Self doubt and doubting what we’re learning, is fairly
normal in anything that will shape or change how we see the world and relate to
it. The main thing to remember is that we are completely reshaping our
thinking. The new paradigms may seem strange and so we may "feel"
the need to stop and investigate or abandon it, rather than flowing with it.
When added to the heightened awareness that is developed over time, it also means being more aware of paradigm shift. More aware of what may or may not have been achieved, more
aware that of goal and currently can't see how it can happen. Maybe
even the next step can't see the next step.
At that point stop and ask yourself, have I made
"any" progress towards the A1 goal.
If that was to be answered in conventional, measurable
terms I would have to say no.
However if I measure my capacity to accept the reality
of that goal/dream, based on the aforementioned awareness and paradigm shifts
then I have made phenomenal progress.
An A1 goal means being prepared mentally,
physically, emotionally and spiritually to handle the responsibility (fill in
your own blank here), the workload and the rewards that will come with it,
whilst adjusting our whole life to the new equilibrium.
Personal issues are purely reminders and benchmarks as
to how things are being handled...and a lesson in growing.
It's not what happens to you it's what you do with
what happens to you. While there is still time and health amazing things can
happen in in a short space of time.
Jim Rohn puts it this way:
"You don't have to change that much for it to make a great deal of
difference. A few simple disciplines can have a major impact on how your life
works out in the next ninety days, let alone in the next twelve months or the next three years."
Stand on the higher ground you’ve reached and survey
the world from that perspective. From there you’ll discover there’s no shortage in time to get things
done, merely where we place our priorities with what time we have.
Try taking a break. Find a place of
solitude, arrange with your spouse/partner to have the time out each day, (half
to three quarters of an hour) then honour them by doing the same for them.
Great people are ones who don't need to accept what
is. It is time to recognise that inner greatness. Take lessons from others, but
remain true to yourself.
Your experience and knowledge can make you a leader in
your own right.
The great lesson of leadership however is that we must
never lose sight of the knowledge others may have to offer. Particularly that
the giving of that knowledge does not seek to control or gain for itself in
it's own right.
Earl Nightingale summed it up beautifully when he said
in speaking of 'new people',
"This person is opposed to all rigidly
structured, closed institutions. Such institutions are saying, by the fact that
they are rigidly structured and closed, "We have the answers...we need
look no further...this is it." "The new, powerful person knows that at this early
stage of our development, such thinking is infantile. We do not have all the
answers...about anything. And just as the maturing person is in a stage of
growth, of becoming - so is a vital institution. It uses what it has and what
it knows as springboards into the future...and assiduously avoids becoming
closed and rigidly structured. A good and viable institution, like a self-actualising
person, is always in a state of growth..of becoming."
Earl Nightingale
(1922-1989)
I highly recommend reading the full statement and see just how you fit into that picture. It could become a great affirmation.
Become aware that others are showing their best side
to you and you are measuring who you know you are inside against that.
Not really comparing apples with apples is it?
In
closing always remember that the price we pay for personal growth is that there
is no going back.
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