Today I share a message that came to me during the week I was on Writer's Island. One thing about being on a private island in the British Virgin Islands is that there is no shortage of inspiration. I wrote mostly out of doors.
The resort had beautiful nooks and spaces where we could go and channel from within the messages that we felt called to write. Midweek, after lunch, I started to feel this pull towards the water.
I wasn't quite sure why. I had already made plans to sit and write, so I followed my instinct. I followed my intuition and this episode is what I wrote. I call it "The Parable of the Cruise Ship." Leave a comment; I'd love to know your thoughts!
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Episode Transcript
I'm Megan Skidmore. For 2 1/2 years I have been
talking about evolving faith journeys.
I started to tire of the heaviness of this focus.
I had the clear message come through.
It is time for Beyond the Shadowof Doubt podcast to evolve into
living Beyond the Shadow of Doubt podcast with the same
vulnerability and unapologetic authenticity.
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notes. Welcome to Living Beyond the
Shadow of doubt. I have a really special message
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I want to share with you today. Recently I had the privilege of
participating in a docu series that will be publishing on a
major streaming platform, I think later this year, 2025.
It's called Riders Island, and it's called Riders Island
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because my book Medium coach mentor Kira Britton, took 15
authors to this island to write their next books.
For some, it was their first. For some, like myself, it was my
next one. My first one is in the final.
It's in the formatting stages. Hopeful that it will be
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published, probably early fall, I wanted to share a message that
came to me while I was there on the island.
One thing about being in a private island in the British
Virgin Islands is that there is no loss or sorry, no shortage of
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inspiration. And I wrote mostly out of doors,
the resort. We've had beautiful nooks and
spaces where we could go and channel from within the messages
that we felt called to write andthen eventually share.
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And midweek, Let's see, I wrote it in my journal.
Yeah. Yeah.
This was midweek. It was the 12th of June, so that
would have been Wednesday. After lunch, I started to fill
this pool towards the water. I wasn't quite sure why.
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I had already made plans to sit and write, so I followed my
instinct. I followed my intuition and made
my way to where I felt pulled togo.
Here's what I wrote after lunch I came to sit poolside on the
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very ledge of the Infinity pool,the pool there on the property
from a certain vantage point, you could look off into Infinity
in the edge of the pool, you know, extended to the waters of
the surrounding waters of the island.
I felt a pool to come here. As I looked off into the
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distance, I see a cruise ship, you know the kind with multiple
levels, kind of like a travelingcity.
Basically within the space between the aerial resort and
the surrounding islands. I count approximately 11:50
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smaller sailboats. And as I was observing all of
this activity that was going on in the Bay, I had this thought.
In our own way, we are all in our own sailboats, trying to
navigate life, trying to be ourselves.
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And then the temptation of the cruise ship sails towards you or
towards us, so I say. And then the temptation of the
cruise ship sails towards you. I'm not talking about the
temptation that we associate with sin.
No, not that kind. I'm talking about this
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temptation to leave your special, unique, beautiful
sailboat and abandoned it. Abandon it for the allure of the
cruise ship, the illusion of fitting in, the false security
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of a deck or a room assignment, the creativity drain of constant
entertainment and schedules planned in advance.
And for you, the temptation of leaving the sailboat.
For the allure of the cruise ship and the perceived
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protection from the storms, the rough seas, and the waves of
life, as they are more easily absorbed by the size of the
cruise ship than they would be by the size of the sailboat.
It's this illusion of feeling safe, but it's also static,
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planned, expected, known. There's very little spiritual,
emotional, mental, maybe even physical muscle required.
Staying on or embracing the journey of the sailboat requires
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more. Paradoxically, I think that's
the right word. It gives back so much more
freedom, growth, challenge, no bounds or boundaries, expansion
no knowns. There is possible danger, but
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with that brings a dynamic experience, an active, not
passive experience. There's unexpected and there's
just so much growth through the expenditure of all of the
energies, the mental, the emotional, the physical, the
spiritual, and as such, you become stronger.
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We exchanged the sailboat for the cruise ship because the
FOMO, fear of missing out, fear will be left behind or maybe
truly will miss out on somethingwhen in fact we are leaving
ourselves behind. Exchanging the cruise ship
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leaves me behind my gifts, opportunities to be challenged
to adventure and journey and follow where my heart leads
because I can't. I'm on the ship that celebrates
sameness, perceived unity. Because remember, just because
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you're all on the same ship doesn't mean you'll end up in
the same place or land in a spotthat is meant for you.
And also you can't leave the ship because you're not in
charge of when it stops and whatports it anchors at versus the
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ones that it skips. For sure, both offer beautiful
vistas and new experiences. It's the depth and the breadth
of who you will become on the journey that will be vastly
different. It's choosing the road less
travelled, again and again and again.
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I don't want the beaten path or to follow the exact footsteps of
those who have come before me. And I don't think it's supposed
to be that way anyway. I'm happy to learn and take
cues, then follow my intuition. The cruise ship and the sailboat
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are both vessels of travel. They both offer adventure and
they both will go places. They both will create
experiences and memories. However, the sailboat allows you
to truly taped in your vessel, and even when the winds blow,
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you can learn to harness them inways that maybe you hadn't
thought of before, to learn new things, to listen, and
ultimately to surrender. I'd love to know your thoughts.
Where are you right now in your life?
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Are you on the cruise ship? Are you on a sailboat?
Love to hear from you. Leave a comment or send me an
e-mail at hello@meganskidmorecoaching.com.
Thanks for being here. Until next time.
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