Universal theme overview
Initiative is a child in the Universal themes series and is a member of the Process theme family. This is a theme overview post.
Initiative is the energy to begin and follow through with a plan. Action comes from within, not from an external source. It is knowing when to act or not.
Big ideas
- Don’t be afraid of failure or mistakes; jumping in and beginning is the only way.
- Start before you feel ready because the perfect time may never come.
- The urgency lies with today; it surprising what can happen in one day.
- When you want to do a project, take the first step and see how the universe helps you move forward.
- Manage your energy by focusing on the positive. Worry and negativity will stop the progress.
Initiative key concepts
- Apathy is a lack of interest in things generally found moving or exciting. Lack emotion or feeling.
- The beginning is the start of things, the first part of a journey when nothing is known about what will happen or be learned.
- Energy is the capacity for action or accomplishment. This potential is stored and can be transferred into action.
- Learning is the process of gaining knowledge or insight. Finding out and figuring out.
- Motivation is a reason or incentive for taking an action or continuing on a course of action.
- An A violation of a code of rules or ethics. To cause someone to feel upset, angry, resentful.
- Receiving an action without resistance or giving a personal opinion is being passive. Not being part of the action.
- A project is a plan or proposal for an undertaking requiring complex effort to realize.
- To push is to exert force against something to move it forward and away from its starting position.
- Urgency is a need for immediate action. Something important that cannot be ignored or deferred.
Archetypes
animals: caribou, ram, tiger
birds: lark, plover, road runner
flowers: crocus, daffodil
foods: lettuce, pumpkin
mythical: fairy
roles: artist, pioneer
settings: volcano
situations: beginning
symbols: fuse