The Frying Pan Of Life
Changing your life isn't easy. It's very tough. I mean, incredibly hard.
For anyone that has seriously attempted to make some significant changes in their life because they couldn't handle living in the same mediocre way any more, you've probably experienced the growing pains that come along with deciding to live in another way. You are continually tested, you fail time and time again, and it's hard to see the world in the light of positivism.
Nonetheless it does not necessarily demand to be that way.
You see, folks grapple with deep change because they don't know the skilled way to act when the counterproductive emotions start bubbling up. They believe that because negativity is occuring that they've got to be doing some things wrong. No! Not at all. In fact, if you are fighting and it hurts a little, you are doing things right. You are growing. You're moving past your comfort zone.
When you're going through big changes, you're going to come across some important difficulties. Discomfort is going to come out to play, your internal critic is going to run wild and free, and you are going to have some struggles. That's fantasically ok! That actually means you are heading in the proper direction. Don't declare failure now when you're in pain. 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 way to get close enough to the pain to work with it without being consumed by it. When you are creating a new life, old things really tend to flow out and you have to spend a while working with them. This is a normal part of the growing process. But you have to work with them because if you do not, you run the danger of allowing the past to sabotage your dreams.
So how do you do this?
You have to get close enough to the pain and experience it without getting totally consumed by it. You have got to be pleased to bring yourself to the unpleasant places and let the thoughts and feelings swirl around you without taking you totally out of the game. When you can do this, you give yourself access to the lessons and light that are held within that dark place.
This takes some talent and plenty of practice, but if you can actually spend some 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 significant changes in their life because they couldn't handle living in the same mediocre way any more, you've probably experienced the growing pains that come along with deciding to live in another way. You are continually tested, you fail time and time again, and it's hard to see the world in the light of positivism.
Nonetheless it does not necessarily demand to be that way.
You see, folks grapple with deep change because they don't know the skilled way to act when the counterproductive emotions start bubbling up. They believe that because negativity is occuring that they've got to be doing some things wrong. No! Not at all. In fact, if you are fighting and it hurts a little, you are doing things right. You are growing. You're moving past your comfort zone.
When you're going through big changes, you're going to come across some important difficulties. Discomfort is going to come out to play, your internal critic is going to run wild and free, and you are going to have some struggles. That's fantasically ok! That actually means you are heading in the proper direction. Don't declare failure now when you're in pain. 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 way to get close enough to the pain to work with it without being consumed by it. When you are creating a new life, old things really tend to flow out and you have to spend a while working with them. This is a normal part of the growing process. But you have to work with them because if you do not, you run the danger of allowing the past to sabotage your dreams.
So how do you do this?
You have to get close enough to the pain and experience it without getting totally consumed by it. You have got to be pleased to bring yourself to the unpleasant places and let the thoughts and feelings swirl around you without taking you totally out of the game. When you can do this, you give yourself access to the lessons and light that are held within that dark place.
This takes some talent and plenty of practice, but if you can actually spend some 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.