Thinking on One’s Feet

By on July 9, 2009 in Success

 


One of my colleagues at Visions Medical Center has taken to calling me when he’s seeing a patient who needs a nudge to acknowledge the spiritual aspect of what’s causing their ill health. He puts me on speakerphone, and says, “Susan, I’m sitting here with _______. I’ve been seeing her for ___ months/years, and her principle complaint is _______________. I think you might be able to help her.” Then he stops.

I usually greet the patient, and wait in silence till I get guidance about the person. Sometimes it comes immediately. Other times, there’s a delay. No matter. My job is simply to show up, show up, and show up some more. A lot of the time, I get what’s going on instantly. It’s helping to build my practice at Visions, and I get to serve our constituency which gives me great joy.

What is that thing about being able to think on one’s feet?

In my case, I’m not sure it’s thinking. Instead, I think it’s allowing myself to know what I’m meant to know. We all have this ability, and it gets stronger when we use it. The key is to allow the now to inform us right then in that moment.


There is a delicious story told about Ella Fitzgerald who, many years ago, entered an amateur talent contest—as a dancer. The Edwards Sisters had the slot before hers, and, according to Ella, they were the “dancingest girls you ever did see.” Instead of feeling defeated, or that those Edwards Sisters were a tough act to follow, Ella thought on her feet. She stood up, sang her heart out, and became “The First Lady of Song” for many decades.

The moment is all any of us have. Showing up in the moment is what creates wonderful moments that add together into minutes, hours, days and lives. Maybe you think you’re a dancer. Or maybe, like Barbra Streisand, you’re “an actress who sings.” No matter. Show up, and let the moment provide what moments do, the fullness of Divinity in all its marvelous disguises.

P. S. If you’re in the Boston area, and decide you’re interested in some Spiritual Alignment, feel free to call Visions Medical Center, 781-431-1333, and make an appointment. I’m there on Wednesdays.

 
 
 
For more spiritual nourishment, visit Dr. Susan Corso’s blog, Seeds for Sanctuary

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Dr. Susan Corso is a spiritual author, speaker, and counselor. An omnifaith minister and the author of God’s Dictionary (Tarcher/Putnam 2002) and The Peace Diet, she has had a spiritual counseling practice for more than 25 years. She has been an intuitive since childhood. 
 
Susan’s blogosphere writing may be found at Seeds for Sanctuary, Ode Magazine and The Huffington Post, and Beliefnet. Her website is SusanCorso.com 
 
One of her favorite occupations is writing spiritual fiction. She is the author of The Healing Mysteries of Mex Stone under the pseudonym Shulamith Burton. The audiobook of the first in the series, Oklahoma! Hex, came out in September 2008.
 
Susan is the founder of Sanctuary and ten-year author/publisher of a free e-newsletter, Seeds. As a professor at the accredited College of Divine Metaphysics, she teaches and ordains ministers.
 
Susan has been published in magazines, online magazines and newsletters including Business Ethics, Beliefnet.com, Ode Magazine, Science of Mind, Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich, New York House, Q-Spirit, Self, and Winning Ways. She is the author of several tape series. Susan also writes for the theatre: The God Show, I Would Never, Fight or Flight, and PeaceWomen. 
 
For many years, Susan was an organizational consultant and motivational speaker guiding nuclear scientists as well as entrepreneurs into their life purposes. Some of her former clients include Westinghouse Hanford Company, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Gila River Casinos, and the American Nuclear Society, among many others.

Today she functions as Chief Spiritual Officer for corporations. She lives in one-sixth of a Victorian house outside of Boston, with her beloved spouse, director/actress/teacher Sheriden Thomas, and the spirit of her familiar cat, Charles of the Ritz. 
 
Her mission in life is peace. 

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