Some thoughts on Flow

Flow is an interesting word. Two uses spring to mind.....

First, there is the phrase 'I am going to go with the flow' . It sounds sort of passive, accepting of other peoples' agenda. However, if we re-frame it as being open to possibility, not hanging onto one's own World view, it is much more interesting.

'Being 'In full flow' is the second phrase. We see a person 'in full flow' as, totally committed to performing a task. Unstoppable in their conviction and passion.

When you are in 'the flow' it seems effortless - not like work at all. It could be anything - a presentation, cooking, playing a sport, performing a song, writing a blog.....These are the moments when you are doing what is your great work - as you are affecting change. Making a difference. It doesn't actually require a third party observer - you just know. And the change may be simply in yourself.

So, when was the last time you experienced a moment like that, a moment of 'flow'?

In the last week? Last month? Last Year? Ever?

For many people its not since childhood - when self-conciousness had yet to have a paralysing effect on much of what we attempt.

What if we all spent more time doing things that placed in that sense of 'flow' or at least thinsgs that were not simply based on clinging on for dear life.