Somehow when I “try” to be creative it is like pulling a steroid-enhanced rabbit with muscle-bound legs out of a hat… it just won’t budge. That’s how it’s been trying to rename my business. “It” has dodged and teased me ruthlessly, hiding behind trees, until just recently. A dear friend, also a coach, saw my huffing and puffing around name-finding and suggested that I “let it go” for a bit. She saw I was white-knuckling-it and getting nowhere fast. As I pried my fingers loose from the project she said, “I have a feeling it is just going to fall effortlessly into your lap”. I wondered if that could really be possible. And that’s exactly what happened… the next day!

A fantastic client and I were spending our last session putting closure on our coaching relationship. He is a terrific young man in his prime who deals with the challenge of living with two chronic diseases and has had at least 2 brushes with death. He has come to know how precious life is and, through coaching, more of who he wants to be in his lifetime.

I asked, “What are you bringing forward from your coaching that you want to remember?’

He quickly replied, “That’s easy, I am going to tattoo it on my leg so I always have it right in front of me”.

“What’s that?”, on the tip of my chair with curiosity.

He explained, “Its simple - YOLO, it means You Only Live Once – I want to remember that every day”. My eyes teared up (that always happens when a deep truth is shared), and I was almost speechless because it really encapsulated so much of what I hope for my clients.

Later I managed to mutter “….I may have to steal that”.

He responded with “You don’t have to steal it; I want you to have it!”

And that’s how it happened. Gifts come in unexpected packages! Thank you Jonathan!

For Pondering:
Where might YOU be holding on too tightly? Where might there be some “room” needed so something new might come into your life?