March Forward

By Terez Hartmann Get ready to walk into the life of your own making. March On! Whether you live in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere, the month of March marks yet another turning point—a time of transition into the reawakening of spring or a time to harvest and enjoy the seeds that have come to fruition. It is typically a month where the (physical) winds of change become strong and active, coming “in like a lion and out like a lamb,” (or vice versa) to actively shift into the new season that is calling. The question is, will you stubbornly stand in the old patterns, thoughts, conversations, interactions, paradigms, and actions that keep you tethered to limitation and de-evolution, or will you March Forward consciously to embrace the new rhythms of the good that want to be expressed to you, through you, and as you? Stillness is also Motion As crazy as it sounds, many people will inadvertently continue to march along a path of thinking, acting, and moving in ways that are detrimental and destructive, rather than choose times of stillness, as to stop “moving” can feel like a form of death. Yet, rather than continuing to follow a path that creates greater exhaustion, injury, suffering—in short, one that will ultimately lead you off a cliff to certain death—perhaps taking a moment to do a little course-correction is not such a bad option after all? Plus, how can you ever know the way if you don’t allow yourself the time to get clear about the direction you want to go first? Moving into stillness is also motion. It’s constructive, productive and is still a powerful step toward marching forward to the life you want to live. What can YOU do to move into a quiet mind now? What NEW direction or decisions have the challenges you have faced inspired? Walk During my own dance with some of the darker aspects of mass-consciousness and family-related challenges, I, too, found myself seeking clarity and direction in order to consciously March Forward. Once I allowed the time to move into stillness, and then asked myself, “Where do you want to go?” my answer came in the form of a song (“Walk” lyrics below, audio coming soon). It is my intention that these words speak to the part of you that also has said, “Enough is enough!” and reach through to the core of you that shouts: “I want to WALK and March Forward into the life of MY own making!” I want to walk To where I see the sun I want to walk To what we can become I want to walk I want to walk I want to walk To where I see the stars I want to walk And feel peace in my heart I want to walk I want to walk In the days when the storms are raging I want to move, want to move to higher ground Where some light can be found When it feels like the world’s gone crazy I want to find, want to find some clarity Remember what I believe I want to walk… In the dark where the fear can be blinding I want to light, want to light a candle of hope To warm my soul And when all the noise makes it hard to hear And my inner voice may not be so clear I will still my mind until I find The music I want to walk… And when I walk to the center of the center, I discover You are my sister, you are my brother And I invite you to come and walk with me But if you do or you don’t I wish you… Peace. I want to walk… I want to walk And always find a friend I want to walk Where beauty never ends I want to walk I want to walk I want to walk And feel my inner fire I want to walk And let the flames of love rise Higher, Higher, HIGHER! I want to… Walk. The Bottom Line: March Forward Motion is the call, the answer, the reason, the focus, the point, the everything. Envision. Consider. Contemplate. Listen. Reach. Create. Act. Move. THIS is where the good, the radiance, the heaven, the juice, and the fire of life resides. Here’s to choosing to March Forward into the next season of your life with clarity, focus, joy, and resolve, and to being a powerful catalyst for conscious evolution for all who would Walk with you. Terez “Firewoman” Hartmann,“Your catalyst for all things Fab-YOU-lous,” is the author of Allowing Your Success!, a proud contributing author of Transform Your Life! book one and two, a professional Keynote Speaker/Workshop Facilitator, Singer-Songwriter/Recording Artist, “Allowing Adventures!” & “Savor Vacation” Facilitator, and true Renaissance Woman, and Visionary. She keeps her fire lit by embracing and promoting a lifestyle of “Allowing,” and by using creative expression to elevate and ignite the human spirit, a passion that she shares with her husband, soul-mate and creative partner of over 15 years, John Victor Hartmann. Together they share “Allowing TRUE LOVE” workshops and experiences designed to help others attract, allow, and maintain extraordinary relationships, and create custom jingles and voice-overs in their studio, THE Creativity Express. Visit: http://www.TerezFirewoman.com