Why do we all hold so strongly to things that may not really be working for us? Whether it be a lifestyle choice, a dietary choice, a relationship choice, a career choice, a lack of choice choice … Now, if you’ll notice, I (ever so subtly) made the choice to use the word “choice” in every example. Why? Because that’s what our actions (or lack thereof) are. Choices. It’s aaall about choices, baby!
You can make the choice to stay the same, or you can make the choice to change. To be still, or to keep moving. To laugh, or to cry. To experience, or to suffer. You can make the choice to create the life you really want for yourself!
So what’s stopping you? Ooooooh, I know what it is…you don’t believe me. Well … that, too, is a choice for you to make. By choosing to not believe me, you give yourself the ever-so-easy excuse to stay in whatever circumstance you currently find yourself in. A circumstance that you might not be all that thrilled about. The flip side? You could choose to believe me, choose to have some faith, choose to take some action, and then choose to witness your life evolve in some truly amazing ways.
Not only will such evolutionary occurrences be amazing, but the best ones will be unexpected. Unexpected in the sense of whatever path you’re laying out for yourself now, the results you can reap will far surpass it. You can’t possibly comprehend just how amazing your life can get because you’re not that audacious; you don’t feel like it’s possible, or like you deserve it, or whatever other excuses you concoct to work against yourself. (Self-sabotage, anybody?)
Analogy time!
A few months ago, I flew on the trapeze! Everyone else in the class had done it at least once before, but for me, it was a brand-new adventure. It was very difficult for me in certain aspects, but I chose to push through those potential barricades because I knew it would be well worth it in the end. I was also able to draw many parallels between this experience and life in general. Allow me to focus on just one for today, if you please. Oh, and I’m also very visual, so I shall use images to assist me. (Yippee!)
