Filled full or fulfilled?

Today I had the dubious pleasure of travelling across London by tube. I say dubious as I’m never sure I’m going to arrive at my destination on time or before the heat and thick tube dust overwhelms me. Not being an avid fan of crowded, dark, enclosed, dank and dusty places it's often more of a challenge than a joy. Being with my hubby Mike today helped considerably as he loves the tube.

A very marked upside to being in town for me is the endless fascination I have with people. Thankfully for my fellow passengers, curiosity often takes over my yearning to run screaming for the exits and fresh air!

People watching is a great pleasure of mine and the tube is greatly suited to it. Where do all these people go? Where do they work? What do they do? What makes them tick and what are they chasing?
There is a definite rush, I’ve noticed, for a great deal of travellers, and it's not only confined to those trying to get to work on time. Even the tourists are chasing the next big London attraction, every second filled with frantic activity.
I've noticed a trait amongst a few clients too who come rushing in to see me at the tail end of a hectic and jam packed day. I realise what a gift it is to be able to provide a sanctuary for them, and me, a place of calm, to regain balance, and take time for renewal.

As I sat with Mike soaking up the sun, having just handed in a research project of his we have been working on for some time I had a wonderful acknowledgement. Amovita, with all its associated to do lists, phone calls, client visits, writing, chatting, NetWalking, networking creativity, pressure, stretch and challenge, is a wonderful extension of myself. I wonder how many people get the pleasure of being able to say that, a fair few I’d guess in this world of entrepreneurship. Amovita being such a passion close to my heart, everything I need to do for the business is a joyous fulfilment of my dreams, my values and my reason for living. I realised that I was at that moment, fulfilled and it was a very different feeling to that of having my days filled full in the pursuit of “I’m not sure what” which characterised my early corporate career.

Being fulfilled doesn’t mean that I don’t have goals and dreams and hopes and wishes, far from it, if anything it drives me more to grow the feeling and achieve potential. What it does mean is that because my days are filled with those things that I have consciously and willingly chosen to do, I get moment by moment satisfaction from them. What a great place to be! ….now how to get back across town without causing mass hysteria on the underground…?