Changing your life isn't easy. It's hard. I mean, surprisingly hard.
For anyone who has seriously attempted to make some major changes in their life because they couldn't handle living in the same way any longer, you've probably experienced the growing pains that come along for the ride with deciding to live in a different way. You are continually tested, you fail time and time again, and it's hard to see the world in the light of positivism.
It doesn't necessarily need to be that way.
You see, folk struggle with deep change because they really do not know the proper way to act when the negative emotions start bubbling up. They think that because negativity is occuring that they have got to be doing something wrong. No! Not at all. Actually if you are struggling and it hurts a little, you're 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 important obstacles. Pain is going to come out to play, your interior critic is going to run wild and free, and you are going to have some struggles. That is absolutely ok! It really means you are heading in the right direction. Don't give up now when you are really hurting. Keep going and see it all the way through and you'll cross the finish line a transformed man or woman.
The "Frying Pan Of Life" is all about how to get near enough to the discomfort to work with it without being consumed by it. When you are creating a new life, old things have a tendency to trickle out and you have to spend a while working with them. This is a standard part of the growing process. But you have to work with them because if you fail to, you run the risk of allowing the past to sabotage your dreams.
So how do you actually do this?
You have got to get near enough to the agony and experience it without getting totally consumed by it. You have to be content to bring yourself to the agonizing places and let the thoughts and feelings swirl around you without taking you completely 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 ability and a lot of practice, but if you can truly spend some time working in these dark areas with some compassion and love, you can defrost even the coldest of hearts.
For anyone who has seriously attempted to make some major changes in their life because they couldn't handle living in the same way any longer, you've probably experienced the growing pains that come along for the ride with deciding to live in a different way. You are continually tested, you fail time and time again, and it's hard to see the world in the light of positivism.
It doesn't necessarily need to be that way.
You see, folk struggle with deep change because they really do not know the proper way to act when the negative emotions start bubbling up. They think that because negativity is occuring that they have got to be doing something wrong. No! Not at all. Actually if you are struggling and it hurts a little, you're 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 important obstacles. Pain is going to come out to play, your interior critic is going to run wild and free, and you are going to have some struggles. That is absolutely ok! It really means you are heading in the right direction. Don't give up now when you are really hurting. Keep going and see it all the way through and you'll cross the finish line a transformed man or woman.
The "Frying Pan Of Life" is all about how to get near enough to the discomfort to work with it without being consumed by it. When you are creating a new life, old things have a tendency to trickle out and you have to spend a while working with them. This is a standard part of the growing process. But you have to work with them because if you fail to, you run the risk of allowing the past to sabotage your dreams.
So how do you actually do this?
You have got to get near enough to the agony and experience it without getting totally consumed by it. You have to be content to bring yourself to the agonizing places and let the thoughts and feelings swirl around you without taking you completely 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 ability and a lot of practice, but if you can truly 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.
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