The Sedona Scale
A wayfinding tool I didn’t know I needed.
Something really special happened last week.
My sisters, parents and I got the once-in-a-lifetime opportunty to spend a few days together, just us, in Sedona, Arizona - a deeply spiritual natural area, filled with hikes, psychic parties, buddhist temples, and a sense of God's vastness as we giggled, shared memories, hopes, and dreams for the future.
Something unlocked for us there and I came back with a clarity about the kinds of things that light me up, the things that drain me, and what I'm actually building as I feel my way towards a Common Wealth of Compassionate Soul Care.
Sedona is surrounded with "Spiritual Vortexes" which sounds super "woo" but whether you're into the science of it or not, they are literal peaks and valleys where the mind, body, and spirit feel something, even just a change in elevation. We got to see several sunrises from the vortexes and let me tell you: the wilderness looks different from there.
While Sedona can be a lux wellness getaway, I learned that wonder is not a luxury. Wonder is a navigational tool. When you can't see the path or the next right step in front of you, wonder helps us remember that the path exists. When was the last time you had a jaw-dropping experience of wonder?
Wayfinding Practice: The Sedona Scale
While I was "in the vortex" - whether it was laughing over a bowl of oats with my family, or silently watching the world wake up to the sun, I came away with three things: a sense of wonder, a sense of accessible peace, and a sense that everything was working out for me and I'm on the right path. Pretty epic, no?
Ok, so here's your invitation: use the "Sedona Scale" to measure something you already know but haven't let yourself say out loud.
Pick one thing in your life: a relationship, a job, an organization you belong to, or a time commitment.
Score it on three criteria: wonder, accessible peace, and right path--zero to ten each. Like this:
On a scale of zero to ten, how accessible is peace in this relationship?
On a scale of zero to ten, how much do I feel like I'm on the right path or going the right direction with this role I'm filling?
Add up all three scales and let the number tell you something. What needs adjusting? Sometimes leaving/quitting/setting a boundary is the answer, but not always. Sometimes it's a simple shift like "What's one thing I could do to move the 3 to a 4? What's something I could ask of those around me to make that shift?
Wishing you lots of wonder, peace, and affirmations of "rightness" as we make our way together.
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