Last week I shared a video I made on IG about diving in.  I said when we wade through life, going half in and half out, the universe can’t pick up on the frequency we are sending out.  I understand the hesitance we feel: we don’t want to commit to something when we can’t see what’s coming.  But if we never dive in, we never learn to swim.  Similarly, if we only ever tiptoe through life, never making a noise and skimming the periphery, we never learn our own rhythm.  We never learn to walk to our own beat and, if we can’t walk, we certainly will never learn to dance—and we are meant to dance.

I’ve learned that if we don’t start moving, we will never move and we never experience the fulfilment of discovering all we are capable of.  It’s tempting to sit on the couch of life and observe others, criticizing what they are doing, or wishing we could do it.  But if we never DO it, then nothing will happen.  For a long time I thought it was impressive to not make waves but in doing so, I lost my identity.  When we stop making waves we stop living because the definition of living is making waves.  We send out energy and ripples into the universe with everything we do, it is simply the nature of living.  Doing nothing may keep things calm, but we will never experience all that life can be.  I found it interesting in speaking of the physical act of tiptoeing the amount of physical issues that arose from it.  I mean, it wasn’t surprising because I have a background in body work, but hearing the reminder and seeing how the body literally gets off balance is a sobering thing.  It is the same with life except it’s our energy signature that gets disturbed.    

As we develop confidence and assurance in our own step, we can put our weight behind it and follow through.  We are less concerned with the noise we are making than we are about ensuring it is heard.  As our confidence grows, we don’t mind being heard when we step through with ourselves.  We can let go of ego and worry and stand firmly in our decisions or learn from them.  So make decisions.  Make Choices.  Make the effort.  Take the chance.  All of those things create confidence in who we are and our abilities.  Suddenly the sounds we make are intentional and we move with ease.  Whatever metaphor you want to use, we learn how to dance or swim as we practice the steps.  For some of us learning to take the first step is enough.  That is a challenge in itself.  For others we want to develop our skills and we refine the choreography.  While some dancers are light-footed, I’ve never seen one who didn’t leave a mark.  So make your mark and let your life come into balance.  We will feel better physically and mentally.