It's been 6 years since I wrote down the thought of harmony. I found an old powerpoint, the first, where I tried to bring the concept into words and pictures.
I am amazed it's only been 6 years, as it feels like it has always been a part of me.
I am amazed it's been 6 years because it feels in so many ways like I am just starting to understand it and embrace it.
I am amazed at the 6 years, and how meaningfully and substantially so many aspects of my life have evolved, materialized and changed... and how many are still the same.
I used a metaphor when I presented the concept of harmony in 2013...
"I have lived all of my life in someone else's house." I built my story and search for harmony around this thought... and I concluded, "And, all of my life I have been one moment away from home."
One moment.
One thought.
One different way of thinking, approaching the moment.
Are you home?
Are you living your life from a deep sense of belonging?
I feel like I have over the last 6 years found home... and now, I am trying to make sense of home... We evolve over time... our needs, our dreams, our drivers shift over time... and "home" needs to change with it.
As I look at the presentation of harmony from 6 years ago, I am amazed by how similar the concept is... and I wonder...
Was the concept of harmony so clear & powerful from the very beginning that it didn't need to grow?
Or, have I not grown, or not evolved enough in my own mindset and maturity to see the next phase and dimension of it?
Could it be both?
I had an amazing conversation with a "Dear Friend of harmony" in NYC on Friday. He is helping me to try to find that next dimension. I realized in sharing my thoughts with him and hearing his, that I love and am passionate about harmony in life - understanding it, sharing it, applying it... and I also realized so very clearly that I am so very much still a student in the class...
a work in progress...
I heard my self say the words out loud and I found myself not wanting to believe them...
"It's not that the journey is better than the destination, it's that there is NO destination... there is only a journey..."
6 years in...
is there ever a level of mastery in navigating our journey?
I'm still committed.
I still believe...
and I, in many moments, still wonder...
in harmony,
Nestor