Flexibility of the Willow Tree (Latin: salix)

"Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape." --- Unknown

The willow tree is very meaningful to me - flexible but firmly rooted. Being flexible enough to be conscious of my environment and to note the information I detect - same or different?

"Same" means I do what I have been doing if it is working for me.

"Different" means a change...in my routine, my paradigm...not out of fear but in adapting to what's new and different. It is not personal, it just needs a d different "answer" from me...a new path...the Salix Path, grounded in who I am, my values.

Inside Success leads to Outside Success

"Success is predictable and it begins inside you." - Brian Tracy

Life is an inside job, and there is nothing coming to save you but yourself...you will be the one to make the decision to have a more meaningful life without any regrets.

I heard once that guilt was an outcome of not living our values - I like that! Your personal values are your core essence - what are they? Can you name your top 5? If you can, you are on your way to the awareness of how you are doing - do your days reflect those values?

If we are living inside out, our values are what we manifest in the external world, no regrets...but it all started at its source within.