How to find courage for what matters to you
Have you ever been in a situation where you felt challenged and you think that walking away is the best thing to do?
That maybe the challenge isn’t good because it seems like work, you think things should flow more easily, or you’re worried it will divert attention away from what matters most to you?
But have you stopped to consider the best way to show up what matters most to you?
Does avoiding challenge really provide the safety and comfort you think you need?
Does controlling life work? Does staying small to protect your heart help you serve your people?
It’s possible that you are grasping at an illusion of control. It is possible that opening up will be hard, it will take some work; but ultimately you will be better equipped to show up for what matters to you.
Because when you accept a challenge with courage you learn this: Everything in life is temporary. You can’t hold onto your family, your career, or your accolades for a sense of personal safety. Eventually we all die, relationships change, our careers end.
So when you take your last breath how have you spent your life? Building an illusion of safety that demands your world stay safe and small? Held those you love so close that you were unwilling to grow?
OR. Did you build an open mind and courageous heart. Did you love openly and without conditions. Did you freely allow the flow of life to grow and expand beyond your limited definitions.
In being courageous to grow, your life will include all of the things that matter to you and will nourish them so deeply that you will be blown away. When you accept challenge with courage; you’ll find everything you need and more. Your world will expand. Your dreams will come true. And in the process, you will be free to cling to nothing and to enjoy it all.
So.
Take a breath.
The next time you want to walk away from a challenge ask yourself this: Am I trying to stay safe? Is this safety worth the cost of remaining stuck in love that carries conditions, a self-image that demands my expectations be met, a self-worth defined by fear of repeating past mistakes?
Or. Am I willing to accept challenge as an opportunity to grow and become even better able to serve my people? Do I have the courage to grow? or am I willing to stay stuck in my suffering.
For those of you who want to grow; ask for help. Friends, therapists, yoga teachers, personal trainers, acupuncturists, mentors, spiritual counselors, spouses, kids…reach out to people you trust.
The universe gives you people and challenges all the time. Accept these challenges as proof that the universe supports your highest self.
Have courage. I am right there with you…(in therapy, on the yoga mat, with my life coach, meeting with my spiritual counselor, surrounding myself with people who support my dreams & don’t shy away if it’s a bit tough sometimes, reading, journaling, all of it!)
Your choice to find courage is this: Stay small and have temporary safety.
Or
Go big and gain ultimate freedom!
Who is with me and willing to have courage in face of challenge?
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Think of a person who is suffering right now…they want to change but are terrified to grow.
They see the title to this video and they watch it. Maybe it gives them a little nudge towards their full potential. You can be part of the rising up of our fellow humans.