I looked down at my slightly rounded belly, knowing we were in this together. This new development was undetectable to anyone who didn’t know me well, and I had only known for a about a month. I was taking my grandmother’s “Reparent Your Inner Child” class, and tonight would be the night I announced my pregnancy to the class. I thought it was such a cosmic coincidence that I discovered I was expecting during this 10-week class. The synchronicity of the timing was not lost on me.
That evening, my grandmother was teaching about the spiral of life, a concept that always stayed with me. Life isn’t a straight line from birth to death; it is an ever-evolving spiral, both spiritually and emotionally. As we go through life, we learn new lessons, have new experiences, and adopt new ways of being. She said, “Our evolution looks more like a spiral,” as she doodled a picture on the whiteboard.
Life is a sequence of small (or sometimes big) events and decisions that determine our direction. Whether we are moving up or down the spiral, we are in constant motion. It may be referred to as a sort of momentum. Every time we consciously choose to adopt new beliefs, behaviors, or goals, we are choosing our direction on the spiral.
There are even phrases in our language that support this idea:
Does that mean we always have control of the direction? Absolutely not. Sometimes the universe throws us curveballs—a severe car accident, an illness, or the loss of someone we love. These surprising instances knock us off our perceived path and into a new alignment.
I’ve noticed this idea of the spiral often suggests a downward trajectory in life. That’s not true either. We have the ability to go both ways, but sometimes it’s not easy to tell which direction we are going.
We’ve all heard the story of the lottery winner who ends up penniless. Or the cancer survivor who is forever grateful for the changes their diagnoses brought.
Although we usually think of the spiral of life as a consistent, symmetrical shape, my grandmother showed one that looked more like this:
Her version of the spiral seems more accurate to me. If you review your history carefully, you will likely see it in your life as well. The spiral looks lopsided. I refer to it as the Asymmetrical Life Spiral. I’m not sure if it has a real name in the psychology world, but this is what I came up with. The spiral goes down on one side and up on the other. This illustration is a good visual for these ideas.
Something happens that shakes up our world, leaving us feeling like things are slipping. If we have the ability to be resilient and bounce back quickly, we end up on the other side, having experienced growth and gained a new perspective. For others, this process may take years.
Life is always offering us something to grow through, to overcome, and to grow into. It is up to us to make the decisions to do so. After all, the small decisions we make every day shape the direction of our lives and ultimately determine our destiny.
Whatever it is, we can step back and look at what is happening. We can decide that something can be changed, and we can be the ones to change it. Or we can just change the way we look at it.
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We have more power than we give ourselves credit for.
Since the evening that I learned about the Assymetrical Life Spiral I know that all I have to do is focus on what I want and where I am going. I make the decision to get into alignment with those things and start making small shifts to bring them into my life.
This simple act changes our trajectory and therefore our life. Don’t underestimate the power of small decisions. They can lead to some very big changes.
Make a new decision today.
Be well,
Jennifer
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