Changing your life is hard. It's very tough. I mean, extraordinarily hard.
For anyone who really has attempted to make some significant changes in their life because they couldn't handle living in the same way anymore, you've possibly experienced the growing pains that come along with deciding to live in another way. You are consistently tested, you fail time upon time, and it's hard to see the world in the light of optimism.
But it doesn't necessarily demand to be that way.
You see, people battle with deep change because they don't know the proper way to act when the counterproductive emotions start bubbling up. They think that because negativeness is occuring that they've got to be doing some things wrong. No! Not in any way. In reality if you are fighting and it hurts a little, you're doing things right. Fundamentally, you are growing. You're moving past your comfortable zone.
When you're going through big changes, you're going to come across some gruelling problems. Agony is going to come out to play, your inner critic is going to run free, and you are going to have some struggles. That is fantasically ok! That really means you are heading in the correct direction. Don't declare failure now when you are really in pain. Keep going and see it all the way through and you may cross the finish line a transformed woman or man.
The "Frying Pan Of Life" is all about the best way to get near enough to the pain to work with it without being consumed by it. When you are constructing a new life, old things have a tendency to seep out and you have to spend some time working with them. This is a natural part of the growing process. But you have to work with them because if you don't, you run the danger of allowing the past to sabotage your dreams.
So how do you do this?
You have to get sufficiently close to the discomfort and experience it without getting totally consumed by it. You have got to be pleased to bring yourself to the painful places and let the thoughts and feelings swirl around you without taking you completely out of the game. When you can do that, you give yourself access to the lessons and light that are held within that dark place.
This takes a little bit of talent and lots of practice, but if you can actually spend a decent amount of time working in these dark areas with some compassion and love, you can defrost even the coldest of hearts.
For anyone who really has attempted to make some significant changes in their life because they couldn't handle living in the same way anymore, you've possibly experienced the growing pains that come along with deciding to live in another way. You are consistently tested, you fail time upon time, and it's hard to see the world in the light of optimism.
But it doesn't necessarily demand to be that way.
You see, people battle with deep change because they don't know the proper way to act when the counterproductive emotions start bubbling up. They think that because negativeness is occuring that they've got to be doing some things wrong. No! Not in any way. In reality if you are fighting and it hurts a little, you're doing things right. Fundamentally, you are growing. You're moving past your comfortable zone.
When you're going through big changes, you're going to come across some gruelling problems. Agony is going to come out to play, your inner critic is going to run free, and you are going to have some struggles. That is fantasically ok! That really means you are heading in the correct direction. Don't declare failure now when you are really in pain. Keep going and see it all the way through and you may cross the finish line a transformed woman or man.
The "Frying Pan Of Life" is all about the best way to get near enough to the pain to work with it without being consumed by it. When you are constructing a new life, old things have a tendency to seep out and you have to spend some time working with them. This is a natural part of the growing process. But you have to work with them because if you don't, you run the danger of allowing the past to sabotage your dreams.
So how do you do this?
You have to get sufficiently close to the discomfort and experience it without getting totally consumed by it. You have got to be pleased to bring yourself to the painful places and let the thoughts and feelings swirl around you without taking you completely out of the game. When you can do that, you give yourself access to the lessons and light that are held within that dark place.
This takes a little bit of talent and lots of practice, but if you can actually spend a decent amount of time working in these dark areas with some compassion and love, you can defrost even the coldest of hearts.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is the author of The Words Of Encouragement, a website dedicated to bringing the best quotes, motivational content on the web, and blogs all to one place. Feeling ready to take the journey of your life? Dive into these life goes on quotes for some wise words on what it means to live honestly.
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