5.14.15 Lessons Learned: Choice and Direction

My conversation with myself today: 
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Choices might be very clear or very subtle, even sub-conscious. If you feel dissatisfied, unhappy, look at your recent actions and the choices you made that lead to those actions. Were they just the easier way, seemingly the safest way? Were you uncertain about doing the alternative? Did you feel some excitement about the alternative choice, but were afraid because you couldn't predict/control/see the outcome?

Consider your options and then consider more closely the one that makes your heart beat faster, brings a smile to your face, however tentative, ... What if you gave yourself permission to explore something new, something more healthy for you, something that made you feel lighter, happier, more fulfilled? What is stopping you? Is it truly dangerous or do you just not believe enough in yourself, in your skills and in past experience that can be brought to new ventures? Can you ignore the unhelpful habits and old messages that keep taking your attention back to the parts of your life you do not want? Can you let the unexpected happen without trying to wrestle it into your preconceived expectations? Could you risk just a bit, stare down just a bit of fear in order to explore the alternative?

What do you really want? Ask this without listening to those doubts you may have let limit you in the past. What if you could really do this? What would it look like? Don't be afraid to make a list of everything that comes up when you ask this. Then focus on the one that makes you feel most excited; let this idea grow inside you. Your true desires will lift your spirit, will be beneficial to you. Take a step in that direction.