Some friends and I went to see The Secret Life of Bees last week.  It’s a wonderful story about a time and a culture that many of us know very little about - the rural South in the early 1960’s era of civil rights reform and the industry of bee-keeping and honey production.

While listening to the bees fan themselves inside the hives one hot summer day, August the beekeeper tells Lily, “most people don’t have any idea about all the complicated life going on inside a hive.  Bees have a secret life we don’t know anything about.”

You can see the metaphor coming, I’m sure.  Don’t we all live secret lives in our minds sometimes?  Some of them are fanciful - I still wish I could be a ballerina - and some of them are impractical - a 72 yr old friend of mine wants to be an astronaut.

But in many cases, the only reason we harbor secret lives is because we don’t believe we can do it or we don’t know how to start.

What’s your secret life?  Is it  being a talk show host, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, a park ranger, or a shoe designer?  Or do you want to figure out a way to help a group like battered women, orphaned children, homeless veterans or struggling teens?

What’s the thing you most want to do or who do you most want to be?   I know you can do it if you decide to.  It may take a long time and it might be scary to think about, but wouldn’t it be worth it if you could live your secret life?

Let’s find your passion together.  I’m offering a special discount on my Dreamer’s Dialogue consulting sessions - a $40 savings if you sign up NOW for a January appointment.

You can go to the website and read about it on the Services page. Link     Evening and weekend time slots are available.

Then go to the Contact page and send me an e-mail before December 31st.

Tell me your phone number and the best times to contact you so we can arrange your session.                           START THE NEW YEAR OFF RIGHT!

tags: , , , ,