Why bother? I have said this MANY times in the past twenty years.
But what I have learned, most especially in the last several years, is that we have the POWER to take control of our own choices right this second. (Yep, right now.)
It’s *just about flipping the switch and taking control of these choices *before we get to the point where we are disgusted with ourselves, beating ourselves up for said poor choices that have caused us extreme pain, feel like “falling off wagons,” and self-loathing so deep we think: “screw it, I’m broken. So why bother?”
🤔 Okay… so how do we “flip the switch”?
Truly, it starts with our mind. There is a Decision that has to be made.
Something like:
Right now, I stop.
Right now, I start.
No more.
Today, I am in control.
Today, I take one small step in the right direction.
Today, I set a boundary–for myself, for my relationship with others. I can trust myself.
Morning journaling and intention-setting is a POWERFUL thing. Writing out affirmations is a POWERFUL thing. Taking time to write out–pen to paper–what we WANT to be, have, do and say–can (with practice) turn into who we ARE, what we HAVE, DO and SAY. (Check out “The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron, and the Five-Minute Journal for a place to start.)
The mental work (contemplation, preparation) is the jumping-off point for the ACTION.
Yes.
Then you lather and rinse and repeat. This is LIFE. This is living. You won’t get it perfect. You WILL “fail.”
It’s learning to keep going and start over with the affirmations, the intention-setting, and then ACTION that allows progress. Even when it’s forward, back, forward, back and back.
To me, that is exactly what RESILIENCE is – learning to change direction and stand up to fight when we need to–for ourselves–and not waiting until rock bottom (whatever that is for you) shows up to really kick our ass.
Don’t wait for the bottom of your bottom.
You are not broken. You don’t have to break yourself to prove that you are broken. Now is the time to flip the switch. It begins with YOU. 💜
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