One thought that circulated in my head today was how much we don’t allow ourselves to change, transform and evolve as human beings.
It made think of how fear is the biggest reason for this. If we start to become someone different, perhaps a version of ourselves that is so radically opposed to who we are now, then that could shake up the very foundation and pretense that we’ve built our whole lives and reality on.
I kept thinking about how this fear can show up in many ways: the fear of discovering our own potential, the fear of how others will react to this new self, the rejection that may inevitably follow, the fear of recognising that everything we’ve believed up until now has never actually served us, the fear of having to truly move forward and make big life changes, etc.
It’s enough to make anyone stay stuck, stay put, and stay blissfully ignorant.
Until it isn’t enough.
Until staying that way actually becomes the painful, uncomfortable and unthinkable thing to do.
At some stage along the journey we all reach a tipping point where we just cannot tolerate a life – surrounded by people, places, and things – that doesn’t reflect our truest and fullest self.
That is the point of no return, and it is the greatest act of courage we can ever take to make sure that this one life is truly our own.
As I always say: Be brave, my friend.
To our growth,
Jean.