Dear Holy Fool (or Holy Fool in Waiting),
This is the day I celebrate those of you who step outside convention to find your voice and become the radical change artist your soul is calling you to be!
You don’t do what’s expected. You transcend conditioning and do what the more “sensible” among us would avoid, choosing a path that others deem “impossible.” Doors open where others wouldn’t think to knock. You hear the knocking from the inside and live the life you came to live.
In 2014, I was besotted by Joseph Campbell’s statement that the Holy Fool is the most dangerous person on earth and the most threatening to all hierarchical institutions. That’s when I created Holy Fools Day, and I’ve been celebrating Holy Fools ever since.
When Transformational Speaker Tania Vasallo interviewed me for her podcast, The Courage to Be, I realized my affinity for the Holy Fool is because I am one! Here’s the podcast in two sections:
First, my storied path to an unconventional life and business: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-courage-to-be/id1664543123
Second, the original way I approach public speaking in my Transformational Speaking classes — from the inside out. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-courage-to-be/id1664543123
Perhaps, like me, you’ve have been so devoted to your own path (as in what else is there?) that you haven’t stepped back to recognize and celebrate your own holy foolishness. So, today, in honor of Holy Fools everywhere—and to invite and ignite the Holy Fool within you—I offer you the questions that arose in my conversation with Tania.
- What can you do to live a life with more courage?
- When did you take a leap of faith that made absolutely no sense but your intuition moved you to do it?
- What do you trust, beyond that which you think you need for safety?
- When you want to be creative and courageous, but also long for safety, how do these voices within you talk to each other?
- Where do you sense the Mystery is at work, helping design something you can’t yet see?
- What took you to your knees and still served the higher good/purpose?
- When are you amazed at what comes through when you open that channel of inspiration?
- When have you made decisions that go against conventional wisdom? What happened?
- How do you hone and finesse that trusting aspect?
- Who is on your spiritual team and how do you ask for their support?
- Why do you do your work?
- How did you learn to trust your intuition?
- How does your body guide you?
- How do we become more discerning about our choices?
- What is the value of Morning Pages [Julia Cameron journaling process]?
- How can we listen to something beyond what our minds think?
- What legacy do you want to leave?
As Tania encouraged me to talk about my life, her questions led me to recognize that I got to the life I am living today because I finally gave up “The Rules” (you know the ones) and embodied my values.
“You’ve got to say yes to this miracle of life as it is,
not on condition that it follow your rules.”
– Joseph Campbell
Are you ready to say yes to the Holy Fool’s invitation to your own miraculous life?
Will you offer a Holy Yes! to that inner calling to something you may not even be able to name but which is pulling you toward the life you came to live and do the thing life calls you to do?
The true call is always beyond what you know.
We only think we know, and that is what gets in our way.
Let’s give up thinking we’ve arrived. It’s impossible when we recognize everything is always moving. (Things are moving for Tania, too. She’s following the call to adventure to move to Bali for a year! And things are shifting for me, too; more on that next time!)
How is the Holy Fool moving in you these days? How are you applying your courage to shape both your own and our collective story?
We’d love to hear what action the Holy Fool in you is inspired to take. Please join our Facebook community Calling All Voices: Activating Your Holy Fool and tell us what holy foolery you’re up to!
Happy Holy Fools Day!
PS. I’ve interviewed many Holy Fools from my Transformational Speaking community and their wisdom is here to inspire you!
Hey, Holy Fool — Today Is Your Day!
Dear Holy Fool (or Holy Fool in Waiting),
This is the day I celebrate those of you who step outside convention to find your voice and become the radical change artist your soul is calling you to be!
You don’t do what’s expected. You transcend conditioning and do what the more “sensible” among us would avoid, choosing a path that others deem “impossible.” Doors open where others wouldn’t think to knock. You hear the knocking from the inside and live the life you came to live.
In 2014, I was besotted by Joseph Campbell’s statement that the Holy Fool is the most dangerous person on earth and the most threatening to all hierarchical institutions. That’s when I created Holy Fools Day, and I’ve been celebrating Holy Fools ever since.
When Transformational Speaker Tania Vasallo interviewed me for her podcast, The Courage to Be, I realized my affinity for the Holy Fool is because I am one! Here’s the podcast in two sections:
First, my storied path to an unconventional life and business: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-courage-to-be/id1664543123
Second, the original way I approach public speaking in my Transformational Speaking classes — from the inside out. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-courage-to-be/id1664543123
Perhaps, like me, you’ve have been so devoted to your own path (as in what else is there?) that you haven’t stepped back to recognize and celebrate your own holy foolishness. So, today, in honor of Holy Fools everywhere—and to invite and ignite the Holy Fool within you—I offer you the questions that arose in my conversation with Tania.
As Tania encouraged me to talk about my life, her questions led me to recognize that I got to the life I am living today because I finally gave up “The Rules” (you know the ones) and embodied my values.
“You’ve got to say yes to this miracle of life as it is,
not on condition that it follow your rules.”
– Joseph Campbell
Are you ready to say yes to the Holy Fool’s invitation to your own miraculous life?
Will you offer a Holy Yes! to that inner calling to something you may not even be able to name but which is pulling you toward the life you came to live and do the thing life calls you to do?
The true call is always beyond what you know.
We only think we know, and that is what gets in our way.
Let’s give up thinking we’ve arrived. It’s impossible when we recognize everything is always moving. (Things are moving for Tania, too. She’s following the call to adventure to move to Bali for a year! And things are shifting for me, too; more on that next time!)
How is the Holy Fool moving in you these days? How are you applying your courage to shape both your own and our collective story?
We’d love to hear what action the Holy Fool in you is inspired to take. Please join our Facebook community Calling All Voices: Activating Your Holy Fool and tell us what holy foolery you’re up to!
Happy Holy Fools Day!
PS. I’ve interviewed many Holy Fools from my Transformational Speaking community and their wisdom is here to inspire you!