What is the shortest amount of time you have stuck to a new discipline?
For me it was 1 day. I know, not proud of that. And the thing is, my mind takes note. I broke a commitment to myself. How many times have I told myself I would do something at a certain time and when that time came around I blew it off? It’s not like I am being flaky to someone else and bailing. Just myself, doesn’t matter.
But it does, a lot. Our mind rightly starts to believe that we are not trustworthy. We don’t live in integrity. We lose confidence in ourselves. We can change this.
What do you want?
Remember when you were in high school, or just graduated, maybe starting college and the world was full of possibilities? There was excitement and anticipation in the adventure of the unknown. You felt like you could do and be anything you wanted. Time was your friend.
Then life happened, plans didn’t quite work out the way we thought they would. We took a few hard knocks. Deep disappointments colored our world.
And we had responsibilities, we adulted and we got weighed down. We got practical and realistic and became dutiful and serious. And stuck. Dreams became harder to come by.
The times we started and stopped accused and defeated us. Whatever rung of whatever ladder we were climbing became our stopping place.
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This blog post explores the concept of our innate purpose and calling, emphasizing that our unique DNA and diverse life experiences make each of us distinctly suited for particular paths in life.
We can all use reminders and instructions on how to be a friend. In fact how to be in relationships period. Where did we learn about relationship? Where and from whom did you learn?
Sadly a lot of our learning has been trial and error. When we learn by what didn't work it’s a really expensive way to learn. We hurt others, we get hurt and we lose valuable relationships.
We also tend to become more protective of ourselves when we have been hurt by others. It becomes harder to let people in, to risk closeness. And that not only hurts us but it deprives others of the value we can add to their lives.
