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Resistance is futile

Posted on by philipdodson

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Apart from being something, I think Darth Vadar says to someone in Star Wars, resistance is futile.

We go against our own inner voice at times and rather than be vulnerable and open up to our true self, we swim against things, or put shields up to ‘protect’ ourselves.

This has a good deal to do with the shaming and fear based society we live in.

However, we go against what we really feel in our hearts at times, frightened of letting go. That does not mean we have to aimlessly meander through life with no purpose whatsoever.

Once you learn to let go, stop resisting, step away from our demons or our fears, it is like a huge weight has been lifted off us. We become open instead of closed, happy instead of anxious and we let so much more into our lives.

Just think how much we deny ourselves, how much we miss out on, all because resistance.

We often resist the very things that we think we are striving to achieve. We believe we want happiness, love, kindness, to belong, yet we resist ourselves and others because even though we think we want these things, we are equally frightened of them.

Let go, stop resisting, open up to life and see what happens, after all, resisting hasn’t achieved much and is pointless.

I’m not cut out to be……

Posted on by philipdodson

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All too often we’re told, or we tell ourselves, based on some ‘truth’ that we or others have cooked up, based normally on nothing than others irrelevant views of us, that we are not cut out to be ….. whatever. A singer, a writer, a sales person, run, run our own business, climb mountains and so on.

For sure we can not be good at everything and certain things may not match our skills, experience and so on.

No matter what others will tell us or what we tell ourselves, we all have a thing that we love, that ignites us, that makes us super happy when we do it, that we are good at.

However, it does not matter what that is, what others think of us doing that or how long it takes in life to discover that one thing. Enjoy the journey of finding out what it is and no worries if you don’t, it does not matter.

As one of my favourite person says ‘no matter what gets done and how much is left undone, I am enough. It’s going to bed at night thinking, Yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but that doesn’t change the truth that I am brave and worthy of love and belonging’ – Brene Brown.

We are cut out to be us and it’s not about what we achieve, we are all, good enough, already.