The Desert of Arizona
Sunny 71 Degrees – 10:16 a.m.
For some reason, the human creature seems to be wired to resist most what it should do most.
The longer we resist, the stronger that resistance grows. It grows because the very act of resisting means we’re feeding it our energy.
Bigger and bigger it gets. Every time it grows, we are gifted with yet another rational excuse for why we’re not doing what we know we should do.
We just can’t seem to get “it” done. We can talk about it. We can complain about it. We can obsess about it. We just can’t actually DO it.
Why would we possibly do this to ourselves?
Well, I have one reason. And that reason has to do with what we might find on the other side of “done.”
On the other side of done is the truth.
This, as it turns out, can be the scariest thing of all.
What if the “truth” is that you’re not good enough?
What if the “truth” is that you just fell on your face in clear view of everyone?
What if the “truth” that you prove to yourself, once and for all, is that you’re not cut out for this?
What if the truth is that you’re only operating at 40% of your true potential?
Eek!
What happens when the truth shows-up?
I know what happens. What happens is that you get there, realize you’re NOT DEAD, and that you have to figure out what to do with the rest of your life.
How about turning this dynamic upside down? What happens if, instead of fearing the truth (whatever it is), you fully embrace it?
What happens if, instead of fearing the day the truth arrives, you actively BRING IT INTO THE PRESENT and use it to be the person you’re supposed to be?
You can’t hide from the truth. It’ll find you, sooner or later.
How about you go run and meet it first? What if that ends up being the first day of the rest of your life?