23 yrs ago: Married w/babies on the way. 15 yrs ago: Survival mode. 10 yrs ago: Rewrote my life story. Upgraded my life in every area & help others do the same
I was hiding and it was ruining my life.
It doesn’t matter how incredible of a person you are if the world can’t interact with you or see you - you won’t feel seen.
I had great reasons for hiding.
That’s the scary thing. My reasons were solid. And I believed them.
Until…
Risk feels dangerous to those who haven’t done it before.
Take the risk.
But don’t take a risk and play safe.
You might as well not bother because they don’t work together.
Take the risk.
Stay.
Ride the rollercoaster.
Get to the other side.
That’s living.
“How do you let go of attachments to things?
Don’t even try. It’s impossible.
Attachment to things drops away by itself when you no longer seek to find yourself in them”
- Eckhart Tolle
Break the cycle of addictive thoughts (which lead to addictions), by changing the addictive thought every time it pops up.
It’s an addictive thought if it constantly repeats itself eliciting strong emotion. Can be either a high or low state emotion.
When you live with an open heart you leave an impression on every person you meet.
You can’t predict what impression you’ll make, but I guarantee they will learn from you and remember something.
If you’re lucky, one day they will tell you what that thing was.
Want to leave a mark on the people in your life?
Make them look good.
Help them find their value.
Point out their super powers.
Depend on them for their strengths.
Brag them up
See beneath the bullshit.
There isn’t anyone who wouldn’t appreciate this.
Sometimes the hardest thing to do is let go of what you thought you wanted but isn’t healthy for you.
Choosing yourself isn’t as glamorous as it sounds.
But if you don’t choose yourself, then you pay the price by weakening your spirit.
And next time it’s even harder
It’s not easy trust your intuition when you’re being told a different story and don’t have hard facts.
You don’t have to listen to that gut instinct. You can fight it with logic.
But you’ll probably wish you had listened later on.
For anyone who might be regretting any recent life choice.
Forgive yourself. You did the best you could with the information you had at the time.
If you knew then what you know now, you would have done things differently
If your life is chaotic, then you are creating the chaos.
If your life is peaceful you are creating the peace.
If your life is exciting, you are the reason it’s exciting.
Your life is your creation.
It’s better you are creating what you want.
If you surround yourself with people who half-ass everything, then when you find someone who doesn’t - you’ll push them away because they seem like “too much”.
And you’ll miss out on a great person.
It’s always important to choose your people wisely. They affect you greatly.
I’ve learned that when I feel chaos or confusion in pursuit of something… then it’s a signal that I’m abandoning myself to try to make “me” work with “it” and it’s time to realign with myself again.
If you are still triggered by the same things someone else is doing, you’re not growing.
Much as we all hate to hear this, (myself included), it’s not them. It’s you.