Make Like a Cicada and Co-create something!
Just like every New Yorker, it is essential to get away and into nature from time to time. Last weekend, I did just that and was met with the humming and buzzing sound of the cicadas. This mating call fascinates me because these cicadas have a 17 year life cycle, so the next time we hear these periodical cicadas, we will all be 17 years older!
These cicadas have a 17 year period underground where they prepare for adulthood. Interesting how we too, have about 17 years to prepare for adulthood, and then another 17 years to actually become an adult (I’m about to be 34 (17*2) and I am finally starting to feel like a grown woman). During this time underground, the cicadas feed on xylem fluids and underground roots. We too do the same thing. We feed on life experiences, lessons, God, the good, the ‘bad’, the gorgeous, the heartbreak and the heartsoars. We take it all in, in order to prepare ourselves for adulthood. Then, all at once, the cicadas all emerge simultaneously for one single purpose–to reproduce. Similarly, we all graduate from high school at the same time (around 17-18) and start co-creating what gifts we want to bring in the world. Then, about 17 years later (at least in NYC), you start to notice all of your friends bringing another set of creations into the world in the form of babies or other projects in their mid-30′s. There is a force beyond the cicadas that pulls them out from under the ground to live long enough to pro-create, only to lay eggs and then to die so that the next generation can do it all over again. I want you to watch this video…it is very moving http://vimeo.com/66688653. In these 7 minutes, there is a time-lapse of their life, and the cicadas emerge from the subterranean levels, in order to complete their one and only mission–to pro-create! In the therapy that I do, Family and Systemic Family Constellation Therapy, there is a heavy importance on co-creating and living your life purpose. We were given life, and in exchange, it is crucial that we give life, whether we give life through real babies, or work, career or volunteer ‘babies’. If we can die having left a legacy of sorts, we can die knowing we brought meaningful gifts into this world and we can leave feeling fulfilled, from having completed our mission. There is an energy or force within all of us as well that encourages this to happen before we die.
Where are you in your 17-year life-cycle and what have you, are you, or planning on co-creating? If you are currently in a relationship, it is important that you and your partner are co-creating something, or the relationship becomes weaker. You both need to be contributing to this world together, in order to keep your relationship bonded and with purpose. If you are single, you should still be giving back to the world in some way. There are opportunities to co-create with business partners, friends, etc.
I would love to hear in the comments below what you are co-creating right now (or plan on) and with whom. There is great power in declaring this in front of others. Need help figuring out what you would like to co-create, don’t be shy, reach out to me, bella beauty! But one thing is for certain, if you are not bringing some gifts into this world, you will not be happy or feel like you have completed your life mission or purpose…and trust me, you have it. You have the same force inside of you as the cicadas do, and that is to lay some eggs, whatever they may be. Find and complete that purpose today!
