We all have an innate ability, passed down through generations of genetics… an ability to weather the storms of our lives and still find ourselves intact, if not actually strengthened! It does not help us to enumerate our weaknesses or failures…that just puts us in victim mode. We have the ability to take our lives and look for something better than what we previously had .But you know what often stops us dead in our tracks?...CHANGE,……Small word big impact!
Change: On some level, it’s what we’re all experiencing, but what we forget is that we have to get used to it as it enters our lives. Why is it that change is so rattling? Because it’s not always easy, nor necessarily pleasant either… Change is uncomfortable simply because change is different – no getting around it; with change you don’t know where you’re headed!
We are all creatures of habit more then we care to admit, and although life may be difficult, it’s a familiar difficult, and so we hesitate to change anything because we know how to manage what we’ve got .Because goodness!: the future could be worse!
Bah-Humbug! Its time to try on a fresh pair of eyes…a heretofore untried set of crystal clear glasses…a new way of perceiving life; a chance to shift our perceptions from “Isn’t this awful to there’s more this than meets the eye”
So, how do we do this? How do we take years of learning that we are made out of a particular mold, summon the courage to throw out the old mold, and courageously decide to make ourselves anew? Ready? To knead a new mold, to create yourself anew requires a leap of faith: trusting in something larger that ourselves. It isn’t a religious concept, but it does require a heart connection to positive outcomes. For example; A leap of faith (albeit a little one) is looking for the rainbow despite the storm clouds and pouring rain. A leap of faith is learning to trust that things always get better in their own time. A humongous leap of faith would mean a decision to forgive yourself for everything that is in the past….and begin anew, today, NOW! Another biggie in the Leap of Faith department would be to decide that no matter what, you deserve a good life, good things, and good people!
Leaps of faith are like that. you can’t get there by bringing up the past…you HAVE TO look to the future through the innocent eyes of a child…you have to be willing to believe in good, in abundance, in joy, in deservedness, and mostly, that it’s ok for you to receive. You’d be surprised at how many people have difficulty receiving from their fellow man. They like the giving because it gives them a sense of participation and sharing, but receiving is hard.
So, how do we do this? How do we take years of learning that we are made out of a particular mold, summon the courage to throw out the old mold, and courageously decide to make ourselves anew? Ready? To knead a new mold, to create yourself anew requires a leap of faith: trusting in something larger that ourselves. It isn’t a religious concept, but it does require a heart connection to positive outcomes. For example; A leap of faith (albeit a little one) is looking for the rainbow despite the storm clouds and pouring rain. A leap of faith is learning to trust that things always get better in their own time. A humongous leap of faith would mean a decision to forgive yourself for everything that is in the past….and begin anew, today, NOW! Another biggie in the Leap of Faith department would be to decide that no matter what, you deserve a good life, good things, and good people!
Leaps of faith are like that. you can’t get there by bringing up the past…you HAVE TO look to the future through the innocent eyes of a child…you have to be willing to believe in good, in abundance, in joy, in deservedness, and mostly, that it’s ok for you to receive. You’d be surprised at how many people have difficulty receiving from their fellow man. They like the giving because it gives them a sense of participation and sharing, but receiving is hard.
A leap of faith is deciding to put your mistakes behind you: you make a choice to let go of the storms and the past pain and flow into the future with an open heart. This time you cannot stay in the old wounds: they’ll fester. After a while, old wounds become our reason to stay stuck and we become afraid to try something new. The thing is, we have to learn to heal ourselves by daring to look at a future with a heart full of promise and hope….and FAITH. Stay positive…the glass is not half empty, it is actually, half full!!!
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