The Alchemy of Conversation

I had five amazing conversations yesterday.

Conversation #1:

I had an ongoing text stream with a dear friend that lasted from about 6:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. We joked. We laughed. We told the truth. And we wished we weren’t texting. But in the midst, we were also aware of the gift we are to one another; the “presence” that exists and pervades, even if not in proximity. All good.

Conversation #2:

I met a new friend for coffee who I’d previously known only via Twitter. The virtual connection was just a foretaste of the connection we experienced in person. We talked about our past, our present, our future, spirituality vs. religion, faith vs. works, healing, finances, Catholic school, missionaries, and even social media (all in one hour!). So much resonance. So many overlappinig themes. So much more time needed and wanted before I was called away to…

Conversation #3:

I met a former colleague who is both friend and client. We talked about blogging. We talked about messaging. We talked about theology. We talked about how all three of these could be merged. SWEETSPOT for me!

Conversation #4:

I met for more coffee with another colleague/friend with whom I haven’t talked for months. She’s someone I have admired and respected, someone to whom I look up, whose success, clarity, strength, and business savvy I hope to attain. We talked about the work/challenge/joy of developing and sustaining a business and the power of watching our internal worlds becomes a massive, guiding energy that directs everything we do – the Divine Feminine, baby.

Conversation #5:

I met virtually on a coaching call with two other fempreneurs. We talked about success, about intentions, about promises, and about the difference between stepping into the stream of our calling vs. swimming upstream.

A good day. As it should be. It was not so much the conversations themselves, though they were stunning and stellar; it was the awareness – in the moment – that they mattered. To use Lindsey’s words: “…what we have is this.  Right now.  And only this.” To be completely convinced that some alchemy was occurring that was changing things right now and that we were part of it.

I could live this days like this every day. And, truth-be-told, I often do. In these spaces, the anxiety about money, parenting, relationships, (and did I mention money?) falls away. I am 100%, no-holds-barred, completely myself. I realize that I am doing what I most love; that such is increasingly more and more true; that I am deeply grateful!

The alchemy occurs unwittingly. Were I to try and manufacture it – try to be present – try to be 100% myself, I would be working against the magic, the spirit, the force that naturally, viscerally, and even spiritually is made manifest in these spaces.

Now that I think of it, there was one more conversation of significance yesterday.

Conversation #6:

I met myself and liked who I saw, experienced, encountered. I could acknowledge and affirm that I am not too much – in conversation or in life. And I am enough - in conversation and in life. Of all conversations, this inner one is the most rare. But yesterday? Present. Accounted for. Powerful. Alchemy. Magic. Grace.

The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better. Forget about the future, and live each day according to the teachings, confident that God loves his [her] children. Each day, in itself, brings with it an eternity.

From The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

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