Knot Tying

As many people know, I am an Eagle Scout. I admit that I have remained in scouting for two very important reasons. My son is in scouts and I feel that I should be part of the program. The second is responsibility. A number of adults helped me when I was young to earn my Eagle Scout. I feel responsible to them that I help others in achieving their goal in scouting. I continue on in the program. In scouting, the skills that I have masted are camping, cooking and rope work. I was never accomplished many of the "nature" skills of identifying trees and plants. Currently I am not able to tell the difference between poison ivy and ivy. So, I teach other skills. I also love to learn new knots and making things with rope. It is a current trend also. Many people want, ware, or make para cord bracelets now. There is a lot of information out there.

I have learned a bunch of new knots and braiding styles for para cord recently. My favorite is the Celtic button knot. I like this know because I have been attempting to make something for prayers. The Eastern Orthodox Tradition uses a prayer rope. It is similar to the Roman Catholic Rosary. Main difference is the number of beads and the material it is made from. The prayer rope is constructed by tying a special knot. There are many different sixes of ropes, but the most common used by is a thirty-three knot.

I attempted to master the special knot to make my own prayer rope. After several attempts, it never looked right. I found the Celtic button knot and realized it looked similar to the knot used in the prayer rope. As a Presbyterian, the Celtic knot seems to fit with my spiritual heritage better than the Orthodox Prayer knot. As I put together a prayer rope, I noticed a problem. It did not matter how many times I tied the knot, I still would get mixed up. I had to keep going back and looking at the instructions. This reminded me or what coaching is all about. When I need to look at the directions, I need focus on how to complete my goal. The instructions never told me how to complete the rope (my main goal). The instructions just helped my accomplish each part. 

Coaching is like looking at the directions for the knot. Coaches help us put together the steps we need for our ultimate goal. They help put in the instructions. Many of us already know what we need to accomplish to reach out goals. We just need someone to point us in the setting up the directions. I want to help you accomplish your goal. I want to help you write your directions. Email or Facebook me for how I can help.