Patience…
It was late summer. They start draining the lake that time of year in preparation for winter to reduce ice damage to the shorelines. Time to pull the boat out of the water, clean it up and get it winterized. My youngest was going on an adventure with his father which my oldest had no interest in attending. So, my 19-year-old headed up to our place in the mountains with my father and I for the weekend.
Saturday morning was cloudy and damp from all the rain we had the week prior. The forecast was predicting rain the next two weekends, so I really needed to get the boat out ASAP before the lake was drained too low to navigate. We had gotten up early, reorganized the shed to make room for all the boat accessories and were ready to head to the lake.
Um, where’s the boat key? It’s not on the key hooks near the door where it’s supposed to be. Who used the boat last? Not me was the answer all around… Ahh, my 16-year-old went out with his friends and my brother.
Let’s call the little guy.
Me: “Hey sweetie, where’s the boat key?”
Son: “I think in the Jetta.”
Me: “You have the Jetta there. How is that going to help me here?
Son: “Love you…”
I let out a BIG sigh. OK I think I have a spare key in my car. There is a key in my console that has a floaty thing on it. I really hope this is for the boat. We drive 20 minutes to the dock and uncover the boat. The moment of truth… a few deep breaths and we’re headed back to the house. It wasn’t the boat key. 🙈🙉🙊
I called my son again.
Son: “Yeah it’s not in the Jetta”.
Me: “Then where is it?”
Son: “Check the loft.”
Son of a Bees Wax! Back to the lake…
In a former life of mine I would have been like a lunatic. I would have been ranting and raving about the irresponsibility of my son. I would have been spewing curses left and right.
The more balanced and inspired version of me today, took this all in stride. I learned that I should search the premises when I can’t find something where it belongs, as I have two teenagers and a senior citizen living in the same quarters for the summer.
I appreciated the fact that, because I didn’t have the key first thing that morning, by the time we actually got to the lake to get the boat out of the water. The sun finally broke through the clouds…
We actually took the time to drive around and relax one last time before we had to leave.
The three of us had fun soaking in the sun and taking pics along the way. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Life is good! 🙏 💝🙏
Love and Light to you all.
Dawn-Marie
Written on 15 September, 2019
Biography
Dawn-Marie P. Dalsass, President of Livelihood Spirit Balance is a Stress Management Maven. She’s a Stress and Anxiety Expert for Middle Managers. She started her career in Corporate America while she was in high school and worked her way up the ranks finding herself in middle to upper management for most of her corporate career. She loved what she did but along the way she battled stress, anxiety and depression. When work and life were more than she could handle she planned her suicide in detail. Fortunately, she didn’t go through with it when she saw her 2 little boys on her way to get a knife with a plan to end it all. It was in that moment that she vowed to pull herself together and begin a new journey.
In 2015 she started her own business called Life Coach DM. After several years of working with clients, she realized that the majority of her clients were in middle management just like she was. She had helped most go from being stressed, anxious and / or depressed to being more balanced, aware and dynamic while guiding them on their own journey to achieve life goals including work life balance.
Dawn-Marie has since become a Certified Nature & Forest Therapy Guide and teaches individuals how they too can annihilate the stress, anxiety and depression (aka S.A.D) that middle managers and working parents can face through a process called equilibration (the balancing of the mind and emotions) along with the healing benefits a deep connection to nature (both indoors and out) can bring to become fully balanced, aware and dynamic (aka B.A.D).
Through her own practice, Dawn-Marie discovered what she calls Livelihood Spirit Balance where how one lives their life is in alignment with their authentic self, their B.A.D Ass-self. With Livelihood Spirit Balance, Work Life Balance and everything else just falls into place.
Based on her years of work and client success stories, Dawn-Marie changed her business name to Livelihood Spirit Balance to align with her teachings, mission, vision and purpose.
Dawn-Marie offers online courses, personal and corporate development coaching, workshops and seminars. As the owner of Total Convalescence – Nature & Forest Therapy she also offers public and private Nature & Forest Therapy Walks.
Dawn-Marie is a:
- Certified Mindset Transformation Coach
- Certified Nature & Forest Therapy Guide
- Certified Law of Attraction Wealth Practitioner
- Certified Fraud Examiner and
- Certified Internal Controls Auditor
