There are moments before every decision, a space of hesitation where we linger, rehearsing our reasons, scanning for approval, waiting for someone - anyone - to tell us that what we are about to do makes sense. This is the fog of uncertainty, a sign that we have not yet truly decided.
A lot of gold here Bryan! You capture it well. I've sooooo been there, wanting approval, wanting "it" to make sense to others before I plunge...and it wasn't going to come, so I had to learn to plunge alone, get on the train, and let my world change.
One other item to note that I have encountered is that it doesn't end when I choose to get on the train...there can be moments when my system wants to question me again..."Should you be on this train?...Did you make the right decision?" It's not once and done sometimes....Sometimes you have to keep jumping until you get truly comfortable with it....comfortable with not knowing where the train is going but knowing that this is the journey to be all you were created to be.
I have had to understand that my system has a default that resists change....pure and simple....but that resistance to change is self-limiting and my best self is on the other side of that resistance.
So I keep making the decision, embracing that decision, and showing my inner parts that it is safe and we can ride that train and enjoy the moments.
Damn, Mike, thank you! That voice doesn’t disappear; it lingers, pokes at you, dares you to second-guess. But you nailed it - the work isn’t in silencing it. Let it speak, observe it, and then step forward anyway. The train’s still moving. Keep getting on.
A lot of gold here Bryan! You capture it well. I've sooooo been there, wanting approval, wanting "it" to make sense to others before I plunge...and it wasn't going to come, so I had to learn to plunge alone, get on the train, and let my world change.
One other item to note that I have encountered is that it doesn't end when I choose to get on the train...there can be moments when my system wants to question me again..."Should you be on this train?...Did you make the right decision?" It's not once and done sometimes....Sometimes you have to keep jumping until you get truly comfortable with it....comfortable with not knowing where the train is going but knowing that this is the journey to be all you were created to be.
I have had to understand that my system has a default that resists change....pure and simple....but that resistance to change is self-limiting and my best self is on the other side of that resistance.
So I keep making the decision, embracing that decision, and showing my inner parts that it is safe and we can ride that train and enjoy the moments.
Damn, Mike, thank you! That voice doesn’t disappear; it lingers, pokes at you, dares you to second-guess. But you nailed it - the work isn’t in silencing it. Let it speak, observe it, and then step forward anyway. The train’s still moving. Keep getting on.