Pathway to My Authentic Self

My Journey and My Vision to Connect to My Authentic Self
And Build Community

Written by Donald Michael Schwartz

 

My Vision for a Healing and Personal Growth Network

Connect • Be Grateful • Forgive • Make Amends • Heal • Grow

Possibility is Omni-Directional

 

For Your Examination

Here is what I worked out so far, please email me with your comments and suggestions. mailto:donald@living-library.com

The Working Name for the Network I Envision is The Omni Recovery and Personal Growth Network

 

The Seven Steps of the Omni Recovery/Personal Growth Journey

Step 1 - Seeing your life challenge not as just an affliction, enormous challenge or problem, but also as a gifted meaningful journey.

Step 2 - Thanking your higher power (in advance), upon awakening each morning, for the gifts your will receive from your journey.

Step 3 - Be willing to learn the lessons and gifts of others embarking on life journeys.

Step 4 - Sharing your recovery journey, in confidence, with a diverse group of journeyers,  conducting or supporting a diversity of recovery and other challenging journeys.

Step 5 - Building your self-esteem and self-development through volunteer "work practice" experiences.

Step 6 - Using your empowerment skills and community/Internet resources to find a more empowering work or business path.

Step 7 - Sharing with others the benefits of seeing one's recovery as a gifted journey.

 

  The Four Pillars of the Journey

  1. Seeking Gifts - Exploring and appreciating the valuable lessons you learned from your journey.

  2. Sharing Gifts - Sharing those gift lessons with others.

  3. Work Practice - Building self-esteem, self-worth, and self-knowledge through volunteer experiences.

  4. Practicing gratitude, forgiveness, and amends - It is easier to offer amends after practicing gratitude and forgiveness.

The Foundation of Recovery

The I-Am Map

With the help of the The Optimist Phrase Book and other "I-Map" resources you  will put  together an  "I-Am Map." 
The "I-Am Map" is done in a collage-like format. 
It is an opportunity for you to replace hindering-type thinking with positive trail blazing visual thinking.

The Tools of ORPGN

Tuning into One's Why-Fi Channel
Or the Seven Steps to Increase Your Why-Fidelity

Step 1 - Start listing lessons from your recovery, or personal challenge, you would never want to give up.

Step 2 - List the things that motivate you.

Step 3 - Start to write your life's purpose (or mission) statement. (It can start out as rough draft.  Edit as many times as needed.)

Step 4 - Start to write down a picture of what you would want to do on Monday morning, for a living, if you were guaranteed it would pay all your bills and enable you to provide for yourself and your loved ones the lives you all deserve.

Step 5 - Write down the urgent thing or things you need to accomplish.

Step 6 - Realize this as an ongoing life process, and to be patient with yourself and others.

Step 7 - Help others tune into their Why-FI channels.

 

Guideposts to Living in the I-Am

  1. Live fully in each moment

  2. Realize that each moment contains all you need to live in that moment.

  3. Plan for the future, but live in the now.

  4. Replace "I want ... " with "I am . . ."

  5. Live in the positive "I am," e.g. do not state "I want to lose weight," but  "I am achieving healthiest self," or "I am a healthy eater," etc.

  6. Forgive yourself for any setbacks, and congratulate yourself for any small victories on the path toward your true self.

  7. Each moment live your inner-life as you were meant to be (to the best of your understanding), and with each successive moment you will become more of who you are truly meant to be. 

More Tools of the Omni Recovery and Personal Growth Network

Discussion Group:  http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/OmniRecovery