what we resist ...
There is a popular quote ... 'what we resist.. persists!' and to me it speaks directly to same old, same old! We get conditioned to what's happening in our lives; we do the same things, knowing that we will get the same results; but in an oddly familiar way that feels okay, because we know it! Never mind that this same old, same old, offers no growth; or holds us captive in someone else's dramafest!
Be honest, I know there are at least three things in your life right now that you know a different response to would set your course on a different path! If you stood up for yourself, if you were honest, if you risked the unknown, your life would change ... maybe it would be better, but what if it wasn't? What if it got worse?
ABORT!
Same old, same old may not be getting me what I truly desire, but worse? I don't want worse!
Define worse!
As things are happening and you are resisting change, resisting growth, resisting your truth; what is worse than that?
Growing up I was coined 'Worst Case Scenario Jo'; no matter what I, or my friends were about to get up to, I could lay out the absolute worst thing that could happen so quickly we barely had to skip a beat! My mind automatically, and with great accuracy, went to the worst possible outcome; it didn't always stop us, but at least we were going in knowing what we might have facing us if things went sideways!
What we resist persists.
As an adult I have a much deeper understanding of what this actually means; and how in my daily life the things that I do matter; profoundly matter!
Resisting change is a little like trying to put rain back in a cloud... it can't be done; regardless of how hard you try, how wet and tired your struggle makes you, change is gonna have its way! For better or for worse lies in our perception; and is completely within our control to manage!
As beings we long for schedules and routines, we want known variables and predictable outcomes; all the while looking for magic and extraordinary; in our lives!
You can't have both; and trying is our greatest agony!
My path over the last couple of years has been about trust, not in anyone else; in myself! In listening and responding appropriately to what 'I' need, what 'I' want; for the better part of my life I thought anything that self serving was 'selfish', and to that end I avoided it like the plague!
What I was resisting... was me; what persisted was a constant longing to be heard, seen, appreciated and validated! What I have learned along the way is that 'I' will not be denied. 'I' need to be my own priority first, 'I' can help others only after 'I " have helped myself! My own growth was proportionate to what I could bring to everyone else!
What a spectacular time to be alive!
A time when self care is the actual theme of the year you are living!?
Whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever you are living this is your time ... stop resisting yourself, open yourself to your truth and just be!
Today I launched Episode 1 of my vlog! My vlog? 3 months ago I didn't know what a vlog was.. today I have one; and beyond that it doesn't matter if just one, or a thousand people benefit; in the end I put myself out there, I risked the worst case scenario, I showed up scared, and did it anyway! I am no longer resisting myself; I am just being ... just Jo!
Creative - Fluid - Magical ... my core desired feelings; resisting change, resisting growth, resisting my truth are no longer options; I am my own truth!
Be honest, I know there are at least three things in your life right now that you know a different response to would set your course on a different path! If you stood up for yourself, if you were honest, if you risked the unknown, your life would change ... maybe it would be better, but what if it wasn't? What if it got worse?
ABORT!
Same old, same old may not be getting me what I truly desire, but worse? I don't want worse!
Define worse!
As things are happening and you are resisting change, resisting growth, resisting your truth; what is worse than that?
Growing up I was coined 'Worst Case Scenario Jo'; no matter what I, or my friends were about to get up to, I could lay out the absolute worst thing that could happen so quickly we barely had to skip a beat! My mind automatically, and with great accuracy, went to the worst possible outcome; it didn't always stop us, but at least we were going in knowing what we might have facing us if things went sideways!
What we resist persists.
As an adult I have a much deeper understanding of what this actually means; and how in my daily life the things that I do matter; profoundly matter!
Resisting change is a little like trying to put rain back in a cloud... it can't be done; regardless of how hard you try, how wet and tired your struggle makes you, change is gonna have its way! For better or for worse lies in our perception; and is completely within our control to manage!
As beings we long for schedules and routines, we want known variables and predictable outcomes; all the while looking for magic and extraordinary; in our lives!
You can't have both; and trying is our greatest agony!
My path over the last couple of years has been about trust, not in anyone else; in myself! In listening and responding appropriately to what 'I' need, what 'I' want; for the better part of my life I thought anything that self serving was 'selfish', and to that end I avoided it like the plague!
What I was resisting... was me; what persisted was a constant longing to be heard, seen, appreciated and validated! What I have learned along the way is that 'I' will not be denied. 'I' need to be my own priority first, 'I' can help others only after 'I " have helped myself! My own growth was proportionate to what I could bring to everyone else!
What a spectacular time to be alive!
A time when self care is the actual theme of the year you are living!?
Whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever you are living this is your time ... stop resisting yourself, open yourself to your truth and just be!
Today I launched Episode 1 of my vlog! My vlog? 3 months ago I didn't know what a vlog was.. today I have one; and beyond that it doesn't matter if just one, or a thousand people benefit; in the end I put myself out there, I risked the worst case scenario, I showed up scared, and did it anyway! I am no longer resisting myself; I am just being ... just Jo!
Creative - Fluid - Magical ... my core desired feelings; resisting change, resisting growth, resisting my truth are no longer options; I am my own truth!
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