It’s easy to sit back in the comfort of your easy chair, look out at the world and say, “I could do that if I really wanted to.” It’s also sometimes useful to look at things in your life through the lens of, “It’s just practice,” in order to relieve you from the anxiety, fear, and worry that can come with performance anxiety. However… NOTHING compares to stepping foot into the arena with a willingness to compete, to test yourself against yourself and others, with a desire to give your best and a willingness to fail if that’s what’s destined….
Month: September 2021
Who stands up for you when YOU need standing up for?
Life is constantly pulling at us all… 24/7. Kids, boss, carpool, spouse, employees, birthdays, reports, food shopping, meetings, email, texts, social media, getting gas, doctor visits. It’s a never-ending stream of things, people, and responsibilities… honestly, it’s no wonder that for most of us, there is NO TIME left over for us at the end of the day. And therein lies the problem. Do you want a sure-fire way to NOT get what you want out of your life? Simple – DO NOT include yourself in that list. DO NOT make yourself a priority. DO NOT keep commitments to yourself….
“I don’t mind what happens.”
“I don’t mind what happens.” Do you mind what happens? If you don’t think so, perhaps ask yourself in a different way. Do I get triggered, upset, angry, resentful, disappointed, anxious, worried, stressed, peeved, depressed, etc? If the answer is no to ALL the above, then I’d say you pretty much don’t mind what happens, and your life is probably looking pretty fantastic! Congrats! But if you do mind, if you do get upset or triggered or have feelings like those described above, then it’s a great sign that there is INNER work to be done. Why? Because it’s the…
Life happens in spite of us, and will go on without us
Life is incredible. The grandiosity of the universe in its magnitude. The incredibleness of the parts of even just this planet that we can’t see, but know are there. And what about the entire ecosystems of life going on inside our bodies… that we don’t have to pay one bit of attention to for it to function properly and keep us alive? Life always finds a way. It’s a miracle, really. Fills me with gratitude. Renews faith. Builds trust. Pulls me out of fear of the future or judgment of the past and brings me fully face-to-face with the uncertainty…
On having the courage to NOT know or have the answer
Have you ever felt pressure to get the right answer? To KNOW what you’re going to say before you say it? To KNOW you’re not going to sound stupid when you open your mouth? To know more than everyone else around? I have. That mindset “visits” me every day… sometimes affecting everything I do, and other times just serving as a reminder of my desire to not “live” there. Of all the possible things to know in the universe, I KNOW very little of them. The place that is “all that I know” is tiny… and is not so intriguing….