Changing your life is tough. It's hard. I mean, extraordinarily hard.
For anyone that has seriously attempted to make some important changes in their life because they couldn't handle living in the same mediocre way any longer, you've possibly experienced the growing pains that come together with deciding to live in an other way. You are continually tested, you fail time upon time, and it's hard to see the world in the light of positivism.
It doesn't necessarily demand to be that way.
You see, folks grapple with deep change because they don't know the proper way to act when the negative feelings start bubbling up. They think that because negativity is occuring that they've got to be doing something wrong. No! Not at all. In fact, if you're fighting and it hurts a little, you are doing things right. You're growing. You're moving past your zone of comfort.
When you're going through big changes, you're going to come across some gruelling difficulties. Discomfort is going to come out to play, your internal critic is going to run wild, and you are going to have some struggles. That is perfectly ok! That actually means you are heading in the correct direction. Don't quit now when you're suffering discomfort. Keep going and see it all the way through and you'll cross the finish line a transformed woman or man.
The "Frying Pan Of Life" is all about the best way to get close enough to the discomfort 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've got to spend some time working with them. This is a normal part of the growing process. But you have got to work with them because if you fail to, you run the danger of allowing the past to sabotage your dreams.
So how do you do this?
You've got to get near enough to the discomfort and experience it without getting completely consumed by it. You have got to be willing to bring yourself to the painful places and let the thoughts and emotions 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 skill and a lot of practice, but if you can truly 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 that has seriously attempted to make some important changes in their life because they couldn't handle living in the same mediocre way any longer, you've possibly experienced the growing pains that come together with deciding to live in an other way. You are continually tested, you fail time upon time, and it's hard to see the world in the light of positivism.
It doesn't necessarily demand to be that way.
You see, folks grapple with deep change because they don't know the proper way to act when the negative feelings start bubbling up. They think that because negativity is occuring that they've got to be doing something wrong. No! Not at all. In fact, if you're fighting and it hurts a little, you are doing things right. You're growing. You're moving past your zone of comfort.
When you're going through big changes, you're going to come across some gruelling difficulties. Discomfort is going to come out to play, your internal critic is going to run wild, and you are going to have some struggles. That is perfectly ok! That actually means you are heading in the correct direction. Don't quit now when you're suffering discomfort. Keep going and see it all the way through and you'll cross the finish line a transformed woman or man.
The "Frying Pan Of Life" is all about the best way to get close enough to the discomfort 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've got to spend some time working with them. This is a normal part of the growing process. But you have got to work with them because if you fail to, you run the danger of allowing the past to sabotage your dreams.
So how do you do this?
You've got to get near enough to the discomfort and experience it without getting completely consumed by it. You have got to be willing to bring yourself to the painful places and let the thoughts and emotions 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 skill and a lot of practice, but if you can truly 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.
