“I believe the choice to be excellent begins with
aligning your thoughts and words with the intention
to require more from yourself.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
Making choices is probably the most stressful thing that we do as humans…
Or perhaps more accurately
The stressful thing we do is to choose avoidance when we don’t like what choices we’re facing…
This is what creates the stress
It doesn’t have to be that way though
Especially if you don’t make yourself solely responsible for the outcome of all the things that you don’t like about your life
Basically we work like this…
When we don’t like the result of our choices
We blame ourselves and lose confidence in our ability to make choices in the first place…
None of us can predict the outcome of every choice we make
Including how others will or won’t respond to the things we choose for ourselves…
And to think that we can
Need to…
Or should is the enemy that so often prevents the feeling of living with purpose
What we can do, however
When we are fearful about making a choice
Is turn towards it
Rather than away from it
Get uncomfortable for all of five minutes (that’s the length of time of actual discomfort at most)
And decide in your mind to see how it feels before you act on it
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