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I GET BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS

Guest post by: Chellie Campbell

Article Overview: Long, long ago, at a networking meeting far, far, away.... Well, it really wasn't far away - it was in Santa Monica - but it does feel like ages ago. I went to a networking group founded

I GET BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS

Long, long ago, at a networking meeting far, far, away....

Well, it really wasn't far away - it was in Santa Monica - but it does feel like ages ago. I went to a networking group founded by Christine Kloser called NEW Entrepreneurs (NEW stood for Networking Entrepreneurial Women or something like that). It was a great group of businesswomen with a spiritual bent that I related to very well.

I met a woman there named Sylvia Silk, who I quickly discovered lived just up the street from me, and we started walking once a week in the park. Sylvia is married to a psychiatrist, and teaches the Reconnection technique, got her Masters in Spiritual Psychology, and is just a lovely, deep, spirit. I treasure our walks very much, and always run things by her when I am confused, or searching, or mad (angry and/or crazy) about something...Sylvia knows just how to cut to the chase, to refocus my attention on what really matters, or to ask just the right searching question.

A few weeks ago, I was very nostalgic. The end of "Lost", "24", Simon on "American Idol", and turning 62 (yikes!). Endings were on my mind, and the love and connections between people. I relished the love shared between the characters on these shows, and felt a little bereft as they rode into the sunset. I don't get to share their adventures, struggles, and passions any more. Yeah, it was all imaginary and vicarious, but it feels like a real loss just the same. Hmm.

A little melancholy, on my walk with Sylvia this week, I started down the path of looking at all the losses in my life, all the relationships that didn't last, the hopes and dreams that didn't come true, the plans that didn’t come to fruition. That I didn't have a successful marriage, that my book wasn't a NY Times bestseller, that I hadn’t been on Oprah, blah blah blah. I was really wallowing in it.

"Chellie, all that is just the Ego talking," Sylvia said. None-too-gently, I might add.

Instantly, I stopped walking. Looked at her and stopped talking, too. OMG.

Feeding the ego isn't what this life is all about. The success of a venture isn't the point - it's the ad-venture. It's the exploration through which we discover our values, vision, and voice. It's the crucible through which we distill our spirits. It’s learning, it’s school, it’s soul development. Throughout your journey, you win some, you lose some. Poker players are fond of saying, “The next best thing to playing poker and winning is playing poker and losing.” The important thing is to be in action, to be in the game, playing full-out. To learn, grow, love God, love life, and love each other. Oh, yessss….

I knew that. At least, upon occasion, I have known that. But thank God we have Way-Showers, friends on this journey of life, to guide us back to the true path when we stray and get lost in the weeds and the bogs of the side roads.

Everyone I meet is my teacher. I learn from all of you.

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